Great! I'm looking forward to mine arriving via ups. I ordered them a couple days ago for my size 13's.
Thanks for the update on them. Kely On Nov 25, 7:33 am, Thomas Lynn Skean <thomaslynnsk...@comcast.net> wrote: > Hi, all! > > I rode home last night in rain which was on/off throughout the 10+ mile ride. > It probably rained for half of the 55 minutes I was on the bike. It was slow > going even by *my* standards. 20mph headwind. Upright. That is, > your-back-against-the-chair's-back upright. Cape. > > I was also wearing Splats. I'm sure that if they slowed me down at all it was > marginal. And worth it. Because right now my size 11.5 leather Keens are > *not* beginning a two-day drying process with the laces removed and the > tongue hanging out. They didn't get wet. > > Oh sure there was a little moisture at the shoe's foot opening. And I'd guess > that if the rain were continuous and the ride twice as long that my heel'd be > kinda damp. But the Splats were very effective at keeping the forward part of > my shoe completely dry. The wind did not curl or crease them. Like the > SaddleSack bags, even when the canvas looks soaked, the contents remain dry. > > And, being dry, my feet stayed warm in the wind. I don't normally suffer from > cold toes. But last night's 36 degrees and high winds would've been chilly > had my feet been wet. But they were not. > > The canvas isn't long-term waterproof. They're gonna work fine for me on my > commute and errands. And probably for my weekend 30-40 mile rides (during > which it never rains *continuously*). But I would not expect them to fend off > constant rain for many hours. They aren't neoprene. They are > Grundens-slicker-fabric. (Surely that stuff has an actual name.) > > They *are* more like a cape than a coat for your feet. Which means that your > feet won't contribute much more than normal to their own dampness. Which is > good. They do provide *some* wind-blockage but I can't really speak to how > much warmth they'd save in dry conditions. That'd be an off-label use anyway. > > It's a good simple design. They're easy to lash on to the outside of bag > (where they dry quickly when the rain stops). They're trivial to put on and > take off (no 10 minutes of cardio-tugging; ever try to pull booties over > Keens?). They work with the shoes you'll be wearing, narrow or wide (somebody > with size 13 feet'll have to give them a try; there's some extra space with > my 11.5 feet but not tons). That all adds up to a big feature: you'll be more > likely to have them and to put them on when warranted. Thus more likely to > actually have dry feet. > > Splats are great. Thanks, RBW. > > Yours, > Thomas Lynn Skean -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
