[RBW] Re: Rain follow up

2013-01-09 Thread fugd...@gmail.com
I ride in a lot of rain a lot lof days. I wear clipless Shimano sandals over Sealskinz socks over thick wool socks. The Sealskinz don't provide warmth and get kind of wet thru eventually. Sometimes I have 2 pairs of socks, change my shoes, socks at work. The sandals have adjustable velcro strap

[RBW] Re: Rain follow up

2013-01-08 Thread ted
On that ride a pair of cheep Fila sneakers. On Jan 8, 5:22 pm, René Sterental wrote: > What shoes do you ride with? > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 4:16 PM, ted wrote: > > I guess I buy my shoes loose or something, but I found just loosening > > the laces gave enough room for my 3 layer s

Re: [RBW] Re: Rain follow up

2013-01-08 Thread René Sterental
What shoes do you ride with? On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 4:16 PM, ted wrote: > I guess I buy my shoes loose or something, but I found just loosening > the laces gave enough room for my 3 layer setup. So no special shoes > in my case. > I'm also in the SF area and usually just let my feet get wet. I

[RBW] Re: Rain follow up

2013-01-08 Thread ted
I guess I buy my shoes loose or something, but I found just loosening the laces gave enough room for my 3 layer setup. So no special shoes in my case. I'm also in the SF area and usually just let my feet get wet. I bought the waterproof sox for crewing on a boat in the pacific cup several years ago

Re: [RBW] Re: Rain follow up

2013-01-08 Thread René Sterental
Now we're talking about buying a pair of shoes a half-size up or more to accomodate all those socks... :-D At least for me, where tight shoes make my feet hurt... I'm also wondering if you need these to bike if you use shoes with a waterproof membrane. Even though I'm not experienced biking in the

[RBW] Re: Rain follow up

2013-01-08 Thread ted
"So I would need several pairs of $35 sox" You may be able to get by with only one pair of the $$$ waterproof sox. The gortex sox I have are not very thick and have little to no insulation. So what I do is put them over fleece sox that are warm, and those I put over very thin (might be silk) sox l

[RBW] Re: Rain follow up

2013-01-08 Thread Jay in Tel Aviv
Gloves are Sealskinz. They work great. On Jan 8, 11:17 am, Jay in Tel Aviv wrote: > Thanks for all the replies yesterday. > The weather this morning was just as bad as yesterday. The main > highway > here in Tel Aviv was closed due to flooding, causing huge traffic > everywhere. Took me an extra

[RBW] Re: Rain follow up

2013-01-08 Thread Jay in Tel Aviv
Thanks for all the replies yesterday. The weather this morning was just as bad as yesterday. The main highway here in Tel Aviv was closed due to flooding, causing huge traffic everywhere. Took me an extra 5 minutes to get to work because I pedal slower in waterproof pants :) Michael - Yes, I am re