kdw wrote:
Thing is, if you plan to be doing this for a while, those boots are going to last pretty much forever. The neoprene covers last 1-2 years depending on how much walking you do...you can extend it to 4 years with creative use of duct tape once the toe starts to wear out. If you get the boots, every time one of your buddies with the shoe covers gets frozen toes you can tell them "at least you saved some $$".This. I tried going cheap for years, until I finally bit the bullet and invested in some Sidis w/ the Gore-Tex liners (where I live, wet is a much or more of a problem than just straight arctic cold). The various booties kinda sorta work situationally, but I was always struggling w/ some other trade-off (my shoes are big enough it was hard to find the right size that wasn't so tight to squeeze circulation and wrestle on/off, but not too loose so that all kinds of shit seeped in, and they also rubbed the crap out of the crankarms). When I ultimately got the dedicated cold/wet-specific cycling boots, I only had to make the painful trade-off of cash once up front and have never second-guessed it since.
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OneGoodLeg: Dec 6, 17 11:25