Best Waterproof Cycling Gloves/Booties

Triathlon Forum
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So I live in Seattle and it has been wet, since like forever, this winter. I’m tired of cold wet hands and feet.

Help me find the driest gloves and booties imaginable.

I’ve heard good things about the Salsa N’Aqua gloves and the LG Magma gloves, but I haven’t heard much about good booties other than putting plastic bags on my feet :slight_smile:

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They all suck. Especially anything at REI. Best option so far has been activated carbon hand warmers on top of the foot, then wrap top of bike shoe in suran wrap, then wear a neoprene boot (all the same) on top. It hasn’t been forever, it has been for 10 forevers in this hell hole.

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Nice work with the saran wrap trick. I’ll try that out definitely.

I had planned to duct/electrical tape the insole of the shoe where the cleat holes are and use plastic baggies on my feet, but saran wrap sounds so much easier than plastic baggies.

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I have had great success with BBB booties for rain (WaterFlex). I also own their HardWear winter booties. They will be four years old this spring & they still are in great shape.

http://www.bbbparts.com/products/bike_wear/shoecovers.html

I have their winter gloves & they are also very good. No idea about theie rain gloves (AquaShield) should be a good bet though.

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Sidi winter shoes…no booties needed.

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many years of winter cycling in seattle and I use wool socks and neoprene booties which will keep your feet warm and wet which is better than cold and wet. this winter my solution is to ride the trainer and watch tapes of last years tour.

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I lived and trained in Vancouver, BC for 10 years, so I did my fair share of riding in the rain.

  1. It’s impossible to stay completely dry.

  2. Fenders help quite a bit

  3. Neoprene cycling booties and gloves( the same that the wind surfers use) are good, but only for so long.

  4. I found that I would reach my limit of staying warm after about 3 hours, so limited really cold wet rides to that length of time

Fleck

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Get some Seal Skinz socks (about $40). You can COMPLETELY submerge your foot in a bucket of water and NOTHING gets through. Use that in a normal shoe with whatever shoecover you want. They are absolutely waterproof and breath fairly well.

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A riding buddy has the Pearl Izumi shoe covers $25-$30. They’re not insulated, but they keep out the wind and water. (But they are SHINYYYYYY!!!)

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Second vote for Gore-Tex socks. I wear a very thin sock inside of them to help with breathability. Finally a neoprene bootie over the shoe to keep the (more or less) wet shoes warm.

For gloves more or less the same: Gore-Tex with a thin liner does the trick for me.

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Get some Seal Skinz socks (about $40). You can COMPLETELY submerge your foot in a bucket of water and NOTHING gets through. Use that in a normal shoe with whatever shoecover you want. They are absolutely waterproof and breath fairly well.

I think the sealskinz gloves are the best thing ever. But so much water runs down my legs on longer rides the socks eventually get soaked inside too so I just go for wool socks and the warm and wet theory too.

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I resolved this problem when I was in Rainland (sorry, Vancouver) over the holidays. Mountain Co-op do a pair of 3 mm neprene gloves that are marketed for cyclist and paddlers for $19 and Peral Isumi do a pair of waterproof overshoes for about $30. Both work very well. Naturally, the gloves are not waterproof but they will keep your hands warm regardless of the temperature.

When you ride in the rin you are going to get wet, no matter what you wear it will get in somewhere.