Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 (Tek) 9/28/84 based on 9/17/84; site mako.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!tektronix!orca!mako!jans From: jans@mako.UUCP (Jan Steinman) Newsgroups: net.bicycle Subject: Re: Cold Toes Message-ID: <500@mako.UUCP> Date: Mon, 7-Jan-85 12:23:44 EST Article-I.D.: mako.500 Posted: Mon Jan 7 12:23:44 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 9-Jan-85 02:21:10 EST References: <113@decwrl.UUCP> Reply-To: jans@mako.UUCP (Jan Steinman) Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR Lines: 23 In article <113@decwrl.UUCP> fisher@banzai.DEC (Ed Fisher, 381-2377) writes: >Subject: COLD TOES >... On really cold days (-5 to 20 deg F) I would >wear wool socks, Bata Wintours (touring shoe), a pair of heavy >wool socks over the shoes, and the vinyl booties. My feet were >often so warm... (All together now...) HOW WARM WERE THEY? (Sorry. Couldn't resist.) An alternative I've used for years -- warm, dry, and really long lasting -- are rock climbing boots. Use the kind that look like a bench grinder took off all the tread. They slip in and out of cleats easily, are stiff enough to stand on a 1/2 inch ledge, and could conceivably support cleats, although I've not put any on. The one's I have are Galibeir (sp) RD's, which go over the ankle. With several warmed-in coats of Sno-Seal and tight laces, I can \stand/ in ankle deep water without getting wet feet. I usually wear a thin wool sock underneath. I've been using these for six years and the bottom sole is just beginning to come unglued a bit at the edges. The advantage over methods involving layers, overboots, oversocks, etc. is simplicity, endurance and ease of care. -- :::::: Jan Steinman Box 1000, MS 61-161 (w)503/685-2843 :::::: :::::: tektronix!tekecs!jans Wilsonville, OR 97070 (h)503/657-7703 ::::::