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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
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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.
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