Which Winter Shoes?

[Dormouse]

I've got some BG Defrosters.

While they are splash proof/water resistant they are not a warm winter boot despite the marketing blurb. OK for mild/wet weather, not for low temps though.

Michael

I agree. They don't keep my feet warm, even when used with thick wooly hiking socks. A waste of money.

 

[Steve Austin]

Northwave Celsius work for me. I had some diadora chillis before them that work fine, and are very cheap, but they are a touch narrow

You need to use a Wool sock if you want to keep warm feet though. The shoes will prevent the wind and the rain, but shoes won't keep feet warm, thats what the socks are for

 

[jimboalee]

Anything that provides a layer of air between shoe and foot.

There is a trick that can be done with a Thinsulate beenie hat for extreme cold mornings.

 

[beanzontoast]

Lake mxz302
Leather & dubbin waterproofing rather than goretex, toasty warm. I use the wrists off a pair of marigold gloves to seal the top, & the only time I got wet feet last winter the water was just short of knee deep.

At £159, I'd expect someone to call round each week and apply the dubbin for me!

Seriously? I doubt I could bring myself to spend that amount on a pair of winter bike shoes.

 

[New Horizon]

I agree. They don't keep my feet warm, even when used with thick wooly hiking socks. A waste of money.

Just to show we're all different, I rate the Defrosters highly, wore them all last winter and never got cold (or wet) feet, quite the opposite in fact. Their only failing is that they're essentially plastic and working hard your feet sweat and there's nowhere for that to go. So I sometimes had slightly moist socks at the end of a ride. Rather that than cold feet whilst riding.

 

[jimboalee]

Which WINTER shoes?, as opposed to 'Which waterproof' shoes?

In the REALLY cold winter of 81 – 82, when the morning ambient was minus twenty five Celsius, I had just discovered 3M Thinsulate. It had been on the market for only a couple of years and worked wonders in gloves.

Then I got to thinking, can I buy socks in this stuff. Nope, none available. The remedy was to buy a beanie had and strip out the Thinsulate to use inside my woolly socks. It worked.

However, since that winter, there has not been a winter morning cold enough for me to bother with my 'little toe – sox".

I have a pair of Marks & Spencer's 'BlisterResist' socks which do an admirable job, even at the minus temps over the last two winters.