Cold Weather Riding on s40

[david_kcmo]

How to make my feet feel again. Therapy? Socks? Fairing? Anyone have solution? I've tried foot covers, shoe covers, wool socks, etc. Do I have to go to heated socks? Seems like my feet are literally our front getting the cold air first.

 

[Mathew Fy]

How to make my feet feel again. Therapy? Socks? Fairing? Anyone have solution? I've tried foot covers, shoe covers, wool socks, etc. Do I have to go to heated socks? Seems like my feet are literally our front getting the cold air first.

Did you miss this posting?
https://forum.cruzbike.com/threads/cold-feet.13733/

 

[david_kcmo]

Did you miss this posting?
https://forum.cruzbike.com/threads/cold-feet.13733/

Some additional information about something that worked. Today was 32 degrees. For hands I used Bar Mitts plus lobster claw gloves plus hot pocket hand warmers from wal mart. After 10 miles we stopped for coffee. My hands are so warm I rode the rest of way without any gloves or warmers. Definitely a keeper Re: Bar Mitts. For feet, I had to covers plus neoprene boot. I had smart wool socks. In the shoe I included hot pocket referenced above. Worked like a charm.

 

[david_kcmo]

Here’s how I fitted the bar mitts. I have bar end shifters which I usually shift with me pinky and ring finger.

 

[Frito Bandito]

I snowboard a little so I use a couple of pairs of snowboard socks. They are a bit thicker than most socks, but they also are long enough to almost reach my knees. I wear those in January and February when the temps are somewhere between 5C-10C, and since 1 of my pairs of shoes fit a bit more loose than the other, I use those more during Winter because they have enough room for the thicker socks. I also put a pair of neoprene toe covers over my MTB shoes with SPD pedals. The thick soles help a little a little more than my more aero and thinner soled road bike shoes. For my hands I bought a pair of Mont Bell neoprene gloves which work for +10C, but colder than that I put on an outer glove depending on how windy it is. They work well when I need access to my smart phone. It looks funny, but my snowboard gloves work like a charm for when the temps are below 10C.