Cyclings shoes and flat pedals

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Worth bothering? I'm probably doing 50 / 50 road / off road stuff on
my MTB (got to get to the woods somehow), and I get freezing cold wet
feet.

Aren't cycling shoes designed to cool your feet? Mine are certainly nice
and cool with lots of airflow through them. What about overshoes?

Mark Thompson said:

Quoted message said:

Worth bothering? I'm probably doing 50 / 50 road / off road stuff on
my MTB (got to get to the woods somehow), and I get freezing cold wet
feet.

Aren't cycling shoes designed to cool your feet? Mine are certainly
nice and cool with lots of airflow through them. What about
overshoes?

I dunno. My feet get cold even before I've gotten to the woods and got them
wet. Perhaps it's a circulation thing.

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Doki said:

Worth bothering? I'm probably doing 50 / 50 road / off road stuff on my MTB
(got to get to the woods somehow), and I get freezing cold wet feet.

I think it could be, I have just (within the last week) goen clipless
and oneof the things I noticed was how a more rigid shoe helped me pedal
more comfortably and I guess more efficiently. Might be worth trying
waterproof socks to help keep your feet dry?

Tracker.

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Quoted message said:

Mark Thompson said:

Quoted message said:

Worth bothering? I'm probably doing 50 / 50 road / off road stuff on
my MTB (got to get to the woods somehow), and I get freezing cold wet
feet.

Aren't cycling shoes designed to cool your feet? Mine are certainly
nice and cool with lots of airflow through them. What about
overshoes?

I dunno. My feet get cold even before I've gotten to the woods and got them
wet. Perhaps it's a circulation thing.

How tight are your shoes? I have a pair of Shimano winter
MTB boots and if I wear thick socks with them I find that my poor
toes get a lot colder than if I wear thin socks simply because
with thick socks the shoes are tighter and they reduce the
circulation in my feet.

Are your cycling shoes specifically winter ones? As has already
been said the summer shoes have vents to allow cool air to bathe
your feet, winter/waterproof shoes don't have these.

Juliette
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Worth bothering? I'm probably doing 50 / 50 road / off road stuff on
my MTB (got to get to the woods somehow), and I get freezing cold wet
feet.

Get a pair of winter cycling boots. I have a pair of Winter SIDIs which
are really cozy and comfortable in horrible weather (like today). They
fit SPDs fine; I think SIDI (and other manufacturers) also make winter
boots for road cleats. The other thing to recommend are Sealskinz
socks. Mind you, neither of these will stop water trickling down your
leg into your sock, but it does stop water soaking through the
shoe/sock.

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