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[email protected]>, Cliff
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> "Ningi" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> After a muddy ride at the weekend I need some new shoes. Any
>> recommendations?
>>
>> My requirements are :
>>
>> Waterproof
>> Warm
>> Easy to clean
>> SPD compatible
>>
>> Anybody using something they are happy with?
>>
> Whatever you go for you will find water will leak in through the cleat
> screw holes. So after you have got the cleats set how you want them
> fill the cleat recess with silicon sealer, of course it is pretty
> pointless if you have an open weave type upper. But it does at least
> mean you can walk through puddles without the water flowing in from
> underneath.
Tain't so. I'm on my second pair of SIDI winter cycling boots (and
frankly, they're not quite as nice as the old ones). The old ones, made
of fine leather, never leak, through top, bottom or anywhere else. I've
forded streams in them without getting my feet wet. They are warm. They
are the most comfortable footwear to wear I think I've ever owned. Being
leather, they're slightly breathable - but probably not very, seeing I
kept them well dubinned. They never get stinky, but that may be because
I remember to change my socks. The new ones are made of 'Lorica', which
is a synthetic sort-of-leather-substitute. It seems harder wearing and
is easy to clean, but doesn't mould to the shape of your feet the way
the leather ones did. But they don't leak either, and haven't yet got
sweaty or horrible.
Obviously, of course, if you're out in heavy rain, water is going to
trickle down your legs and into your boots through the cuffs, and
there's nothing you can do about that (except wear waterproof over
trousers that come down over your boots - yuck). But winter cycling
shoes do not have to leak and should not, in my opinion, leak.
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