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> > > But $40 is a lot to pay for an experiment. My experience has been that if it is waterproof, it
> > > does not breathe enough to let sweat out so your feet become wet any way.
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> > > Gary McCarty, Greenspeed GTO, Salt Lake City
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> > use a vapor barier, a winter hiking technigue, plastic bread bags work fine... put plastic bags
> > on bare feet, put socks over , vapor barrrier willl keep socks dry from sweat. increase warmth
> > about 10 to 20 degrees degreess when hiking
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> By coincidence, I have started using plastic bags under my socks on colder days. Someone on the
> trike list suggested the same. He suggested over and under socks for wet days. It does seem to
> help but my feet come out soaking wet. It is one of tricks that I have added to the arsenal to
> keep warm this winter.
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> Gary McCarty, Salt Lake City
Hi Gary, I think it was Bob Stuart who suggested plastic inside and outside the socks, who got the
advice from his mother. I tried that trick today: plastic over the feet, then socks, then plastic,
then shoe, and shoecovers. It does seem to work and you're right, the feet come out soaking wet.
This is hard to judge, but I think I prefer what I've been doing for 30+ years during winter: thin
socks (wool would be best, anything that wicks would be OK) and one layer of newspaper, the shoe
(summer shoe, well ventilated,) then another layer or two of newspaper, and outside of that an old
sock or shoe cover, with the outer sock cut out at the cleat. If I do a long ride in cold weather,
say 100 miles, after 50 miles we stop to eat. The newspaper will be soaking wet but the socks will
be dry and my feet will be warm. I replace the newspaper with fresh pieces and then do the rest of
the ride. As I said, the plastic right against the skin does seem to work pretty well and it's hard
to judge, and my feet were OK today on a short ride, but I suspect they would have been even warmer
with the newspaper. It's an interesting concept: Concentrate on keeping the socks dry, not the feet.
Strangely, although it did seem to work for my feet, I tried the same experiment with my hands.
Plastic, then gloves, then plastic, then outer mitten. That didn't seem to work for me. Have you
tried both methods to see which works better for you? And isn't having a fairing great? Warm
regards, Byron