Lon Canaday
On the topic of hands and feet. I have had good success with a light
pair of socks, a pair of wool socks and then Gortex socks inside my
shoes. I use light weight booties over my shoes but their more to keep
the wind and mud off my shoes then for any water protection. The only
draw back to this system is that I have to wear waterproof rain pants
or the water just runs down my legs into the Gortex socks. (Ended up
with almost a cup of water inside one time before I figured this out).
For gloves I take lightly insulated long finger gloves, x-country ski
gloves and a pair of uninsulated lobster claw mitts (large enough to
fit over the x-country gloves) that I was able to talk my wife into
making for me out of a Gortex like fabric. I haven't found it cold
enough yet here to need the x-country ski gloves and the lobster mitts.
Lon
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One thing I notice that helps me stay warm in the winter is trying to
keep a
constant heart rate which is not always easy to do when your body is
just
burning calories to stay warm. However, that's still not keeping my
feet
warm either. I must have poor circulation or my shoes are too tight.
I have
tried Seal Skins and Performance Neoprene Booty Socks. I notice that
my feet
just sweat and the sweat turns ice cold unless it's above 50 degrees.
My
cycling shoes are a size bigger than normal so that shouldn't be the
problem. I'll have to try the wool sock theory. Over my cycling shoes
I
usually wear windstopper booties over another pair of Gator Neoprene
booties. Feet still freeeeeeezing! Wah Wah Wah.
Melissa
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