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dgholmes59 rbent member Posts: 26	Re: Winter shoes? Reply #15 - Aug 10^th, 2009, 8:43pm Quote from Bud_Bent on Aug 10^th, 2009, 8:11pm: The problem with insulated shoes is that most Texas winter days warm up in the afternoon. Add the afternoon sun to that, and what felt good in the morning is sweaty feet big time in the afternoon. Exactly what I was worried about. I will give the chemical warmers another chance.
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Reply #16 - Aug 10^th, 2009, 9:26pm

Quote from dgholmes59 on Aug 10^th, 2009, 7:37pm:

I considered the wind blowing in the bottom of my shoe through the shoe cover cutout, so I took a foil sunshade for a car windshield, and cut out a shoe insert hoping the foil would reflect the heat back to my feet and block air coming in the bottom of the shoe. It helps, but still does not keep my feet warm.

Foil will help some with heat but I find these inserts have worked alot better for me. THe aerogel stops the conduction of heat from your feet to the sole of the shoe that is acting as a big heatsink to drop off all the temperature.
http://www.comforthouse.com/keepfeetwarm.html
They are available pretty much anywhere once the season rolls around. I don't think I took them out till may mostly because I just forgot about them in there. Once they were out my feet didn't overheat so much anymore with the higher temps

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Reply #17 - Aug 11^th, 2009, 12:20am

Quote from Bud_Bent on Aug 10^th, 2009, 3:05pm:

I have Raynaud's syndrome, so I really struggle to keep my fingers and toes warm in the winter. With all the things I have tried, what has worked best for my toes is to just wear the same Sidi Dominators I wear all year, but loosen the velcro straps closest to my toes for extra room, and place a chemical hand warmer heat pack on top of my toes.

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Reply #18 - Aug 11^th, 2009, 5:22am

Quote from evblazer on Aug 10^th, 2009, 9:26pm:

Foil will help some with heat but I find these inserts have worked alot better for me. THe aerogel stops the conduction of heat from your feet to the sole of the shoe that is acting as a big heatsink to drop off all the temperature.
http://www.comforthouse.com/keepfeetwarm.html
They are available pretty much anywhere once the season rolls around. I don't think I took them out till may mostly because I just forgot about them in there. Once they were out my feet didn't overheat so much anymore with the higher temps

Interesting. I have not seen this product. I am going to purchase a pair. It is possible this and chemical warmers may do the trick. I live in Stephenville, Tx 60 miles west of Fort Worth. Walmart would be the only place here that I would possibly find them. Do you know if they carry them? If not, I will just order a pair. Would you guys still recommend a toe cover for the shoe?

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Reply #19 - Aug 11^th, 2009, 7:33am

Walmart is where I got mine but it was Sept/Oct.. I am not sure if they have them now since it is out of season but they were in the shoe section at the end of one of the aisles.

I have toe covers on my shoes.. Maybe they act as a little hat or at least block the vents up front undecided

I have had some good success putting the chemical warmers in a little plastic baggie after a short use and getting a little more heat out of them. I don't know if it depends on the brands or if I'm just imagining things but if one already had a ziplock just sqeeze it flat before zipping it up to get the air out and it might work. One thing about the ones I had, both from academy and walmart, I found is they need air to breath and make heat. If the shoe was too tight they didn't do much if anything.

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Bud_Bent Moderator Posts: 3311	Re: Winter shoes? Reply #20 - Aug 11^th, 2009, 7:43am That's a good idea, Mark. They do require air to work; it's an iron powder chemical thing (which I get to see all the time at work, with all the cast iron we machine). That's why shaking them will get more heat out of them, too.
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Reply #21 - Aug 11^th, 2009, 9:47pm

I just wanted to thank you guys for the help. I visited this site,rbent, occasionally last year but have mostly just posted on the Bacchetta site. I wanted to ask the shoe question of people who ride in the same area as I do since we all know how much the Texas temperature changes, even in Winter. Remembering Rbent was a Texas forum I decided to post on here. I really appreciate the help, and I will not be buying any winter cycling shoes this year. Going to give your techniques a try. What I had tried was close, I just need to add a few more things.

I never even had to worry about this stuff before I bought my first recumbent in August 2006. When it got cold, my df bike was in the garage until it warmed up the next Spring. But with the recumbent, all I want to do is ride cold or not. It is nice to have other crazy people to ask questions of. Smiley

Helps the learning curve tremendously.

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dgholmes59 rbent member Posts: 26	Re: Winter shoes? Reply #22 - Aug 12^th, 2009, 9:40am Kinda funny, I was looking at buying the Toasty Feet last year. However, I had tried so many things, I did not want to waste any more money on stuff that didn't work. I am going to get some this year.
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