(04-17-2018, 10:36 AM)jamincan Wrote: What do you currently use for footwear? I'm personally okay with heavy wool socks, my normal shoes, and lightly insulated shoe covers down to -5 or so. Specifically these shoe covers: https://www.mec.ca/en/product/5041-652/A...lour=BK000
I've got regular/summer mtb shoes, one or two pairs of socks, bontrager waterproof socks and then some neoprene overshoes... this setup will keep me comfortable for an hour if it's -5 and around 2 hours if it's closer to zero. This approach doesn't work well in heavy rain (but then what does) since the water gets in then it can't get out.
I just get really cold feet easily, I have to wear seriously insulated boots in the winter at work otherwise my feet just perish. The best boots I ever wore cycling were my snowboarding boots but they make it hard to pedal properly. I've been meaning to go over to Ziggy's and see what their winter boot selection is like. I might just consider more mountain biking in the winter since the wind isn't as bad in the bush, usually.
I've ridden some really serious rain and nothing seems to work all that well, the only thing I think I might try in the future is stocking foot hip waders but I am not all that eager to buy some, though these ones are really cheap. I'd put them on over my cycling clothes and into the shoes... that way water would have to soak through instead of running down the socks... if I buy something else from amazon maybe I'll toss these in the cart and see how it goes but I don't really have high hopes. Realistically I'd only use them in cold rain since I've found the rain in the summer isn't nearly so bad if it's warm out.