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My feet are still numb...

  • 08-11-2010 1:53pm
    #1
    nitrogen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 698 ✭✭✭


    Is there an overshoe and magic sock combo that could keep my feet dry in heavy rain? I currently have a pair of endura overshoes and they are hopeless in a downpour.

    Think I might wrap my ankles in cling-film next time.


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  • #2
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 77,702 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Maybe this should be in Raam's fashion advice thread, but I'm sure the owner of these will recognise them:
    13533_192083475305_726840305_4408867_8214689_n.jpg


  • #3
    ednwireland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,461 ✭✭✭✭ednwireland


    long seal skin socks underneath as well ?

    like this one
    http://www.sealskinz.com/cgi-bin/psProdDet.cgi/KE451%7C%7C~@c~@b%7C0%7Cuser%7C1,0,0,1%7C56%7C

    (long to stop water running down it)

    My weather

    https://www.ecowitt.net/home/share?authorize=96CT1F



  • #4
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,143 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    Beasty wrote: »
    Maybe this should be in Raam's fashion advice thread, but I'm sure the owner of these will recognise them

    I believe those are Captain Havoc's legs.

    I cannot believe I know that.


  • #5
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 77,702 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Lumen wrote: »

    I cannot believe I know that.

    Once you have seen that particular image it sticks with you for the rest of your life ....


  • #6
    trek climber
    Registered Users Posts: 555 ✭✭✭trek climber


    He's not sponsorsed by Gillette by any chance !!!


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  • #7
    rothar man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 144 ✭✭rothar man


    pair of socks - spar plastic bag - another pair of socks

    always does the trick for me.


  • #8
    Raam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,317 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    Here is the best possible advice I can give: if it is raining, you will get wet. Learn to accept it.


  • #9
    Lusk Doyle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,365 ✭✭✭Lusk Doyle


    Raam's level of directness hasn't been seen since the Jack Charlton era (route one - put em under pressure)!

    If it rains you will get wet - brilliant!


  • #10
    mloc123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,454 ✭✭✭mloc123


    Beasty wrote: »
    Maybe this should be in Raam's fashion advice thread, but I'm sure the owner of these will recognise them:
    13533_192083475305_726840305_4408867_8214689_n.jpg

    I am usually against amateurs shaving their legs, but...


  • #11
    Jawgap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,297 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    Beasty wrote: »
    Once you have seen that particular image it sticks with you for the rest of your life ....

    Why would anyone have that image to hand on their computer??????


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  • #12
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 77,702 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Jawgap wrote: »
    Why would anyone have that image to hand on their computer??????
    A quick search for "clingfilm" and "Captain Havoc" brought up a number of images - only that one was safe for work though;)


  • #13
    Captain Havoc
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 11,393 Mod ✭✭✭✭Captain Havoc


    Ye're just jealous that ye have to spend money on ladyshaves and leg warmers.

    https://ormondelanguagetours.com

    Walking Tours of Kilkenny in English, French or German.



  • #14
    langdang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,857 ✭✭✭langdang


    I'm a fan of the sealskinz waterproof socks on the MTB.
    http://www.wiggle.co.uk/sealskinz-hi-vis-waterproof-socks/

    They are thick, so you may find they won't fit inside a tight set of road shoes unfortunately.

    I don't think they are fully waterproof either (altho maybe I just have extremely sweaty feet!) but you get a kind of a wetsuit effect - the small amount of water that does get in will stay warm - with a normal sock it's new cold water coming in all the time that sucks all the heat away from your feet.


  • #15
    Captain Havoc
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 11,393 Mod ✭✭✭✭Captain Havoc


    I'm also a big fan of sealskinz as even with booties your feet can still get wet so I find sealskinz the best way around this. As for the clingfilm photo, I went for a very long spin on a coldish day, I was about three or four hours from home so I had to improvise, I can assure you that clingfilm is excellent in the absense of more conventional items.

    https://ormondelanguagetours.com

    Walking Tours of Kilkenny in English, French or German.



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