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12-31-2006, 11:30 PM

On Sun, 31 Dec 2006 19:43:09 GMT, oughtfour <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
wrote:

>What if anything can I do to improve circulation?

Use cayenne, sparingly, as your foot powder.
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01-01-2007, 12:47 AM

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] (Tom Keats) wrote in
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> In article <Xns98AA6FF49288Cbluerandoneegmailcom@216.168.3.50 >,
> Richard B <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> writes:
>
>>> Another tip - try WOOL socks, it works!
>>>
>>>
>>
>> As for wool socks try Alpaca wool socks.
>
> I recently got a hearty endorsement of alpaca wool
> from my brother, to whom his Peruvian new neighbours/
> friends gave a pair of gloves, a toque, and a blanket
> made of the stuff. It appears to be a finer fibre than
> sheeps' wool, and correspondingly weaves "tighter."
> It's almost like felt.
>
>> Here is a site that you see what they offer.
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> It's good to know these are available. Thank you
> for providing this information.
>
>
> cheers,
> Tom
>

I was looking around the Dahlgren website and I found the socks I was
given... [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
These are the Outdoor XT model.
MSRP $14.00

Richard B.

01-01-2007, 05:53 AM

In article <hpUlh.2729$xu4.438@trndny07>,
oughtfour <luster@rnospam.net> wrote:

> Doc O'Leary wrote:
> > The question is *why* your toes get cold. It may be more of a
> > circulation issue than losses through the shoe.
>
> I'm sure that is part of it. Perhaps even aggravated by my new
> extra-thick wool socks, which make for a tight fit inside my bike shoes.

Yeah, if you don't have shoes that can be comfortably sized for the
extra layer it often makes the most sense to get a full cover.

> What if anything can I do to improve circulation?

Keep your core and head at better than "warm enough" is a good start.
You want your body to consider the extremities as radiators to dump heat
instead of considering them expendable to frostbite. Stretching a bit
during the ride (if you can) or otherwise keeping your muscles loose
will help some.

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01-01-2007, 10:50 AM

Did you see this about Reynaud's
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The hot packs sound like a good idea.
The have slippers now with gel pads you can heat up.
If you slipped them in your bike footwear your feet would be warm. Or in
your gloves too.

01-01-2007, 10:54 AM

"Zoot Katz" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 31 Dec 2006 19:43:09 GMT, oughtfour <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
> wrote:
>
>>What if anything can I do to improve circulation?
>
> Use cayenne, sparingly, as your foot powder.
> --
> zk

Have you tried it?

01-01-2007, 11:25 AM

I've ridden (9mi each way commute) in temperatures as low as 25F with no
problem, and no problems with cold feet. The secret - forget my toes, just
keep the blood warm on the way to the feet. I wear 1 pair of light dress
socks, Lycra long-johns (pixie pants), and a pair of long Cross Country Ski
Socks. They come up almost to the knees and you can get them in all colors, or
plain old black. As an experiment I rolled one sock down to the top of my
shoes, rode 3 miles - and the toes on that foot were definitely cold - but the
others were nice and warm.

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01-01-2007, 01:48 PM

oughtfour <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>Can anyone explain to me how to keep my new toe warmers from falling off
>my shoes?
>
>These things [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] have no hooks or flaps or ties to
>tighten. They do not slip over the tongue of the shoe or fasten to the
>laces or anything like that that I can see.
>
Nashy had these on sale
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and I was suprised how well they work. I dont usually ride if the
temp is below 41, but 2 pr socks and the footies has worked great (so
far).

Could you get wifey to sew some elastic backstrap onto yours?

01-01-2007, 05:21 PM

On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 15:40:40 GMT, oughtfour <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
wrote:

>Can anyone explain to me how to keep my new toe warmers from falling off
>my shoes?
>
>These things [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] have no hooks or flaps or ties to
>tighten. They do not slip over the tongue of the shoe or fasten to the
>laces or anything like that that I can see.
>
>What they do is fall off when I have to make a stop for traffic.
>
>Do these ever work? I could really use something that does.
>
>It was about 32 degrees on my ride yesterday but I was warm
>enough--except for my toes.

I cheated. I bought the Hotronic foot warmers. It's really meant for
all day skiing but it seems to work very well for biking. Then again,
it's hardly been a fair test this year since it hardly goes under 40
in NYC these days.

01-01-2007, 05:30 PM

On Mon, 01 Jan 2007 19:25:59 GMT, mike vore <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>I've ridden (9mi each way commute) in temperatures as low as 25F with no
>problem, and no problems with cold feet. The secret - forget my toes, just
>keep the blood warm on the way to the feet. I wear 1 pair of light dress
>socks, Lycra long-johns (pixie pants), and a pair of long Cross Country Ski
>Socks. They come up almost to the knees and you can get them in all colors, or
>plain old black. As an experiment I rolled one sock down to the top of my
>shoes, rode 3 miles - and the toes on that foot were definitely cold - but the
>others were nice and warm.

I think the 9 miles isn't long enough. My commute is 15 each way, and
my toes are pretty much fine until the last few miles. Then they start
freezing.

01-02-2007, 08:34 AM

dgk wrote:

> I think the 9 miles isn't long enough. My commute is 15 each way, and
> my toes are pretty much fine until the last few miles. Then they start
> freezing.

My commute is 11 miles each way and my feet are pretty well frozen
by the time I get to work in 45-50 minutes.

However, I think they're actually starting to warm up again by that
time (temperature decrease of toes has bottomed out). If I rode a
longer route, I think they might actually start to warm.

This happens with my hands where my fingers are at their max cold
(cold enough to be aching on thawing) after about 20 minutes. The
remainder of the commute they are warming up.

This is the case at and below about 10-15F. Above this temperature,
both hands and feet don't generally get cold enough to be aching on
warmup.

SMH