Secrets of Warm Toes? - Page 4 - Cycling Mob: Road Cycling, Mountain Biking and More

01-02-2007, 10:12 AM

On Tue, 02 Jan 2007 16:34:55 GMT, Stephen Harding
<[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>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

Are you sure that they're warming up and not numbing?

01-02-2007, 02:15 PM

dgk wrote:
> On Tue, 02 Jan 2007 16:34:55 GMT, Stephen Harding
> <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>
>
>>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
>
>
> Are you sure that they're warming up and not numbing?

Both hands and feet are cold and numb at some point during
my really cold weather commutes.

The hands definitely start to warm up again after 20-25 minutes.

I can't really tell if the feet are. They don't seem to get
worse beyond 45-50 minutes in extreme cold, and actually seem to
be getting better (i.e. warmer).

SMH

01-03-2007, 05:12 AM

On Tue, 02 Jan 2007 22:15:39 GMT, Stephen Harding
<[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>dgk wrote:
>> On Tue, 02 Jan 2007 16:34:55 GMT, Stephen Harding
>> <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>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
>>
>>
>> Are you sure that they're warming up and not numbing?
>
>Both hands and feet are cold and numb at some point during
>my really cold weather commutes.
>
>The hands definitely start to warm up again after 20-25 minutes.
>
>I can't really tell if the feet are. They don't seem to get
>worse beyond 45-50 minutes in extreme cold, and actually seem to
>be getting better (i.e. warmer).
>
>
>SMH

Hopefully that is all behind me with the Hotronic foot warmers. Maybe
it will get cold enough this winter to find out. However, it's going
to be near 60 tomorrow so that won't do it. (NYC).

01-20-2007, 12:42 PM

Tom Keats wrote:
> In article <45984653$0$80050$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
> [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] writes:
> > Tom Keats <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> writes:
> >
> >>> 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.
> >
> > [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
> >
> >> It's good to know these are available. Thank you for providing this
> >> information.
> >
> > I think warm toast is best just as it comes out of the toaster. Don't
> > try to keep it warm.
>
> I like to warm my gloves on our gas furnace's plenum or
> hot-air duct for a while just before I head out into the
> wintery chill. Maybe a similar tactic would work with socks.
>
> My thus-warmed gloves will stay warm for as long as I keep them
> on. But if I take them off outdoors & mid-ride, the warmth is
> immediately lost. Then I've got to stick them under my arms or
> under my waistband, to warm them up again with body heat. And
> that can take some time. It feels funny, too. As a Reynaud's
> Syndrome sufferer, I /need/ to get those glove warm. Fortunately
> for me, I mostly feel the effects in my fingertips, which I can
> curl around the handlebar, away from the wind's chill. Folks who
> get it in their toes don't enjoy such luxury.
>
> Maybe a fencepost doesn't experience wind chill, but people
> with Reynaud's certainly do.

I cured (or stopped the symptoms) of Raynaud's by applying a
cream containing 20% urea for two months. You can buy creams
containing urea in a drug store.

>
> I like my toast to be soft, too. Friable toast is ruined.
>
>
> cheers,
> Tom
>
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