"John Finney" wrote in message
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About a year (and one winter) has passed since I have seen any reviews
of winter cycling shoes. I am prepared to purchase the new model from
either Lake or Gaerne, but would like to hear pros/cons and other
recommendations from similarly cold-footed riders.

In particular, can anyone confirm that Lake or Gaerne winter shoes
can/cannot work with Speedplay (X/2) cleats?

For the record, the following have proven insufficient: plastic bread
bags, shoe covers, duct tape, neoprene socks, Gore-Tex socks, and
battery powered heated insoles (although those aren't bad). I have
Reynaud's syndrome, and if you have it too you know about cold toes...

On average my peripherals stay pretty warm. My approach to winter shoes
though has been to use a slightly larger (mostly wider) shoe. With a
medium-heavy set of wool socks I'm good to 20-something. Below that I
resort to booties.

It's nice to have some layering effect versus the big coat effect.

--
Robin Hubert