Anyone got a solution to keep feet warm when using road pedals/cleats?

[Steve Vai]

Thanks for all the real world feedback folks.

I’m hitting full-stop on looking for a new shoe to solve this problem.

Not the end of the world if I put SPD pedals on my road bike but I’ll likely flip back ever time it gets warm so i can have the comfort of my custom road shoes.

I’ll tinker some more with soles, insulation, chemical warmers and shoe covers and see what I come up with. I suspect that better sealing covers works against enough O2 for chemical warmers.

A decade ago I dabbled with electric insoles but battery technology sucked and product quality was poor. Might do more research into electric socks and see if any get consistently ok reviews..

I’ll post back mid-winter with findings…

I had those weird original heated soles back in the day also. They really didn’t do jack but this was also pre-winter shoe so we didn’t have options.

 

[Ian F]

Is there anyone out there making custom shoes? A friend of mine had a pair of Carnac mtb shoes made years ago and while they were not very durable he did say they were the best fitting shoes he had ever tried. He has both wide and mis-matched feet, so the custom option was great for him. Unfortunately, it looks like Carnac went out of business years ago.

I just run mtb pedals on my road bikes, so on the rare situation where I need to do a road ride during the winter, I wear my Lakes. Thos combined with smartwool ski socks works for me, but I don't really have a big problem with cold feet or hands.

 

[ekuhn]

Plastic baggies and those hand warmers around my ankles always seemed to help me keeping the blood flowing and toes subsequently warm

 

[Tim]

I've got a couple pairs of heated socks I got from Costco that I wear while skiing and on the MTB. They have worked well for me for the last couple of winters.

https://www.costco.com/mobile-warming-heated-socks-.product.4000203603.html

 

[scott62]

These work great, I put them on top of my feet for cycling.

Amazon.com

 

[Magic]

Never had road shoes since I just ran SPDs on everything for road, cross, road. But I always just duct taped the mount inside the shoe to help with water especially for cross, then just stick a toe warmer on top of the foot. Under feels weird and they also need some air to work. Even colder, I just put a corner of a plastic bag over the toes since most of winter riding is just wind proofing since your body generates a ton of heat.