Good warm durable wool socks can be found cheap ($10 ) at bass pro shops. The redhead extreme cold socks are nice. Wool, holofil and acrylc. The redhead lifetime guarantee are really good as well. Thick, soft and cozy and 80% wool, these are my really cold weather goto socks. I have winter louis garneau cycling boots that are sized up. I use very thin (3mm) alpaca wool insoles. All my other socks are smartwool (winners stores in town have them at 1/2 price, stocked up for years to come). Good insoles are a help. Best I have found are the old fashion metal bottom felt insoles, but wanted a bit more room in the shoes so went with the alpaca ones, leaves me with lots of toe wiggle with the thicker socks and room for chemical toe warmers.
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