Wool socks over the shoes? I think I did that once. Doesn't work great. There was also the stuff the front of your jersey with newspaper thing. Sounds ridiculous in retrospect, but everyone did it on cold mornings.

It seems that no one remembers the toe clip covers. They were some sort of nylon cloth, and went over the top of your toe clips. Maybe they had some sort of velcro. Maybe they were red?? At one time these were very common. Same era as when people had those Sergal wool winter jackets with nylon front panels. I tried to find a picture, but can't.

There were also full shoe covers - virtually the same as modern shoe covers.

Perhaps it's time and timely to start a C&V winter clothing thread. I got no pics, just the memories.