Originally Posted by chipcom
If you're shoes/boots are too tight, you're piggies is gonna get cold. I opted for the Answer Kashmirs because they are just a bit bigger for me than the Lakes. I wear a 48, so another size bigger is not always an easy option. I get by just fine with a thin wool sock, thicker wool sock and the boots, down to 0F...though I did put on some overbooties when it was below zero last week, just in case.
I think it was the single digit windy mornings along the Hudson River and over the Brooklyn Bridge combined with the open weave on the top of my shoes -- not the tightness of fit.
I'm loathe to go out and buy another pair of shoes for the 10-15 days of really cold stuff I have to face. Riding is expensive enough as it is. But come next Christmas, if I've been a good Hambone, maybe Santa...