We had another one of those weather warning advisory days, for heavy rainfall.

Well an hour commute in it this morning and my feet were just soaked.

I wear smartwool sock, gortex sock (sealskinz), stuck into a shimano sandal, all covered with a sugoi bootie (those fleece backed thin ones). And my mec wirlwind tights were over the booties.

My feet were soaked when i got to work. My sealskinz socks were drenched inside. Ive had good success with the combo up till now during other days this wet. So either i ruined the gortex socks at some point, or my new smartwool socks are too tall and wicked water down inside. They do come up to the top of the sealskinz.

My tights are not waterproof so in downpours like today they do get wet inside, but still warm. I gotta find some way to stop the water from running down inside my socks, or find waterproof legs.

Anyone else find a foolproof way to keep toes dry without resorting to the plastic bag treatment ?

I don't have much luck at keeping the rain out. But I did get a boot dryer from Campmor for about $30 that does a pretty good job of drying them out afterwards.

Im wearing sandals, they dry in about 1 min after i take them off

My Lake cycling boots have worked well for keeping me dry in lighter rains. The only time I've ridden in heavy rains like you speak of were in the summer, and I got completely soaked head to toe. Sorry

I was actually completly dry head to hips. Head, torso, hands, were all dry.
Neither my base layer or my shirt showed any signs of wetness. Either from sweat buildup or from water coming in.

Lower half......well im looking to see if shimano makes clipless flippers.

There was not much chance of anything being dry around here this morning.
I have a similar clothing scheme for my lower half as you describe. The major cause of wet feet seems to be water running down my legs and into the tops of the booties. I've resorted to wrapping plastic bags around the tops of the booties and under the tights. My shoes were only a wet, not soaked, when I arrived this morning.
In the summer, I'd much rather go with the sandals and just let them get wet, but it's a bit cool for that now.

Start by wearing rainpaints that come down over your booties so water cannot run down between your booties/socks and leg. If you still get wet, try to find where the leak is.

Are you certain that water is getting in as opposed to sweat not getting out?

Sealskins are really for use inside boots. Cycling overbooties are for use with cycling shoes. Sandals do not require an overbootie. Just put a gortex sock over your wool socks.
Use a loser fit gortex oversock such as:
https://www.wiggle.co.uk/Default.aspx...dID=&UberCat=0

I used to go without the over bootie. But sealskinz are like swiss cheese against wind and my toes used to freeze.

So its layers
overbootie for wind
sealskinz for water
smartwool for warmth

Now if i can find a way to keep water from pouring in thru the top im set.

Actually i read of someone who uses a pair of those long dishwashing gloves, cuts the fingers off, and uses that. It creates a waterproof seal around their calf and covers the non waterproof top of the gortex sock.

I just think id be laughing too hard to actually try it. Or my wife would be in shock if she walked in on me as im jamming my feet thru her dishwashing gloves.

I like that idea. Better than plastic bags. Thanks.

Jarery

MEC has these sock which are like plastic bags, only much better.
I've used them for a few weeks now and and they make a huge difference while riding in rain. My feet are completely dry even though my shoes are soaking wet.

Here's the link,

https://www.mec.ca/Products/product_l...=1136845816393

They are the one's at the bottom of the page, they're called Integral Designs vapour barrier liner socks. The best $22 I've spent.

I just tried the link and it doesn't work. Anyways it's under socks in men's clothing.

Bike Nashbar listed 3 kinds of booties (shoe covers) like ones I got in a bike shop for use in the snow and rain. I do not remember paying $45 to $49 tho. These neoprene/fabric shoe covers with velcro closure in the back worked fine for me. Just made sure the wind/rain pants came down over their tops.