patentcad

This rocket to the top of Titanium Pete's Gotta Have It Bike Schwag list for 2007:

https://www.sidiusa.com/winter.html#a

Check out the 'Toasters' replacement insoles. Heated, wireless remote. I mean fughedaboudit. Just checked them out @ the LBS. Favorable reviews coming in from the beta test racer weenies out of Manhattan.

Warm tootsies will be mine. Oh yes. They will be MINE. As soon as Glenn @ Piermont Bicycle Connection gets my size in stock I mean.

Does anyone know if there's a non-bike weenie specific version of these that's half the price? The beauty part of the Sidi insoles is they're designed to replace the stock insoles in your Sidi shoes. That probably makes them worth whatever inflated bike weenie price tag they carry.

munkyv22

Hawt!

Snuffleupagus

https://www.snowboardfusion.com/item.php?ref_no=64043

Those are 45 bucks...which goes down a lot more easily than 300!!! Freakin Dollars for the Sidis.

ReedZ

They also work fairly well...

munkyv22

Yes, but with boot warmers, no one will see that they say "Sidi" on them. What's the point in that?

ReedZ

However, it seems the powerpack to support these insoles cost $160.00, for a total cost of $200.00.

https://www.backcountry.com/store/THC...ml?id=tM5vs3gS

WheresWaldo

That's just the insoles, you still need the powerpacks. Here is another vendor:

https://cozywinters.com/therm-ic/

patentcad

But I don't want ugainly/ugly/bulky winter cycling shoes (which don't necessarily work anyway). I want warm toes.

I have more than ample experience riding in sub 50º (and often sub 30º) temps. I do ride all winter. My toes were cold this morning (30 mile ride, 28º temperature). This is a no brainer for me. Cold feet seems to be a somewhat unpredictable phenomena. Very strange. But when your toes get cold, it kind of sucks. I just want something (adustable) to take the edge off. These seem ideal.

I wear Pearl Izumi Amfib booties over regular Sidis with ski socks in cold weather. That usually works. My toes never get so cold I'm ready to bag the ride. But that does appear to be the only weak link in the stay warm chain.

bac

Three bills is a bit much!

ReedZ

Just as is the case for many other consumer products, these can be had for less.

patencad, I always thought you lived a little closer to me in New Windsor. I guess you live a little closer to the city though.

Snuffleupagus

Multiple layers of plastic wrap are adjustable too Cost: 75 cents at Food Lion

patentcad

If you had spent more with chilly toes you'd realize how preposterous the hand wringing over the $300 is. Or maybe my bike weenie brain cells have snuffed out all sense of Reasonable Cost when it comes to anything bicycle related.

I suspect it IS the latter.

Nonetheless, the Sidi Toasters WILL BE MINE.

And of course I'll be posting about them here soon. In the meantime let's hope all your collective toes don't freeze off underneath that saran wrap.

WheresWaldo

With these Thermics, you can even regulate the heat remotely.
https://www.winterswarmth.com/product...m-ic/liion.htm

Now if they can sew the controls into those $500 PearlIzumi MP3 bibs, you'd have nearly everything you need for a ride, by yourself.

Patriot

Are those Sidi's waterproof?

Thus, allowing one to leave the rain booties at home?

ReedZ

Yes

patentcad

Allegedly. Trust me when I'm done with them I'll be able to tell you if they're really waterproof or not. I am the Sponge Bob of cycling.

botto 

Reed, you just got a call from someone by the name of Sh1t, Bull Sh1t

ReedZ

Vinokurtov

I love my Lake winter boots...but those out to come with a feathered hat and a purple Bentley.

Pimp. All the way.

cslone

I just buy these. They're good from my experience between about 22-42* F for 3 or so hours.

https://www.dickssportinggoods.com/pr...Id=18883170531

Thomill

+1 on this, and those for the hands as well. Just as cslone said, I use these when the temperature hits around 20F and thus far have had good luck. Keep an eye out for sales at REI and Dicks - you can usually pick these up in bulk packs for a good discount.

Take care,
T

patentcad

I'm in Chester. Several times a year I do a ride that goes through Cornwall (either to the Hudson River lookout on 218 or all the way through past West Point), and that's only a few miles from New Windsor. One of my employees lives in New Windsor, it's about 25 miles each way from her house to the office here.

TheKillerPenguin

A good way to freeze your toes right off in really cold weather! Plastic bags = no place for sweat to go = wet foot + cold = colder toes

patentcad

You don't really think anyone here will believe a guy named 'Penguin' gets cold feet do you?

TheKillerPenguin

Even penguins get cold