Agony of De Feet-Rep 2
Yesterday it was 22 degrees Fahrenheit when I left my house. The weather site on the Internet indicated it felt like 15. I continued with my experiments on keeping my feet warm.
On my left foot I had a shoe that was a couple of sizes larger than the shoe on my right foot. I had silk liner socks on both feet. On my right foot I had a Defeet Blaze wool sock. On my left a thicker wool sock. I also had a shoe cover on both feet.
After riding for approximately 50 minutes I believe my left foot was slightly warmer than my right. I don’t think it was enough to justify buying a second pair of larger shoes just so you can use thick wool socks.
Two other interesting notes. One is that by the time I got to work my water bottle had ice in the top and it was becoming difficult to get water out of it. When it is this cold I can also feel the water go all the way down to my stomach.
There is also another thing that I have discussed with my biking friends. For some reason when we ride home after work it seems colder than our ride to work. Why is that? The temperature is actually much colder in the morning.
Do any of you other commuting cyclists experience this feeling of it being colder for the ride home? Could it be our bodies are tired and feel the cold more?
Tags: cold weather bicycling
December 9th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
Could it be your body is warmer in the afternoon from daily activity, thus it feels colder? Or possibly your work environment is warmer than your home in the morning?
I feel colder when I ride home because it is when I ride home in evening.