I’ve got an old pair of waterproof walking boots where the sole is well and truly worn, but my feet still squirm around on the pedals more than I’d like.

My Shimano MP90s let water in like crazy so even with waterproof socks I’m still going to get cold feet, and the soles will be rubbish gripping the ground on the slippery bits you often have to push up when singlespeeding in winter.

I know exactly what I’d like – Shimano MT91s but with a patch of Stealth type sole in the middle, keeping the knobbly bits front and back. Maybe I could get a local shoe repair man to do this for me. What do you think.

Surely there must be a market for this kind of thing. I’ve been looking all over and all you can get is walking boots or SPD boots. Do people who ride flatties only ride in summer?

Five-Ten Karvers

I wear my 5-10 Freeriders all year. Bought them a size too big to take plenty of sockage. If it’s below freezing liner sock + walking sock + Sealskinz. It doesn’t matter about your feet getting wet as long as they stay warm

How to make your favourite flat pedal shoes totally waterproof

I should add: I often wear Seal Skinz light merino w/p socks with my Five-tens and never had cold, or wet, feet.

Five Ten Impacts, with sports socks have always been warm enough for me. Just keep riding.

End of ride – towel dry feet* and stick the flip flops on.

*Not required in summer 🙂

5.10 and sealskinz socks