Cold feet in winter really take the joy out of riding. I’m currently trialling some ‘camaro’ high calf ones. They’re 1mm thick.
They’re warmer and comfier than seal skins, and seal better at the top of my leg, having a wet suit style smooth rubber lip instead of fabric.
Currently I’m wearing a thin summer sock under them.
They seem to work better than longs with kneepads and I’m effectively waterproof to the bottom of my knee.
Despite being non breathable, on balance compared to seal skins, they’re actually drier. Only short rides so far, Max 2.5 hours, but so far I’m reasonably impressed.
What should be quite useful on big winter days is that unlike seal skins, if you get water in them, you just empty it out, give them a shake and they’re virtually dry, which raises the possibility of some spare dry socks in a bag, just like I do with spare gloves sometimes.
My experiment continues.