Overshoes for wet summer road rides

Can anyone recomend a non-insulated, waterproof-ish overshoe for wet road riding in the summer? I’ve got a pair of Endura neoprene MT500s which are great in the winter, but I think they’ll be too warm in the summer (and they’ve been sent back for a warrnaty claim of a faulty zip)

I’m planning a long ride this saturday, but the forecast is very wet, I don’t fancy 16 hours with soggy toes…

Not sure I’d bother if it’s warm. If you manage to keep your feet dry for 16 hours then you’re doing well! Overshoes for me are more about keeping your feet warm by reducing wind chill.

If it’s warm I think you’re better off wearing just shoes and socks (or no socks), then when you get wet you’ll dry more quickly.

If you’re riding in the rain for 16 hours then nothing will keep the rain out. You’re going to be soaked through everywhere else so your feet might as well be too.

If its warm, and its likely to be in the UK, then I wouldn’t wear overshoes.

mudguards would be your best bet.

oversocks would be good , keeps the grit out of your shoe and stops alot of the chaffing without boiling you in the bag.

as above don’t think you’re going to keep your feet dry. I was wondering the other day about mini overshoes for road or mtb, just something to cover the toe box of your shoes you could keep at the bottom of your pack. All my summer shoes have vents (obviously) and had a few rides where a nice day has gone all cloudy, run through a puddle and get my feet damp and a breeze picks up a little bit, suddenly my feet are freezing. Something to keep the windchill off would be great. Dunno if anyone does them tho, sure I saw someone with some years ago.

Oh yes, mudguards would be a good option!

By the way, 16 hours is a very long long ride. Are you training for something?

D0NK – you can get toe covers, most manufacturers make them.

I’ve got some Adidas ones that I picked up from a rummage bin years ago. They’re handy for spring/autumn and could easily be kept in a jersey pocket.

I use either Lusso Max Repel (seem hard to get now) or Sugoi Resistors for what you describe, the Sugois are a bit warmer but not overly so. Neither will keep your feet dry on a 16 hour wet ride though, nothing will. However, especially with the Sugois I don’t even notice my feet are wet during the ride.

as above don’t think you’re going to keep your feet dry. I was wondering the other day about mini overshoes for road or mtb

You mean toe covers.

Thanks.
This is like my eternal hunt for waterproof summer gloves. They simply don’t exist, and winter gloves are too warm.

If its warm, and its likely to be in the UK,

Not always…

The problem is this, its warm and dry when you leave home. 6 hours and several postcodes later, it starts to rain. Feet and hands get soaked. Carry on riding, which for me round here means going over 4-600m passes, where its considerable colder. Add the windchill of 40mph descents and my feet and hands are freezing. If the gloves and overshoes were waterproof and breathable, I wouldn’t be in that situation.

Have full-length mudguards, with flap on the front which catches the road spray, but doesn’t help the rain running down my legs, or with my hands.
Never had a problem with grit in my shoes.

Problem is the UK climate is, as noted, warm and wet in the summer, its just that it gets cold and wet once you’re moving at speed and gaining height.

Googling “waterproof non-insulted summer gloves/overshoes” brings up similar forum threads to this, but doesn’t provide any solutions. There is a (small) demand out there. Someone must have found a solution…

16 hours is a very long long ride. Are you training for something

Yes, training for the LEL in July.
Riding the Brampton-Edinburgh-Brampton section on saturday, and continuing on to Alston, then home to Hexham. 400km, I’m estimating 16 hours.

Lots of light this weekend. And forecast for lots of rain. 🙁

Also, I don’t mind getting a bit wet, if I can staywarm, so a bit aof wetsuit thing. Don’t want to get too hot though! I’m a picky bugger…

You mean toe covers.

thanks, i’d seen some pics of things like that but assumed they were for inside your shoe 😳 like an extra warm sock for winter riding and of course the name suggests feet rather than shoe coverings. tonyd’s pic, with the seam along the bottom, looks more obviously like an overshoe.

Castelli nano waterproof overshoes? Not cheap though.

If the nanoflex overshoes work as well as my nanoflex arm warmers or 3/4s then I’d say avoid, about the first 3 rain drops bead then it soon soaks through and loses it’s wind-proofing characteristics when it does.

Outeredge waterproof lycra one sounds like it fits the bill.

Thanks.
This is like my eternal hunt for waterproof summer gloves. They simply don’t exist, and winter gloves are too warm.

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