TimD
11-26-2004, 10:06 PM
Soooo, a couple of weeks ago I notice Nashbar is having a sale on Pearly Amfib shoe covers and order myself a pair, size XL, my shoes being size 45.5.
They arrive and sit in my bag with the rest of my cold weather stuff, since the temperature has been in the high 40s and 50s recently.
Today, however, it is 42 F with a nice little breeze blowing, so I figure I'll swap my shredded toe covers for the new shoe covers. Quickly it becomes apparent that my idea of XL is not the manufacturer's idea of XL, or my expectation that the covers will be easy to put on is misplaced :confused:
Eventually with the help of my wife I get them zipped up and they prove to be comfortable and, combined with some light merino wool socks, warm enough for the 90-minute ride I'm on.
Silly questions to the members of the audience who own these things are:
1. Is this 'just they way they are' and/or will they stretch and loosen up eventually?
2. Does the zipper go on the inside or the outside?
It seems like they would be impossible to put on were I to try to put them on with the zipper on the outside, or at least it would be impossible for me to put them on with the zipper on the outside - on the inside, I can cross my legs and wrestle the damn things into submission. However, (on the Marcelo) the nasty metal zipper end passes dangerously close to the chainstay as I'm riding. Repeated contact would probably chew through the electrical tape I've mounted on the stay and ding the paint, so if the covers are to be worn with the zipper on the outside I'd like to know
Thanks for any advice -
TimD
PS It was a ride, a *necessary* ride, after endless pie and other junk last night, toppped off with a bunch of beer, wine, and bourbon... to quote BD, "burp"
They arrive and sit in my bag with the rest of my cold weather stuff, since the temperature has been in the high 40s and 50s recently.
Today, however, it is 42 F with a nice little breeze blowing, so I figure I'll swap my shredded toe covers for the new shoe covers. Quickly it becomes apparent that my idea of XL is not the manufacturer's idea of XL, or my expectation that the covers will be easy to put on is misplaced :confused:
Eventually with the help of my wife I get them zipped up and they prove to be comfortable and, combined with some light merino wool socks, warm enough for the 90-minute ride I'm on.
Silly questions to the members of the audience who own these things are:
1. Is this 'just they way they are' and/or will they stretch and loosen up eventually?
2. Does the zipper go on the inside or the outside?
It seems like they would be impossible to put on were I to try to put them on with the zipper on the outside, or at least it would be impossible for me to put them on with the zipper on the outside - on the inside, I can cross my legs and wrestle the damn things into submission. However, (on the Marcelo) the nasty metal zipper end passes dangerously close to the chainstay as I'm riding. Repeated contact would probably chew through the electrical tape I've mounted on the stay and ding the paint, so if the covers are to be worn with the zipper on the outside I'd like to know
Thanks for any advice -
TimD
PS It was a ride, a *necessary* ride, after endless pie and other junk last night, toppped off with a bunch of beer, wine, and bourbon... to quote BD, "burp"