Summer socks...over ankle

[wgp]

Originally Posted by 9tubes

Try the Assos outlet for good deals and good (but not great) short socks.

My go to short socks! Out of favor (in terms of “fashion”) perhaps, but all I ride, except in winter! Not sure if Assos outlet still stocks them ...

[JonB]

another fan of Swiftwick here.

[BRad704]

Originally Posted by mcfarton

I really like sockguy socks. I got some really nice socks from bontrager on sale. Not sure I would pay 25 for them but at 6 I bought 3 pairs. I should have gotten more.


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I picked up a pair of SockGuy socks at Capitol Ref Natl Park and they're great. A bit thicker so they don't really fit with my road shoes, but I love them for anything requiring my SPD shoes.


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[PTinz]

A third fan of swiftwick here, was a long time supporter of defeet but they are too tall now and I am blessed (re: cursed) with my mom's 'cankles' and the current en vouge crew length often times don't even get above my ankle and am not a fan of the bunched up look. Swiftwick Aspires in 4" and 5" are a good tip.

[Ozz]

Originally Posted by Jeff Weir

Bombas socks

My wife got me some Bombas ...really nice but pretty thick...more for walking than cycling I think. Do they have any thin ones? I know...I can check the website too...

[BdaGhisallo]

Originally Posted by PTinz

A third fan of swiftwick here, was a long time supporter of defeet but they are too tall now and I am blessed (re: cursed) with my mom's 'cankles' and the current en vouge crew length often times don't even get above my ankle and am not a fan of the bunched up look. Swiftwick Aspires in 4" and 5" are a good tip.

Where are you finding Aspires in a 5" cuff? I thought they went from 4" to 7" with nothing in between?

[BdaGhisallo]

Originally Posted by Mark McM

The Pros are wearing higher socks, and everybody wants to look 'Pro', so that's what the sock companies are offering. Why are the Pros wearing higher socks? Because the fabric texture can improve aerodynamics over bare legs. The Pros were taking 'aero socks' to such extremes, that the UCI had create new rules regulating maximum sock height.

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/r...ht-2019-400273

Nothing new there - riders back in the 50s & 60s were wearing fairly tall socks. They certainly weren't the super tall socks we see now but there were a number of them that went well beyond the short ankle socks we saw in the 80s and 90s. Anquetil was quite partial to longer ones.

[PTinz]

Originally Posted by BdaGhisallo

Where are you finding Aspires in a 5" cuff? I thought they went from 4" to 7" with nothing in between?

well, i thought I had 4" and 5"? Don't see them on the website anymore, but 5" is a choice on the cuff length, it just doesn't populate with anything..... go figure? i have all the solid colors of aspire 4's, then have some what I thought were aspires in "light" designs that are just a tad taller, so assumed they were 5" (definitely not 6" or taller). I'm not sure now which model the taller ones are now, none are on the website though.....one is black with old sky team blue stripes at the top, the other are neon green with black at the top-sound familiar?

[RFC]

Costco has bins full of them. Yes, that's what I where. Crew socks are dorky.

[Ozz]

Originally Posted by RFC

Costco has bins full of them. Yes, that's what I where. Crew socks are dorky.

uh...oh!

them's fighting words! (at least with the helmet mirror crowd!)

I am kidding....really.....wear what you want!!!

[Mike Bryant]

Living in the highly humid Deep South I find the taller sock help wick away the sweat running down my legs and into my shoes. With short socks I’d often have a pool of sweat in my shoes rusting away my cleat screws. Things can get ugly at cleat changing time when that happens.

And yes, I grease every thing up.


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[charliedid]

Anyone find socks under $15.00?

NO PADDING thin and preferable to cool-max... a' la 6" Defeet Aireator

I have a pile of Swiftwicks that are great but what I don't love is that they are thin but then overly thick in the toes presumably for durability. They are fine in ATB shoes but not so much my current road shoes...some days worse than others. Sigh....I have problems like nobody.

Anyone got the deals?

[Dave]

I'm sticking with ankle length. No stupid tall tan lines for me.

I have bought 10 or 12 pairs of black fruit of the loom for a buck a pair at Walmart. If I need thinner socks, I have pearl Izumi ankle socks.

[smead]

I've been rocking high socks for years. Sometimes they don't even match. Who would have known the pros would follow my lead.

[charliedid]

Originally Posted by Dave

I'm sticking with ankle length. No stupid tall tan lines for me.

I have bought 10 or 12 pairs of black fruit of the loom for a buck a pair at Walmart. If I need thinner socks, I have pearl Izumi ankle socks.

Stupid tan lines...