Review: Good choice for cold, wet rides, with a Gore-Tex membrane & insulating fleece lining cycling fizikofficial
got hypothermia in Morocco onceGore-Tex says that its membrane provides excellent thermal insulation. I'm not sure how much of the warmth is down to the membrane and how much results from the brushed fleece lining and the footbed, and I'm not really fussed, to be honest. All I do care about is that I've been using these shoes since [checks how overdue this review is] November and I've never had cold feet once, and that includes a couple of really cold snaps.
As well as the Gore-Tex membrane and the fleece lining that extends around most of the foot, the uppers are high-density PU laminate with a reinforcing coating around the bottom edge. Even so, they can mark if you touch them against the front tyre, for instance. I did that on one of mine even though I'm usually pretty careful about that kind of stuff. It's a tiny rub mark and it's not going to affect longevity.
Do you know what a gusseted tongue is? It's the name for when the tongue is attached to the rest of the shoe not only at the base but also along its sides. That's what you get here to keep out rain and whatever else gets kicked up from the road surface and, as Fizik told us earlier on, the tongue contains a membrane. I certainly couldn't detect any water getting in there.
While I'm being finicky, a second Boa dial would allow you to adjust the tension to suit different areas of your foot – just the one dial is a bit rough and ready. But it's a system that works fine, even when using thick winter gloves, and there's enough lace to allow you to get the Tempo Artica GTXs on and off easily enough. The loop at the heel helps there.
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