2012-04-29 - Windy Millers!

Well it's sort of how a wetsuit works. The trapped layer of water is warmed up to body temperature and the membrane insulates that from the cold and wind, resulting in wet but warm feet. Tho taking wet shoes and socks off after 100 miles you'll be glad that feet and noses are located at opposite ends of the body.

Yeah - the sealskins (the socks anyway) don't really work that way - they are porous and quite a lot of damp and air and all the rest goes through as there isn't really a seal to speak of. It's easy for water to run inside them. Seems to be a little less easy for the water to get back out again, though, but you end up with a little puddle sloshing about around the ball of your foot that gets colder and colder as the ride progresses.

That said, the sealskins don't always work that way - it's something i've only noticed in proper torrential flood conditions. A bit of normal rain and they're fine, much like most "waterproof, lol" gear.