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  • January 24, 2013 at 9:09 pm #960811
    Subby
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    @Dirt 41570 wrote:

    The socks I like even better than Smartwool are those by Swiftwick. They’re more expensive, but I found they last longer and have a better temperature range for me. My feet are comfy at lower and higher temperatures. Locally they’re available at Tri360 Near the W&OD trail just down from East Falls Church Metro. Tri360 donated a bunch of pairs of Swiftwick socks for HP100 primes, which was a pretty dang cool thing to do!

    Sweet! I just so happen to be heading over there later today to get my bike checked out. Will bring additional monies.

    Thanks!

    January 25, 2013 at 12:15 am #960829
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    Quick trip report.

    Tri360 is AWESOME. Super nice people. Very accommodating with all of my dumbass questions. Totally convenient to my house (less than 3 miles) and on the way to work. They replaced my front and rear brakes and trued my front wheel and I was out of there in under 30 minutes.

    Definitely my LBS.

    January 25, 2013 at 1:53 am #960838
    OneEighth
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    DeFeet makes an awesome heavy wool sock as well. Actually, I stick with DeFeet wool socks for my biking and rowing sock needs year-round. Now if only they made a dress sock…

    January 25, 2013 at 2:40 am #960845
    vvill
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    I have a few pairs of the DeFeet wool socks and I like them very much. I also have a pair of the Swiftwicks which I haven’t tried yet (got them as a prime at the Reston CX race).

    Strangely in this uber cold weather I’ve actually just been wearing some very thick wool ones I got on ebay as spares. They seem to work so I haven’t tried to fix what isn’t broken.

    January 25, 2013 at 1:18 pm #960864
    Dickie
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    @Dirt 41570 wrote:

    The socks I like even better than Smartwool are those by Swiftwick. They’re more expensive, but I found they last longer and have a better temperature range for me. My feet are comfy at lower and higher temperatures.

    I got a pair of Swiftwick socks as a gift last summer and love them for summer riding…. great compression, no hot spots, and they keep my feet dry. However, I haven’t tried their winter variety. My favorite winter socks are the PI Thermal socks… Merino wool, tall cuff, thin, warm, dry and pretty odor free….although pricey. In really cold weather I have been using PI’s softshell booties for years and love them, although they are just about to fall apart so I ordered their new PRO WXB bootie which haven’t arrived yet… shocker!… I’ll report later.

    January 25, 2013 at 6:18 pm #960907
    cephas
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    @Subby 41610 wrote:

    Quick trip report.

    Tri360 is AWESOME. Super nice people. Very accommodating with all of my dumbass questions. Totally convenient to my house (less than 3 miles) and on the way to work. They replaced my front and rear brakes and trued my front wheel and I was out of there in under 30 minutes.

    Definitely my LBS.

    Good to know. A very short detour off my commute via W&OD. I had no idea they existed, but will check them out.

    February 17, 2013 at 9:57 pm #962769
    Dirt
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    8 hours out on the bike today with wind chill in the low teens. Under my shoe covers, my toes were both warm and cute.
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    Love,

    Dirt

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