I've always used shoe covers of varying thickness and insulation with my normal summer road shoes, and at temperatures under 40f, my feet were not protected well enough. I saw these winter road shoes and thought I would give them a try. I normally wear Sidis, and the sizing between the two seems to be pretty close. I went a half a size up to make room for thicker socks, but I could probably have stuck with my normal size. My feet still get cold a bit, but never to the point where I am worried about them. I regularly ride in temps at or below 25f, and these shoes have made it a lot better.
I'll preface this by saying that I own a set of the previous generation ASSOS Winter glove 'evo' which I'm a huge fan of for mild northern California winters (~40 degree lows), so much that I bought these hoping to use them as backup. These gloves are completely different from the outgoing model, they're fully lined with a soft 'furry' insulation which adds significant bulk compared to the outgoing model which I'm not a fan of. That said, they're good quality and if I cycled in colder conditions I'd give them a go.
Was looking for a shoe for indoor winter cycling and SiDi has always been my brand. I normally wear their Mega (wide) size, but the prices for something that I'm only using for winter training was out of reach. These are not "Mega's" so I took one size larger and they work just fine. Catching an end-of-year sale really helped my frugal experiment.
They are quite stiff, consistent with my expectations for Sidi's.
Sorry I can't rate their 'road worthiness' but wanted to provide something.
I find that rimless sunglasses are the best type for cycling. When you lean forward on the bike and look ahead you do not see a frame in your field of view. I use them for commuting home. In the winter, I start out with light, but its dark half way home. I also have a different model Tifosi that has the light night fototec lens. This lens is better in the dark, but it seems to do nothing during the day. I prefer the red fototec overall. It does block some sun during the day and I personally find that I can use them in the dark as well. It's also reasonably good at reducing fogging which can be annoying in the winter. The lens has good clarity. They do scratch pretty easily though. There are a number of other rimless sunglasses out there, but I have found that many are too tall to fit under my helmet. The Oakley Evzero blades work, but they are more expensive and they don't have the range of photochromic lenses that Tifosi does. The Tifosi Rail is too tall, but the Rail XC is just about perfect for me.
