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've tried every winter cycling glove, ski gloves, in various combination. It gets cold here in January (it's 14 F outside right now). My coldest rides have been in the single digits (temperature, not "wind chill").
At this point in my life the Pearl Izumi Amfib Lobster gloves work down to 35 F. I add silk liner gloves and a disposable hand warmer per glove. There's room enough for my hands and all that. Yes, it's a bit clumsy compared to summer fingerless gloves, but if you're going to ride in the cold, go with these.
I have no opinion on their usefulness in cold, wet weather riding. I'm not insane.
FWIW, I splurged on a pair of Assos lobsters a while ago and the finger cutout was too deep and dug into the web between my fingers. These don't do that.
Highly recommended.
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.
