Showing posts with label shoes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shoes. Show all posts

2012-11-30

the warmest boots are gifts of the heart

11.30: co.fb/gear/shoes/the warmest boots are gifts of the heart:
LOOK: NYPD Cop Gives Homeless Man Boots,
Photo Goes Viral
You have to like what NYPD Officer Larry DePrimo did
for a barefoot man in Manhattan
one frigid night this month.
I cringed seeing that story,
wondering if the guy was sane eno' to say thanks .

2012-05-01

builtin-shoes as toe-clips


4.16: gear/trike/builtin-shoes as toe-clips:
. Idea: combine powergrips with a heel cup
that has most of the outer half removed;they fit together
... but moot if building a shell for the trike
that is complete with a floor?
still, even if saved from catastrophe of
slipping out of pedals and breaking a leg
as your foot is dragged under the trike,
slipping onto a shell's floor
is still an annoying interruption of pedaling;
and, the new idea would mean

2009-12-29

neoprene footwarmers

4.21: gear/shoes:
. try new shoes with
small shoe covers reused as socks:
very warm, reminds of yellowstone park,
where my feet were too cold with
boots and wooly socks,
but were doing great with
something much cheaper:
put foam from backpack strap under feet,
use plastic bag as a sock, and wear sandals .
. the neoprene shoe covers prove that
my old dry feet still do sweat .

10.29: proj.gear/neoprene footwarmers:
. these were meant for outside the shoes,
but I accidently got a size way to small;
however, they do fit wearing them like shoes ! (with socks)
[11.3:
... but later I would find they can attract odor easily] .

10.30: proj.gear/neo.shoes/fitting inserts:
. the neoprene shoe covers had no soles,
so I had added the inserts taken from triking shoes .
. now, after having problems with the inserts being too large
(not fitting without a wrinkle),
I'm cutting the inserts to exactly the size of my feet .

10.30: proj.gear/shoes/slit to fit neo.shoes inside:
. the neo.shoes are very warm,
and will be good for inside shoes when much colder,
but they are cramped just eno to block circulation;
so, add slits positioned to extend the shoe's tongue
all the way to the tip of the shoes .
. the slit fabric lining under the leather shows through now?
remove much of that fabric in the toe area .
. found more thorns in sole? use clippers .