Wet socks for six months before I tried the bag trick
I rode 12 miles round trip in Portland rain and kept showing up with pruned feet, so I blamed my boots and bought three pairs. Then a coworker said to put plastic produce bags between my socks and shoes, and I laughed it off until I tried it one stormy Tuesday. Took almost half a year to hear that simple hack, so what other cheap fixes did you all figure out the hard way?
Bread bags work better than produce bags, they're thicker and actually cover your ankles. Took me two winters of soaked feet to learn that one. Duct tape over the tops of your boots works too if you're desperate. And wool socks beat cotton every time, no matter what the bag situation is. Cheap fix that saves your sanity.