Castelli Toe Thingy 2 review – useful foot protection for fall/spring

Keep your favourite summer shoes going into autumn - but fit them carefully if you use larger cleats

Image shows Castelli's Toe Thingy 2 on a rider's cycling shoes.
(Image credit: John Stevenson)
Cycling Weekly Verdict

When it’s too cold for summer shoes, but not dank enough for full overshoes, Castelli’s Toe Thingy 2 does a good job of protecting your feet. They’re easy to use and are small enough to carry in a pocket. However, the thin neoprene means you do have to be delicate with them as you stretch them into place.

Reasons to buy
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    Fend off the chill

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    Very easy to use

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    Inexpensive

Reasons to avoid
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    Slightly odd-looking

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    Red can run

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    Needs careful handling

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Want to keep wearing your favourite summer shoes into Autumn? The marvellously-named Toe Thingy 2 blocks all those pesky vents and mesh panels over your toes that are so handy in the summer but distinctly chilly in cool weather.

They are essentially the answer to the (quite specific) question ‘How do you keep the chill off your toes when it’s not really cold enough for full overshoes?'

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John Stevenson
Freelance reviewer

One of the UK's most experienced cycling journalists, John started writing about bikes for Mountain Biking UK magazine back in the late 1980s. A spell in Sydney saw him editing Australian Mountain Bike magazine, before getting online as a news and production editor at Cyclingnews.com, in the 'the drugs are for my dog' era. Since returning to the UK in 2006 he has worked on the launch of Bikeradar.com, and launched Totalwomenscycling.com before handing the editorship over to someone more representative of the readership. He has also written for Cycling Plus and Cyclist magazines, and most recently was editor-at-large for road.cc. He lives in Cambridge with his partner and a silly number of dogs (or possibly a number of silly dogs), and divides his riding time between Tarmac and gravel while battling the notorious Fenland headwinds.