But you must admit: retired at 37... that's nice!
What did I do wrong?

Maarten

Just spent 11 days riding down the west coast of Ireland (Eire) - two up on an XTZ660. Only covered 1500 miles but wore my new SIDI COURIER boots straight out of the box, all day every day.

Fabulous boots - easy to adjust day to day or hour to hour as your comfort and riding style changes. Not TOO big and clumpy, not too rigid.

Walked around a fair bit - no problems -

Only SUGGESTION - don't buy mail order - Got mine - a supposed 41 on the box through Cheapest - didn't notice until 2 days in that they had a little 42 on the boot... only number anywhere on the boot.

Got insoles and works a treat as long as you wear big socks.

Fab boots - comfy - light enough and worth every penny.....

Tony.

http://www.dmaracing.com/sidicourierf.html - check it out.

hi
the trip goes well for the moment :-)
bmw kalahari boots are so good and confortable
i even wear them during the day when not biking

safe travels
http://vincent.danna.free.fr/

I use the Altberg Desert Boots. They are lightweight and are made of suede with cordura sections which let air in - great in hot weather. And to my mind they are the most stylish items of footwear I've ever owned! They wouldn't be as robust as conventional leather boots if your foot was hit by a car or a rock, but I think they'd be fine for sliding down the road in, even at high speed. They are quite high and have some ankle padding.

They don't have a reinforced patch to protect the boot from the gear lever, so eventually there will be a small bald patch on the suede. The gear lever also rubs on the bottom section of the lace, so I've replaced that lace with a zip tie. Works fine. Or you can simply miss out one of the eyelets when you're lacing them. There are so many eyelets it doesn't seem to make much difference.

Let's see if I can post a picture here from the altberg web site: http://www.altberg.co.uk/images/bgdesert.jpg

solved by Grant - note that you have to have an IMAGE address in the link - not the html page.

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Nope, that didn't work! Go to www.altberg.co.uk/bgdesert.htm

I use DAYTONA offroad boots. Goretex layer, kevlar protectors but they are still much soft fo ordinary walking. But if You want use it for hardcore riding - no way you may hurt yourself.

Mike

Sorry for this error! I mean to soft for offroad riding for traveling - great!

Mike

Hi,

I have those Alpine Stars and I tried them for during a holiday. I think they're the safest, but I don't think I'm going to wear them during my Africa trip next year. You can't really walk on them and you can't put them in your boxes to walk a bit on slippers or something, because they are so big. I think I'm gonna wear mountainboots.

Marianne

When it comes to boots I don't go with compromises. Most bikers in daily life are injured or by the bike that drops on the leg or by a car hitting them from aside.
I almost lost my left foot because you're ancle on a bike just seems to sit exactly on the hight af the car-bumper...
Also, I like to play around, not afraid of some dirt / mud road.
That's why I have been riding with Alpine Star Tech 8.
Ok, people think you're comming from Skying holiday....
They are bulky and flashy.

BUT it is the safest out there. Once on the road you don't need to worry when there is a stretch a bit like off road showing up.
Also I have the impression to have more control over the bike because the boots follow the bikes movement more then 'souple' boots would do.

Mine have gone over 30.000km now and I think I can do another 30.000 with them.

Hi all,

I suppose the people who use working boots combine them with cross shin-protectors off-road? Or am I just dumb?

I use them with custom made, fat-leather shin protectors on my bike (have a Yamaha DT175 for my work, but I´m in the process of adquiring a real bike now;-), they do a great job protecting against brush, stones, dogs and falling (not that I´m experienced in that :-)) but I wouldn´t like the feeling of getting hit side-ways by a car... They have laces on the back and the front goes up above the knee. They´re not confortable for walking, but they´re easy to get rid of.

Bolivian artisans do a great job on making custom-made accesible to poor devils!

Comments appreciated!

Tim
Anyone

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Just a quick note about the Aerostich Combat Touring boots. That are very stiff out of the box and I almost sent them back. But, give them a while and they break in very well. I've been quite happy with them since, though I wouldn't recommend any post ride hiking in them. The soles have no traction.

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hi
I have used altberg for the last 12 years courier work fantasic after 4 years send them back get they rebuild them good as new for £40 they also do made to measure

chers nobby

I tour street on a rz500 2-stroke and dirt on a xr650R. Have travelled both types of terrain with MX boots only because I was wearing ankle-height work boots (leather Scarpa with excellent nylon shank and nylon laces) when t-boned by a muscle car - after my lower leg was squashed between the Chargers bumper/hood and the rear subframe it was then jammed backward through my rear side fairing before I was catapulted into a hawthorne. My foot landed bare except for a mysteriously holed sock.

Fourteen of 26 foot bones crushed with all toes also broken. Compound tibia/fibula. Elegant exit with hawthorne branches stuck deep into my neck, pelvis and calf where there was no leather. If I had a steeltoe cap my toes would be gone.

I now wear Thor MX T-20 boots. They fit well, will never fly off and have fair traction compared to Scarpa's Calgary Vibram sole. Plus, they repel rocks better than steel-toed work boots which compress the steel into your forefoot causing a ring of bruises. I get a stubbed toe if I am standing, otherwise my foot flies back due to the stiff sole and plastic traction on a steel MX footpeg.

Crashing the xr650R with hard luggage creates horrid lower leg positions that the taller padded MX boots alleviate. Consider soft luggage for such crashes as the hard luggage actually creates more accidents by catching trees - imagine a 3rd gear 360 on a 300lb bike.

Imagine your body, flesh peeled and gone. Bared muscle and sinew you've nothing else on. Now drop yourself in a vat of red molten steel, I think of workboots and thats how I feel.

Steven

i think huan means the gericke "TRG rally" boot, like a cross between motocross and road boot.they look great and are really comfy, and when my local hein gericke finally get my size in i will get a pair i think. one tip though, they come in continental sizes which are slightly narrow compared to english sizes, so go up a size, eg im size 10 but i need a 45, which is suposed to be size 11.

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After a nasty off a couple of years ago, which left my right foot dangling on my ankle with only some skin and a bit of temdon attaching it, I know use Gaerne mx boots. Used in the dirt as well as road, great support for riding all day. That said, it has taken some gentle perssuasion (repeated blows from a lump hammer over a 1 week period,not wearing them at the time)to get them to a point where I can walk around in them for hours without a problem. Really comfy now after 3 years of regular use, 3 soles and countless new buckles.

Anyone got any fleecy metal toed slippers?

take care all
Simon T