doc martins

[the_lone_wolf]

I like my Sidi Crossfires:



Or as the family calls them, my "Terminator Boots"

Hey I only got them as an experiment and I have other uses for them anyway. As said, this morning's ride to work - flexible sole - felt odd. Guess I'll have to fork out outrageous Sidi (or Sisi) prices

Originally Posted by the_lone_wolf

I like my Sidi Crossfires:



Or as the family calls them, my "Terminator Boots"

Ooooh I like them! are they expensive?

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by ArtyLady

Ooooh I like them! are they expensive?

Cant find them anwhere for less than about £225

I like them too tho :P

Was between a pair of those and my Sidi Canyons a year and a bit ago - the Canyons won due to being cheaper (2/3rds the price) and Goretex...

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by ArtyLady

Ooooh I like them! are they expensive?

Extremely

They squeak like a bugger as well

Plus they weigh ~2kg each so you'll kick your pillion seat for weeks until you lift them over every time

And restrict your ankle movement to the point that you can only move your foot up and down in line with your leg by ~30 degrees each way

But god-DAMN they look cool

They also give considerably more protection than normal road boots, they make my Sidi Evos feel like trainers

[the_lone_wolf]

I wouldn't recommend the Crossfires for road bikes, unless you have Tibilais Anteriors like hydraulic rams you'll never be able to change up...

I have Oxtar TCX Infinity boots. I weekday commute and weekend jolly in them, al year round. Have had them for over a year now and they don't look more than a couple of weeks old.

Have on a couple of occasions worn a sturdy pair of Aigle walking boots and felt rather unprotected.

I'd strongly recommend against wearing anything other than bike boots.

...and as you're called 'boot' you should know

Yes the links are all up and runningSorry that they were off line for a while. I have been talking to DOC in Canterbury and they say that whilst the update the site the link may still occasionally go down.Hope you all find them usefull.Paul

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by Spiderman

Steel toe caps always seemed like a good idea to me till they tested them on Mythbusters

Where they found that they would cut your toes off in an accident that would have cut your toes off anyway? And that in all other cases they were fine.


Nothing wrong with riding in doc martens, para boots etc. They're just not as protective as proper boots. I've fallen off in paras and they've got plenty abrasion resistance, but the bike landing on my foot twisted my foot a bit which probably wouldn't have been as bad with the heavily reinforced sidi vertbras or oxtar TCXs.