Font - what boots?

These boots look the business (excellent reviews) for a 5 day tour in
Northern Spain in october - but at a price. What other boots might I look at
to keep nice dry feet at what might be a wet time of year?

http://motorcyclefootwear.easywebstore.co.uk/Sidi-Adventure-Gore-Tex-Black-Black_AQCEY.aspx

John

 

Buy a normal pair of Sidi boots & get some sealskinz socks.

You really dont need those.

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Nige,

'Candygram for Mongo'

R1

 

Sidi boots rock, or rather, you will when wearing them off the bike.
They squek like a bitch too.

If you want to do it once and do it right (and like uber boots):
http://motorcyclefootwear.easywebstore.co.uk/Daytona-Trans-Open-GTX_B23FK0.aspx

Although I didn't pay anything like that much for mine, so you can
probably shop around.

 

Or a pair of Sidi Couriers if you want something a little more sturdy -
they aren't waterproof as such but do a good job of keeping water out
anyway. Alternatively Hein Gericke do fully waterproof boots similar to
the Couriers called the Rallye II Goretex at 199.99 ukp.

Neither is as chunky as those Sidis you posted a link to but wtf needs
MX style boots on a touring bike anyway - you'd soon get pissed off
with the lack of flexibility of them.

I'll be wearing a pair of Oxtar Goretex race boots for my Malta trip
because my Daytona Roadstar GTXs won't be back from their rebuild. I
only usually wear the Oxtars on track, but they're fully CE approved so
I'm happy they'll do the job fine.

 

Ffs, he's only doing a 5 day tour of Northern Spain, not copying Ewok
and Charlie's exploits.

 

Do you plan some sort of off-roading?

I know plenty of Spanish norverners, and never seen'em in such boots :-?

Nice they look, tho

 

Goretex boots are worth the extra because not only do your feet keep
dry if it pisses with rain but they stay dry if it's scorching hot and
your feet are sweating all day.

I'd say it's worth the extra to get goretex lining but the style
depends on what _you_ really want.

 

Lozzo escribió:

But if said tour takes in Galicia/Asturias, he's going to get *very* wet.
Think Welsh weather and add rain.

 

Any Goretex boots will do.

 

My Alpinestars are falling apart so this is good advice.

I've been commuting and sweating too much in leather trousers and jacket
- any recommendations for goretex trousers?

I've not spent anything on bike kit for about 10 years apart from a
leather jacket, so I'm due some new kit. The GTXs look good, I'll have a
look in Hein Gericke next time I'm in town. My Arai (Crafar rep - which
dates it) is also looking it's age, I pulled the extending chin down a
couple of weeks ago and the whole lot came away in my hand, nothing a
bit of tape hasn't fixed.

 

I'll go down the usual UKRM route and suggest Halvarsson kit. I'm not
sure that the jacket & trousers I've got have a Goretex membrane or
just another one of the thousands of copies but they've managed to
keep me warm and dry in horrendous rain on numerous times and pretty
heavy snow when we did the Elefant earlier this year.

I didn't go for the Safety range of kit because the name worried me
but the cheaper stuff is really good. I can't remember the exact
prices but a jacket and trousers cost under £300 and I'd rate it as
money well spent.the Safety range of kit because the name worried me
but the cheaper stuff is really good. I can't remember the exact
prices but a jacket and trousers cost under £300 and I'd rate it as
money well spent.

Plenty of zips to allow you to ventilate it in warm weather and (much
to my surprise) none of the zips leak. Even cigarette papers are still
useable after being left in the pockets when riding in a downpour so
mobile phone drowning is a thing of the past.

 

On Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:20:16 +0100, Andy Bonwick

snip>

WTF?

This isn't the first time this fucking computer has developed a
stutter and I'm fucked if I know why. Cunting fucking thing.

That was a full on Nige moment in case nobody guessed.

 

The pissflaps keep your gear dry.

 

indeed - Belgium was a tad wet - Daytona Rainbow short shaft boots
have coped in the rain and also today's 35C in Alsace.
http://www.daytona.de/english/boots_e/gore.html
http://www.daytona.de/deutsch/stiefel/_pix/stiefel_bilder/gtx/3a_rainbowgtx.jpg

I use them for commuting, too. Comfortable to wear all day and walk
from office to the shops.

 

It's a long way from Barcelona to Santiago de Compostela. 5 days will
only get you a bit of that. If you're in the Pyrenees, Motocard in
Andorra has a good selection and Andorra is taxfree, although I could
have gotten my Alpinestars Alpha Touring boots for ~$15 less by mail
order in the states than there. I've only had them a little more than
a month, but I like them, and they've stayed dry through some
downpours.

 

OK, if you want to go East-West in a direct route, you can cross the
country easily in less than two days, but if you want to ride fun
roads, it'll take more than 5 days.

 

phbhbtpbthtpbbtphbttppbbt! The bike ran great. Although that
ridiculously tiny tank meant I had to spend an inordinate amount of
time looking for gas stations.

 

Maybe he was walking it, like a proper pilgrim.

 

If that tank holds 20 liters, I'm Mohandas K. Gandhi. Even when the
gauge said I only had 5 miles left in the tank, I could never put as
much as 18 liters in it. I got 41.7 mpg over 11,400 miles. Me? Wring a
neck? I plead the 5th. ;-) I did go through 2 sets of tires on the
trip, though. Part of it I attribute to the roads, part to the weight
I was carrying, and part to the smiles I had on those twisty bits. The
R12GS started with Bridgestone 501/2's, then Metzeler Tourances, then
finally with Michelin Anakee 2s.

Sounds like a great ride. I love that part of the country.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Champ

He's American. He believes that riding at over 35MPH will cause his head
to explode and the government to steal his gun.

HTH.