My boots are pants.........

[Lou Girardin]

Get some decent Stylmartins, they're comfy, durable and I'm sure you know where to buy them.

[TLDV8]

Unfortunately being prepared to pay for safety does not guarantee quality products these days.
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The touring style of boot with stitched/bonded soles are probably more robust than a race type but any decent boot that goes above the ankle is better than nothing...Carbon fibre is fairly tough but still got the treatment,better it than my ankle.

My only pair of SIDI's were bought in 1978...28 years later.........

[SuperDave]

I got a pair of SIDI's earlier this year (maybe 5 months) and they are as tight as, I was hoping they would loosen up after they got wet but no!

Simple fix to that, don't buy boots that are a size too small.

I have a pair of Sidi Vetebras and I have not complaints with them. Had them for almost 2 years now and been through one low speed bin as well as a lot of normal walking in them - appear to be holding up fine apart from some general leather scuffing on the toe region.

If the boots are good in all other respects why not go get a high quality zippers put in them? Also, for a $500 pair of boots do they not have a velcro overlap that covers over the zipper?

[sAsLEX]

My sidis are about ~3 years old now, been wearing them to uni every day for the last year and the soles have worn a little and the gear change patch is shiny

[crazybigal]

id say in terms of a consumer product 2 years is prob the life of the product. we may not like it but thats the way it is! shop around, some products have lifetime waranty on them, like some mtb bike frames.
Can you not find a shoe repair place to put a new zip in?

........or are they.....well lets see, they are two year old SIDIs, worn everyday more or less for my commute back and forth from work only, I never tuck jeans/leathers into them or use them for anything but their intended designed use.

When they were a year + old (and out of warranty) one of the zips broke.
I dropped them back to the shop I got them from (who shall remain nameless) and they returned them to the suppliers who fixed them and said "that if they broke again, to send them back for repair..no problem".

Skip forward to a year from then and zip NO.2 fails...so I send them back again, and I even say I will pay for any factory repairs required.

Different story now, "they are not interested in pursuing the matter any further" and its now up to me to get them fixed.

So I"m fine with that, I wouldn't have returned them in the first place if they had not said to.

Then I thought what would have happened if I had crashed and the zips had failed , leaving my feet exposed, is it fair to say just because they are 2 years old they are now useless and redundant (any new repairs not withstanding).

These are a $500 pair of boots to replace, I was hoping to get more life out of them then this...is that unreasonable?

The thing is I really like the boots in every other aspect and would have bought another pair.....but now, forget about it, its any other boots apart from SIDI in the future, and the new alpinestars look bloody good.

Is this just another example of our throw away culture???

[imdying]

i'll see it when I belive it, I havnt spoken to someone who's crashed with wearing cheap boots (ones that cover the ankle for obvious reasons)

Life is going to treat you rather badly if the only learning that you're able to do is from direct personal experience.

One of the reasons professional racers come out of crashes so well is the protection they wear, and I doubt you'd find them wearing anything but top of the line foot protection.

[sAsLEX]

One of the reasons professional racers come out of crashes so well is the protection they wear, and I doubt you'd find them wearing anything but top of the line foot protection.

From his younger days but here is Rossi in sneakers!

[dawnrazor]

I read your first post, and agree with you that its broken and it should be fixed, lifetime seems about right (boots get a kicking for there life)

But then I read the bottom bit. And two words came to mind. Saftey noob. Ive crashed off road enough times to know that my feet are the last thing that get hurt, Not being a dick on the road I havnted had the experiance for tarseal but I think as long as the boot/shoe stays on your feet will be fine. Stop wasting 500 bucks on being a poser.

MAN, YOU ARE A MISGUIDED FOOL, YOUR CONSISTENT IGNORANCE HIGHLIGHTS YOUR STUPIDITY AND YOUR VACUOUS COMMENTS LACK EVEN THE SLIGHTEST REDEEMING QUALITY.....

i'll see it when I belive it, I havnt spoken to someone who's crashed with wearing cheap boots (ones that cover the ankle for obvious reasons)

When I get my next bike and take it to the track i'll crash and wear my cheap boots and we will see.....

....THE LOBOTOMY IS TAKING WELL I SEE

Get some decent Stylmartins, they're comfy, durable and I'm sure you know where to buy them.

NOW LOU YOU KNOW YOU'LL BE MY FIRST STOP, HOWEVER I'M GETTING NEW ZIPS FITTED BY MY LOCAL COBBLER. HOPEFULLY THEY WILL LAST FOR ANOTHER WHILE AFTER THAT, IF THAT DOESN'T WORK THEN I'LL SEE YA WITH CLEAN SOCKS ON!!!!!!!!!

[Timber020]

Its a crock that you pay $500 for boots that dont last 2 years. My work boots cost $140, they get THRASHED. Really thrashed. I put em on at 730 in the morning and wont take them off until its bed time, I wear them in the wet, I climb in them, ride my bike and generally give them a good work out 7 days a week. If they dont give me 18 months before they are stuffed I feel ripped.
Ive said this before but for Sidi to hit us for that much money for boots that generally dont work to hard for long enough, is a joke. Ive had the soles peel off after 3 months. This is BS. why do we keep buying this junk?

[imdying]

And it's always the poxy zips that go... just like leather jackets :/

[Lou Girardin]

AFTER THAT, IF THAT DOESN'T WORK THEN I'LL SEE YA WITH CLEAN SOCKS ON!!!!!!!!!

Don't change just for me, I like you as you are.

[dawnrazor]

Don't change just for me, I like you as you are.

You've been drinking haven't ya?........

[The Pastor]

Its a crock that you pay $500 for boots that dont last 2 years. My work boots cost $140, they get THRASHED. Really thrashed. I put em on at 730 in the morning and wont take them off until its bed time, I wear them in the wet, I climb in them, ride my bike and generally give them a good work out 7 days a week. If they dont give me 18 months before they are stuffed I feel ripped.
Ive said this before but for Sidi to hit us for that much money for boots that generally dont work to hard for long enough, is a joke. Ive had the soles peel off after 3 months. This is BS. why do we keep buying this junk?

Which is excatly my point, well said.

[imdying]

Which is excatly my point, well said.

That's nothing like what you said. You implied that they didn't provide the protection that should be afforded by their price tag.

I'm guessing you dropped out of school? I mean, there must be some reason that you're so incredibly bad at articulating yourself.

[McJim]

It's all branding and merchandising really - Sidi are big in the cycling world but you can get shoes just as light and just as rigid as Sidi for half the price. Same is true in terms of motorbike kit.

I had a crash in a pair of sub $200 boots from Motomail. Toe box is now cracked and would offer no protection in the future but my foot is fine - these boots are no longer used but I'll keep them to show my sons why they should wear good boots on bikes at all times.

Sounds like the build quality is not up to the same standard as the materials or the design work...Italians are famous for this - great design, fabulous materials....final delivery....erm..(on cars and bikes this usually manifests itself in the electrics). Having said that I'm wearing a pair of Gaerne boots now - only had them a month so we'll see.