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    Boots for adventure riding?

    What's everbody using for adventure boots, my mx boots don't work and I am just going to wreck my road boots any ideas please.

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    I've just been wrecking my road boots , it's only cosmetic so I don't mind . Tried my dirt boots and they sucked big time .
    THE GREATEST ACHIEVEMENTS ARE FOUND OUTSIDE OUR COMFORT ZONE

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    Bugger Read the title and thought that sounds like a good deal Then put my glasses on ohhhh BOOTS

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    I have a pair that I have only used twice as I sold the DR soon after getting them. I am a size 9 or 9 1/2. If you want a look at them, send me a PM and I'll give you the details or you can ride over and have a look. I can point you in the direction of the shop if you want brand new or the size is wrong. They are Diadora size and I would sell for about $140.

    They are like a road boot but more rigid, quite high on the calf, velcro tab on the top and and have two buckles on the side. Basically new but not really suitable for the road based riding I do as they are very rigid so walking is really a waddle.

    Cheers

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    Dirt boots for protection or if I'm just cruising, either a pair of AlpineStar Tech 2's or Oxtar Infinity GoreTex beasties.

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    Forma ATV's.
    Five years old and with the usual care and attentionpaid to them. ie, nil.
    Good kit.

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    Fly shorties, 3/4 mx/atv boots. i would buy the forma but Fly are just sooo much cheaper
    'Good things come to those who wait'
    Bollocks, get of your arse and go get it

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    +1 on the Fly ATV boots

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    Yep, Fly Stinger ATV Shorties are great once you get them broken in. Good sole, flexible, cheap.

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    What do you mean - "dont work" Tony?
    I found my MX boots a struggle on the DR at first but then moved up the shifter by 1 spline to give a bit more room for the extra space needed for the boots and 'bingo'! spot on.
    I had a bit of a struggle through a winter with wet cold feet - then found some "seal skins" gore tex socks. Problem fixed
    Got my socks in the UK, but sure you could get something similar in NZ. Army surplus, Torpedo 7 or Katmandu maybe?

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    I bought a pair of fly boots..high version...
    put them on... put then back in there box..
    they are pure crap... Tryed on a pair of AXO
    boots..they were no better...
    Cheap boots are just that... cheap
    I fined my tramping boots are OK..

    So if anyones intrested in a new pair of
    size 9 fly boots...

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    search... lots of similar threads
    Cheers,
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    Matterhorn army boots. Shit for walking (like army walking - ie long distances) in but waterproof. Still need shin guards tho...

    Keep an eye out for a second hand pair on TM. Even new, these ones seem to be pretty cheap.

    I use em for their flexibility, feel, and traction. Not as protective as MX boots obviously but functional as for
    diverse adv riding and you don't walk like you have a rectal problem when you stroll in to a latte shop.
    There are two kinds of adventurers: those who go truly hoping to find adventure and those who go secretly hoping they won't. We should come home from our adventures having faced their perils and uncertainties, endured their discomfort and beaten the odds, with a sly acknowledgment and revitalised solidarity of character.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NordieBoy View Post
    Yep, Fly Stinger ATV Shorties are great once you get them broken in. Good sole, flexible, cheap.
    i think after the third ride i was walking round quite comfortably, now they like slippers with protection, dont go any where off the seal with out them now.
    only cost me $79 from the shop

    still missing a buckle nordie
    'Good things come to those who wait'
    Bollocks, get of your arse and go get it

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