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not-fishing:
This fall my Daughter had purchased a Father's Nightmare of an old farmhouse that had Hillbilly Renovations and Expansions.  Over the weekend I had to help my Daughter refinish her hardwood floor which meant working on my hands and knees along with switching vehicles.  Rather than using my lace-up field boots I switched to pull-on Wellington boots that I've had for about 3+ decades. I wear my motorcycle boots to work so I wanted to keep them relatively clean.

Now we all know about riding with flip-flops, zories and tennis shoes --- but boots should be OK.

It was a painful mistake, the toe of the boot was so soft that the up-shifting really put pressure on my oft-damaged big toe.

The heel was also such that it would hook the peg and not let my foot slide forward more for the shifter-peg.

I've always only ridden before with motorcycle boots, now I am reminded as to why that's a Good Idea.

Tobit:
I wore cheapo Frankenstein looking FOX street boots for a few years, then Bates Fast Lane boots for ten years after that.  Lately it's a pair of waterproof Joe Rocket street boots, but they're so stiff I gravitate to my hiking boots.

For a couple of years in the '90s I wore cowboy boots and really liked them.  The pointy toes were great for shifting and the heel hooked the footpeg nicely for relaxed cruising when not on the balls of your feet.

The only footwear I've ever crashed in were tennis shoes but only scraped up my forearm and knee (shorts and T shirt in the '70s).

Tobit

Stormtruck2:
Finding 10 1/2 EEEE motorcycle boots has proven to be....ah problematic to say the least. So I wear my old duty boots to ride in.  They are 10 inch high and lace up but are without amour.  At least they give more protection than bare foot, flip flops or nikes.  ::)

cwiseman:
11 1/2 EEEE so I feel your pain Stormtruck!

Penderic:
Why not try a custom Police Patrol big boot set? Some of those LEO guys ride a lot.

This site has lots of info on ordering custom and extra big sizes ..  P:)

http://www.publicsafetyspecialties.com/motorcycle_officer_uniform.htm

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