I just wanted to say thanks - after watching this video I ditched my John Doe Ramblers and bought the Sidi Adv2. My future ankles want to buy you a beer sometime.
I just went down on the street and the bike fell on my lower leg. Was wearing Alpine star Belize lower adventure boots and the impact was taken near the top of the boot. Got up and was able to ride home and leg started swelling went to ER about 4 hours later. Nothing broken but bruised pretty bad and doc said elevate and ice and compression wrap for at least 3 days. Was lucky I had invested in boots just wish I would of gone further and bought Alpines motocross full length boots for the street. The crazy thing is I was about to wear my Merrell hiking boots because it was warm out. I kept hearing a voice say atgatt from my msf course.
Ive got those Sidi boots and they are so comfortable, that and knowing they are great in an accident makes me love them even more! great vid cheers! PS Silicon lube stops the squeaking.
I've got that exact pair of TCX's - I can confirm everyone hears me coming from round the corner. I've tried squiring all kinds of lubricant in that plastic support mechanism, nothing helps for more than 5 minutes! Glad to see you're on the mend!
They great. So comfortable. Had my current sspeed gortex ones about 4 years and love them. Had the standard waterproof ones before and found they leaked after a year or so.
Thanks for doing this video. Keep 'em coming. You have excellent presentation! An appealing voice , very concise and to the point without waffling like so many youtubers.
Wise words for sure. Last year I was rear-ended at a roundabout; even though it was a low speed ´off´ and I was wearing boots, I was still hobbling around for a month afterwards....I shudder to think what would have happened if I hadn´t been wearing the boots.....
Adventure bike riders often brake an ankle when they experience a tip over and the aluminum saddlebags crush their ankle due to normal ADV boots that have no ankle protection.
love my Sidi adventure 2 boots, they give me the same confidence as my Sidi crossfire 2 i wore for green laning, i wouldn't wear the adventure 2 for green laning but i would wear the crossfire for everyday riding
Yeah I didn’t go for full mx boots incase I didn’t enjoy it. The adventures did the job not sure wearing my boots would have been any different. One break was above the boots and the other three were from torsion.
I got Richa blade race/road boots all in black (dont like racey colours) cause I dont wanna stand out when going to coffee shop and walking around town to shop.
Way back when I first drove a forklift we were told to keep the forks down near the floor when travelling, but then a good few years later i had to go do a refresher for insurance purposes and was told to keep them higher and pointed up, which sound more dangerous until it was explained to me that stabbing a fork into someone's knee pr lower leg is preferable to their ankle because knees are much easier to rebuild successfully than ankles are. haven't been tested on one for years so may have changed again but it illustrates your point i think.
TBH I judge a pair of boots by how easy they are to get on and off, how comfy they are to ride in and how comfy they are to walk a fair distance in. Fair do's with off-roading and racing that's a very high risk hobby but on the road chances are it won't be just your legs that are damaged so you either go full safety gear which is uncomfortable or go with what you feel good wearing. Having an accident will always carry a hindsight wish. Good well presented video mate. :)
Agreed. It’s all relative. The most protective tends not to be the most comfortable. That’s why I wear adv / touring boots rather than full race boots. With that said the anti torsion doesn’t impact comfort in the slightest. Those tcxs and the sidi adventures are both incredibly comfortable and I’d happily walk a few miles in them. I do take into account protection in all kit. Two of my jackets I upgraded the armour in as I found them comfortable but the standard armour wasn’t great. Thanks.
Fortnine has a video up with which body parts are most often injured in motorcycle accidents, worth a watch, you'll be surprised and maybe more likely to wear motorcross boots all the time.
Yeah everyone raves about them. I wouldn’t wear them without that protective insert they do. Not a criticism against Daytona. It I wouldn’t wear any boot without torsion protection be it on road or on lanes.
Sidi need to employ you at their advertising department because you just sold me the expensive sidi boots and not the cheaper other brands I was looking at.
I just wanted to say thanks - after watching this video I ditched my John Doe Ramblers and bought the Sidi Adv2. My future ankles want to buy you a beer sometime.
I just went down on the street and the bike fell on my lower leg. Was wearing Alpine star Belize lower adventure boots and the impact was taken near the top of the boot. Got up and was able to ride home and leg started swelling went to ER about 4 hours later. Nothing broken but bruised pretty bad and doc said elevate and ice and compression wrap for at least 3 days. Was lucky I had invested in boots just wish I would of gone further and bought Alpines motocross full length boots for the street. The crazy thing is I was about to wear my Merrell hiking boots because it was warm out. I kept hearing a voice say atgatt from my msf course.
Ive got those Sidi boots and they are so comfortable, that and knowing they are great in an accident makes me love them even more! great vid cheers! PS Silicon lube stops the squeaking.
I've got that exact pair of TCX's - I can confirm everyone hears me coming from round the corner.
I've tried squiring all kinds of lubricant in that plastic support mechanism, nothing helps for more than 5 minutes!
Glad to see you're on the mend!
I used to have some TCX boots many many years ago, they squeaked like crazy, used to WD40 them every week to reduce it! :D
They great. So comfortable. Had my current sspeed gortex ones about 4 years and love them. Had the standard waterproof ones before and found they leaked after a year or so.
Very informative! You just talked me out of the 2 boots I was looking at. Time to start over 🤣
Thanks for doing this video. Keep 'em coming. You have excellent presentation! An appealing voice , very concise and to the point without waffling like so many youtubers.
Thank you.
Wise words for sure. Last year I was rear-ended at a roundabout; even though it was a low speed ´off´ and I was wearing boots, I was still hobbling around for a month afterwards....I shudder to think what would have happened if I hadn´t been wearing the boots.....
Thanks, hope you got better. Boots and gloves are often overlooked but are just as important to use the right ones.
Adventure bike riders often brake an ankle when they experience a tip over and the aluminum saddlebags crush their ankle due to normal ADV boots that have no ankle protection.
Most excellent information/advice. Thank you 🙏.
love my Sidi adventure 2 boots, they give me the same confidence as my Sidi crossfire 2 i wore for green laning, i wouldn't wear the adventure 2 for green laning but i would wear the crossfire for everyday riding
Yeah I didn’t go for full mx boots incase I didn’t enjoy it. The adventures did the job not sure wearing my boots would have been any different. One break was above the boots and the other three were from torsion.
Great vid pal, thanks for sharing and helping others in the moto community.
Thank you.
I got Richa blade race/road boots all in black (dont like racey colours) cause I dont wanna stand out when going to coffee shop and walking around town to shop.
Amazing explanation! I’m going to have to look at these for sure. Thank you for the advice.
Way back when I first drove a forklift we were told to keep the forks down near the floor when travelling, but then a good few years later i had to go do a refresher for insurance purposes and was told to keep them higher and pointed up, which sound more dangerous until it was explained to me that stabbing a fork into someone's knee pr lower leg is preferable to their ankle because knees are much easier to rebuild successfully than ankles are. haven't been tested on one for years so may have changed again but it illustrates your point i think.
Yeah we did forklift training and told to keep them up a bit.
TBH I judge a pair of boots by how easy they are to get on and off, how comfy they are to ride in and how comfy they are to walk a fair distance in. Fair do's with off-roading and racing that's a very high risk hobby but on the road chances are it won't be just your legs that are damaged so you either go full safety gear which is uncomfortable or go with what you feel good wearing. Having an accident will always carry a hindsight wish. Good well presented video mate. :)
Agreed. It’s all relative. The most protective tends not to be the most comfortable. That’s why I wear adv / touring boots rather than full race boots. With that said the anti torsion doesn’t impact comfort in the slightest. Those tcxs and the sidi adventures are both incredibly comfortable and I’d happily walk a few miles in them. I do take into account protection in all kit. Two of my jackets I upgraded the armour in as I found them comfortable but the standard armour wasn’t great. Thanks.
Fortnine has a video up with which body parts are most often injured in motorcycle accidents, worth a watch, you'll be surprised and maybe more likely to wear motorcross boots all the time.
th-cam.com/video/rmWQKoN6yX0/w-d-xo.html
@@popuptoaster I like his videos but not seen that. Will give it a watch. Thanks for the tip.
Thank you very much for your video! Now I'm sure about wich boot i need to buy for my trips!
Great vid Freddie, I love my Daytona boots, but I'd not wear them if I was going to go green laning on my Beta, got MX boots for that.
Yeah everyone raves about them. I wouldn’t wear them without that protective insert they do. Not a criticism against Daytona. It I wouldn’t wear any boot without torsion protection be it on road or on lanes.
@@AGardenShed that is probably the safer option! :-)
Great video mate from real hard experience. Thank u
Im currently looking for a pair of mc boots and your video has been really useful
Glad I could be of some help.
Sidi need to employ you at their advertising department because you just sold me the expensive sidi boots and not the cheaper other brands I was looking at.
Ha ha I wish. Atleast some new ones would be nice. Always worth buying the best kit you can afford.
Thank you
Really interesting vid, something to look out for the next boot!
Try BMW adv boots !
The tortion protection is really important, but sadly in ALL urban boots that doeast exist :(
Agreed. Very few none race boots have it which is annoying.
You should disclose that Sidi pays you...
I would if there was anything to disclose. I bought these with my own money…..