What is your favorite Off-road/on road boot?

[springer]

sizing input:

if you are in between sizes always go up a size. remove the OE foot bed, it's usually crap like a piece of compressed cardboard. Go to your favorite sporting goods/mass retailer (Walmart, Target, REI, Dicks, etc) and get a good gel footbed. anything, doesn't have to be fancy. consider the thickness of your OE footbed and who much room you want to take up in your boot and get that thickness or just get what you like. replace footbed. Ride in comfort with a better fitting boot and more cushion on the bottom of your foot from vibration..

I pretty much do this in ever pair of footwear I own. Helps that I have slightly narrow feet so I can wear just about anything and have it be much more comfortable than the stock boots.

as for the other boots- I like boots that have solid ankle protection and a hinge system. Usually by the time a solid leather boot is "comfortable" the protection in your ankle area is lost. I tend to ride with full MX boots, even on multi day dual sport rides but then again I drop my 450lb bike a lot and like having solid protection. I need to find a good pair of goretex socks to wear in inclement weather inside my boots. goretex boots are good but once water gets inside the boot over the top, it takes FOREVER for them to dry out without a fan or something to blow air thru them. I've had in the past Alpinestars, TCX (really liked them) and currently sport a pair of Sidi Crossfire 2 TA boots. fashionable orange and black. :)

Aaaahhh...okay.

Anywho, here's a video on the Formas;

[TFancher]

I bought the Forma Adventure boots a while back and the Free State Ride was the first time I had worn them on a ride. They are very comfortable for walking around and once I got used to shifting with them on, I am very pleased with them.

[yamahamer]

Took my first ride in mine today. Very comfortable and easy to ride in. Much more comfortable standing than work boots.

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[klaviator]

Mine came in today.  I ordered size 12 which is what I normally wear and they seem to run true to size.  I'll report back when I have had a chance to ride in them and break them in a bit.

[gulfcoaster]

Mine came in today.  I ordered size 12 which is what I normally wear and they seem to run true to size.  I'll report back when I have had a chance to ride in them and break them in a bit.

I have that same pair and I've been wearing them for a year or so. I haven't really gone stomping thru any streams to test how waterproof they are. But they are pretty comfortable and offer decent protection.

[yamahamer]

So I'm not the only one walking around the house in shorts in my Forma's? LOL



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[yamahamer]

BTW I got a great deal on mine from this guy on ebay.
New boots but no box.



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[klaviator]

I'm thinking of wearing mine the next time I mow the yard.  That should help break them in.

[kdtrull]

My Forma Adventure boots are a little over a year old and still waterproof.  Very comfortable for walking.  Good chance I'd buy them again when this pair wears out.

[DonJuan]

I have a never ridden in pair of Sidi Discovery boots. I'm trying them out tomorrow. Will update with first impressionss.

[norton73]

I've got a pair I have had for almost 20 years. They are great for trials riding, very flexable, but no ankle stiffness to protect you from twisting or breaking it.  They used to be waterproof, I could walk wet trials sections without getting wet feet. But the last couple times I rode with them, I got wet feet in the rain.
Great for walking in, but not what i would recommend for serious off road enduro riding.