Boot grip on wet roads

[Easy_Rider]

My boots are the RST Pathfinder and i like them apart from there road grip when its wet.
Any views on which boots are good when the roads are wet for grip and still keep your feet dry.
Dont mine the price as repairing the bike if i drop it will cost more.

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

Daytona are fine

 

[Wapping]

Daytona.

That said, any boot or shoe will slip if the surface is greasy or slippery enough.

 

[jags]

i have tcx pro tour boots, they are ok. i had a pair of walking boots with vibram soles, the were deadly on wet surfaces so i avoid anything with vibram soles.

 

[Pale Rider]

I’ve got TCX and Daytona Roadstar GTX. the TCX are very slippy in the wet but the Daytona’s are just the same as they are in the dry.

 

[Lord Snooty]

I did some advanced training on Wednesday, at the end of the day I took the student to a garage so I could fill up with petrol. As I put my right foot down on a very wet forecourt so I could put the bike into neutral I put my boot on one of those thin gloves that garages provide, my boot just slid away from me and I almost dropped the GSA - whoops! Wouldn't have looked good in front of the student!

 

[bod]

Daytona.

That said, any boot or shoe will slip if the surface is greasy or slippery enough.

After riding I think it's the sole of the boot that is greasy and slippery.
That said, at this time of year I can walk down a country lane in boots with an outdoor sole, and be amazed that we keep our bikes upright.
Really grippy things are bike tyres.

 

[Wapping]

After riding I think it's the sole of the boot that is greasy and slippery

That’s as maybe, but garage forecourts near the pumps can be very slippery, as can cobbles, especially when heaving a 1600 to the vertical.

Slippery things are everywhere, best to stay at home…. Ooops, the shower.

The slippiest thing I ever encountered? Jam! I left a hotel in Austria, where the parking area was around by the bins. Clearly Adolf had dropped a sizeable jar of the stuff, which in the gloom of early morning I could not see. I could not work out why my right boot kept sliding (quite forcefully) off the footrest. After an hour of this nonsense I stopped. Getting jam off a boot’s sole on the roadside is not straightforward, trust me.

 

[steve hughes]

That’s as maybe, but garage forecourts near the pumps can be very slippery, as can cobbles, especially when heaving a 1600 to the vertical.

Slippery things are everywhere, best to stay at home…. Ooops, the shower.

The slippiest thing I ever encountered? Jam! I left a hotel in Austria, where the parking area was around by the bins. Clearly Adolf had dropped a sizeable jar of the stuff, which in the gloom of early morning I could not see. I could not work out why my right boot kept sliding (quite forcefully) off the footrest. After an hour of this nonsense I stopped. Getting jam off a boot’s sole is not straightforward, trust me.

I can trump that Richard.

I was carrying a folder of plastic wallets down the stairs at home. Unknown to me, two fell out on the tread below my foot. On standing on said step “ice” comes to mind. As one wallet effortlessly glides over the other with zero frictionSo the first time since I was a kid I went flying down the stairs on my ar5e.

 

[Wapping]

My mother did that, smashing her ankle when she hit the stone floor of our dining room, after rocketing down the stairs, having stood on a plastic shopping bag at the top.

Her broken bones were pinned in Northampton General, by the same surgeon that put Barry Sheene together after his smash at Silverstone.

 

[snelly]

The slipperyist i've come across is Austrailian bush boots on a school corridor done for a dare;; i got well thrashed for that one;;
All segs and that sort were banned; including my lovely steel capped Brogues from Milets;

 

[Berin]

Altberg have a good grippy sole

 

[bod]

Altberg have a good grippy sole

They certainly wear out faster than say a Vibram sole
Same with a lot of the leisure type outdoor shoes like Merrell and Meindl, really grippy but wear out faster.
So the question is what is the slippiest terrain, and what are the soles of choice?
And the answer is a rocky river bed, and the best waders come with felt soled boots.

 

[Wapping]

and the best waders come with felt soled boots.

Dead handy on a motorbike.

 

[bod]

Dead handy on a motorbike.

He asked for grip, and there is your answer!
It's always a trade off between traction and wear.
I have a pair of Gaerne Oiled Balance Boots with a gum rubber sole.
Soft and very supple with no heel step.
Very soft, very comfortable, zero protection.

 

[G&T]

He asked for grip, and there is your answer!
It's always a trade off between traction and wear.
I have a pair of Gaerne Oiled Balance Boots with a gum rubber sole.
Soft and very supple with no heel step.
Very soft, very comfortable, zero protection.

I have those. Slippy as heck when wheeling the bike in from the wet onto a painted garage floor. All I think about are wet ferry floors

 

[bod]

I have those. Slippy as heck when wheeling the bike in from the wet onto a painted garage floor. All I think about are wet ferry floors

Felt soled booties for you is the only answer!

Try my Sidi Crossfires if you want to know what zero grip on painted floors feels like.

The Oiled Balance is a Trials boot with feel and grip in mind. The fact they can come in unlined, breathable waterproof membrane or branded Gore-Tex make them an option.

 

[DJ123]

I have TCX Infinity 3 GTX Boots. They've been good the last 2 years - not had any undue slipper moments. Even whilst wading the Bike along some very flooded roads this week.

 

[MartinK]

Altberg have a good grippy sole

+1
Can't beat a decent Vibram sole
Thousands of hikers and mountaineers can't be wrong

 

[G&T]

+1
Can't beat a decent Vibram sole
Thousands of hikers and mountaineers can't be wrong

We’re not but....Vibram got greedy and many manufacturers started sourcing elsewhere. Salomon is one example.