made to measures boots

[its all poo]

Would people be interested in made to measure pull on boots, like engineer boots or cowboy boots. They would be around €200. I have been wearing a pair for 2 years and have just had a pair made for a friend size 49 ie very big. He said ask people as he is very happy? Pictures later.

 

[Big Derek]

Would people be interested in made to measure pull on boots, like engineer boots or cowboy boots. They would be around €200. I have been wearing a pair for 2 years and have just had a pair made for a friend size 49 ie very big. He said ask people as he is very happy? Pictures later.

I have to have my Daytona boots Made To Measure as take size 13 but wide fit! prefer zip boots but have u any pic's

 

[Gorilla GS]

Made to measure

I'm a size 14 and it's a f....r trying to find decent stuff. Any pictures appreciated.

 

[its all poo]

Made to measure Boots

These are my boots worn every day for over 18 months in rain snow dust and heat. I had extra thick leather soles and all leather heels. He can put the straps that engineer boots have. The toe shape on these boots was to follow my foot, so now I see why narrow boots were uncomfortable !. They are fully leather lined and soled. The only thing I would improve is the rubber sole he puts on it wears out very quickly. I have tried to get better rubber soles here but there is none ? He can do cowboy boot toe shape and engineer boot shape. He also does shoes made to measure my friend has just had some brogues made very nice $150. To measure youre foot I can send instructions on how to measure. Basicaly draw around your foot and include certain measurements and a cm ruler in the scan so he can resize the print to be correct.

 

[Fanum]

Do they have a steel shank in the sole, to prevent crushing from the side?

 

[VAL. H.]

Do they have a steel shank in the sole, to prevent crushing from the side?

Bill, A steel shank won't prevent crushing from the side. It's just a flat strip of metal that runs from the heel to the ball of the foot providing extra rigidity for the instep. It will allow the rider to stand on the footpegs longer and will help with preventing the sole from collapsing when impacted from the front or back (Not going to save you toes though). Not from the side.

Side protection is more complex in that the sole needs to be much more substantial and the leather (or what ever the boot is to be made of) needs to be much thicker and or stiffer around the sides, accross the top of the foot and around the heel making a protective cup for the foot.

The boots in the picture above, along with most boots not generally made spesifically for motorcycling (and even quite a few boots intended for riding a motorcycle ) are made in the manor of a conventional shoe 'all be it much tougher' and will offer little in the way of the propper protection you would expect from full-on MX or race boots. You'll find very few normal motorcycle boots offer any more than a piece of armour over the ankel bone.

I ware Army boots most of the time which will have been put together in a very similar way to the boots above. Although these are tough and durable the only real foot protection comes entierly from the strong sole and would more likely offer little protection from any side impact and of course very limited ankle protection. This is simply because the boots 'like the ones above' are not designed to give this kind of protection. They are solely designed to give good all round comfort in all day use over various surfaces. This makes them an ideal boot to ware on the bike from a practical and comfort point of view. And of course a calculated risc for the rider.


Val.


Val.

 

[its all poo]

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These are not protective boots they are boots for bikers, they are not sold as protective equipment. They do have a steel bit in the sole as the airport metal detector found it.

 

[Fanum]

Bill, A steel shank won't prevent crushing from the side. It's just a flat strip of metal that runs from the heel to the ball of the foot providing extra rigidity for the instep. It will allow the rider to stand on the footpegs longer and will help with preventing the sole from collapsing when impacted from the front or back (Not going to save you toes though). Not from the side.

I understood that most decent MX boots have a shank in that is wide enough to prevent sideways forces crushing the foot when a bike lands on one

It's a very common force to have applied to a foot, with a bike landing on it when dropped, and a crushed foot takes a LOT longer to heal than a broken fibia/tibia, which often becomes the weakest part of the link if you have decent MX boots on.

 

[Big Derek]

are they made in us ? or uk? and do they offer wide fittings in the us its called www i think?

 

[its all poo]

made in the land of the free !!!!!

They are made in Serbia and to any size you wish. You stand on a piece of paper and draw around your foot, measure the circumference of the widest part and around the er er bit infront of your ankle where the laces go on shoes. and he makes them to that size with a toe shape of your choice. In Germany my friend was quoted over 750 euro !

 

[Grey Beard]

I take a size 49 Daytona Spirit Boot, but am thinking of buying something more robust (MX style) for possible off roading in Iceland. Sidi only go up to 48 I think, so I will have to look elsewhere.

The Daytonas are very comfortable and Gore-tex lined, so are fine for normal road use.

The boots discussed by the OP would not offer any benefit over my present set up (except possibly cost) but if he branched out into more robust off-road boots, I may be interested.

Grey Beard

 

[its all poo]

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Thanks for that contribution.

 

[walrus]

Have you got a picture of the brogues? I might be interested in those.