Looking for boot reccomends
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troffer88
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http://www.genuineaccessories.com/Closeout/Boots/Gaerne_SG10.html
Best deal I found , still lots of sizes colors
Best deal I found , still lots of sizes colors
stainlesscycle
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sg-10 run big/small or accurate?
I have some Gearne G10s in size 14 and they are true to size but I can't vouch for the smaller sizes. I have about 100 miles of tight single track on them along with wearing them during about 6 hours of trail cutting with a chainsaw to help them break in and they are just starting to get there. I recommend taking the little screws out of the buckles and putting blue locktite on them so you don't lose a buckle or a screw. IMO the only way there could be a better boot is if they were lighter but that would probably come at the price of protection so I'll take them as is a recommend them to anyone who can spend $300 on boots.
CACTUSREID
New member
sg-10's get another vote from me. i was wearing fox boots for a few years, the forma pro and the f3 models. i would beat a set of soles off the boots every year,which cost anywhere from 50-100 buck to get them replaced. so i took the plunge with the sg 10's this spring.I'm on my 4th or 5th rear tire between 2 bikes this year, and the boots barely have a mark on them! i'm thinking i'll get easily 3 or 4 years,maybe more out of the boots! super comfy,real nice protection,I'm sold.
coopernicus
Platinum Level Site Supporter
I just got the SG-10s after years considering a new boot as I had a stock I bought right before my brother quit working at a big cycle shop. Gaernes tend to run right on to a little big so if you have a "big size 10 foot" a size 10 will be fine. For over 30 years I've had MXLs (all plastic, softer than the original Scott boots), Fox, Gaerne, AXO, AXO again, and currently Sidi. The Fox boot tends to wear a little quicker, the old AXO was good but the stitches separated, the newer AXO (still old from the early 90s) got a cut in the leather from a kick back on a failed start from a used KX 250 (bummer), the Sidis run small, I was considering re-soling my 25 year old Gaernes but my wife bought me the SG-10s for my birthday! I'm sticking with the Gaernes unless the ARCs you have step up their game again (they had some that were made by Gaerne, I believe, a few years ago). BTW, I learned with the MXL plastic boots that forces that hit the really stiff boots must go somewhere (most likely your knee) whereas the leather boots (especially those with ankle pivots) distribute the impact load over a longer period of time and larger area...30+ years of racing a riding and no knee problems since getting rid of the ultra stiff plastic boots!
Eric
Eric
motogroove
New member
This thread seems as good as any to toss in my foot injury story.
Back 'round 'bout 2005 I broke the navicular bone in my right foot at Ace Motocross in Modena, NY. I landed nose heavy on the finish line tabletop and lost the bike. No flaggers, I had to get up and move my bike out from under a chain link fence. Didn't know I broke it until I tried to kick my bike. Or maybe that was the final blow...
anyway, not sure which boots. I think Alpinestar tech 5's.
If better boots would have prevented or minimized injury, watch what happened. I'll make it quick and it's still a long story.
Doctor number one sets the foot and says no problem.
Careless patient (that would be me) gets cast wet on day two by accident. Calls doctor and says new cast needed ASAP. No can do.
Doctor number two gives me a new cast and prescribes surgery to install hardware.
Surgical facility booked solid for a couple weeks and by the time he cuts me the fragment is "mush" and he just removes it.
After about a month and a half, I'm pretty much done with PT and walking without a limp. But the wound still isn't healed.
Then one day it gets really bright red and hurts. I call the doctor late on a Friday, and they say see you Monday.
I say "NO, you don't understand, somebody needs to see me today".
Doctor number three looks at the wound, takes a probe, and as if through a bowl of Jello goes tap tap tap.
"Do you know what that tapping is?"
"no."
"That's your ankle bone. You need to go home and get some stuff, then meet me at the hospital".
Friday night I'm in the hospital and the podiatry intern comes to me with the paperwork.
"See this part here about dying on the table? We don't think that's going to happen. But see this part here about amputation? You need to brace yourself that you might wake up without a foot. Sign here."
My room mate was howling like a trapped animal about his fresh amputation. "Why didn't they take it at the hip?!?" Holy shit.
Major head trip.
My sister gets me a new room with a guy who is drowning in mucus. Much better. Weekends in New Haven can get violent and stupid, so the emergencies keep my surgery on the back burner until Sunday afternoon.
Late Sunday, I wake up and check to see that great googly moogly my foot is still there!
At the first dressing change, I get to see what all the nurses call a "beautiful wound".
Image at post number 12 here:
http://www.gasgasrider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=10155&page=2
It ended up being eight nights in the hospital because once the cultures came back they found I was hosting one of the staph varieties of Necrotizing Fasciitis (aka flesh eating bacteria). So I got a PICC line installed near my bicep, snaked through an artery through my shoulder and dripping into my heart at the superior vena cava. This would allow me to self administer heavy IV antibiotics every six hours for the next two months. six and twelve, six and twelve, six and twelve... for eight weeks.
I had one visiting nurse for the PICC line, and other visiting nurses for the wound care and super-cool wound-vac dressing changes.
All this to get to the punch line. I was very lucky to get off easy like that.
My doctor in the infectious disease department told me it was rare when she could call a patient "a cure", but I had been cured. What this infectious disease specialist said to me next will stick with me forever. She said "I would never let anybody I love get elective foot surgery".
Feet are slow to heal, and a most vulnerable part of your body to infection.
Protect your feet. Wear good boots.
Back 'round 'bout 2005 I broke the navicular bone in my right foot at Ace Motocross in Modena, NY. I landed nose heavy on the finish line tabletop and lost the bike. No flaggers, I had to get up and move my bike out from under a chain link fence. Didn't know I broke it until I tried to kick my bike. Or maybe that was the final blow...
anyway, not sure which boots. I think Alpinestar tech 5's.
If better boots would have prevented or minimized injury, watch what happened. I'll make it quick and it's still a long story.
Doctor number one sets the foot and says no problem.
Careless patient (that would be me) gets cast wet on day two by accident. Calls doctor and says new cast needed ASAP. No can do.
Doctor number two gives me a new cast and prescribes surgery to install hardware.
Surgical facility booked solid for a couple weeks and by the time he cuts me the fragment is "mush" and he just removes it.
After about a month and a half, I'm pretty much done with PT and walking without a limp. But the wound still isn't healed.
Then one day it gets really bright red and hurts. I call the doctor late on a Friday, and they say see you Monday.
I say "NO, you don't understand, somebody needs to see me today".
Doctor number three looks at the wound, takes a probe, and as if through a bowl of Jello goes tap tap tap.
"Do you know what that tapping is?"
"no."
"That's your ankle bone. You need to go home and get some stuff, then meet me at the hospital".
Friday night I'm in the hospital and the podiatry intern comes to me with the paperwork.
"See this part here about dying on the table? We don't think that's going to happen. But see this part here about amputation? You need to brace yourself that you might wake up without a foot. Sign here."
My room mate was howling like a trapped animal about his fresh amputation. "Why didn't they take it at the hip?!?" Holy shit.
Major head trip.My sister gets me a new room with a guy who is drowning in mucus. Much better. Weekends in New Haven can get violent and stupid, so the emergencies keep my surgery on the back burner until Sunday afternoon.
Late Sunday, I wake up and check to see that great googly moogly my foot is still there!
At the first dressing change, I get to see what all the nurses call a "beautiful wound".
Image at post number 12 here:
http://www.gasgasrider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=10155&page=2
It ended up being eight nights in the hospital because once the cultures came back they found I was hosting one of the staph varieties of Necrotizing Fasciitis (aka flesh eating bacteria). So I got a PICC line installed near my bicep, snaked through an artery through my shoulder and dripping into my heart at the superior vena cava. This would allow me to self administer heavy IV antibiotics every six hours for the next two months. six and twelve, six and twelve, six and twelve... for eight weeks.
I had one visiting nurse for the PICC line, and other visiting nurses for the wound care and super-cool wound-vac dressing changes.
All this to get to the punch line. I was very lucky to get off easy like that.
My doctor in the infectious disease department told me it was rare when she could call a patient "a cure", but I had been cured. What this infectious disease specialist said to me next will stick with me forever. She said "I would never let anybody I love get elective foot surgery".
Feet are slow to heal, and a most vulnerable part of your body to infection.
Protect your feet. Wear good boots.
jhendr3702
Silver Level Site Supporter
moto... love your write ups..
i had a pair of oneal boots i was wearing, blew thru a corner, ripped my foot off the peg, i think it hit me in the back of the head... broke my ankle..
walked back thru that corner afterward... there is nothing there.. no idea..
bought the sg10's and have been very happy..
back in 95 they did my neck surgery, i got all those warnings also.. scary stuff.. they told me i might wake up in a halo... might be "impotant".. might not wake up at all.. sign here...
woke up in a hard plastic neck brace with a cath... proceded to puke every where.. it was a humbling moment to say the least...
i had a pair of oneal boots i was wearing, blew thru a corner, ripped my foot off the peg, i think it hit me in the back of the head... broke my ankle..
walked back thru that corner afterward... there is nothing there.. no idea..
bought the sg10's and have been very happy..
back in 95 they did my neck surgery, i got all those warnings also.. scary stuff.. they told me i might wake up in a halo... might be "impotant".. might not wake up at all.. sign here...
woke up in a hard plastic neck brace with a cath... proceded to puke every where.. it was a humbling moment to say the least...
rgranger
Gold Level Site Supporter
Moto, that sounds eerily like my buddy's foot story that I mentioned... he had a pressure cut that went though the boot and put a big gash in the top of his arch, it apparently picked up some bacteria from the cut (or emergency room in bfe) and after 2 days started running red lines up his leg. after emergency trip back to hospital for cleaning 24x7 IV then put the same line in him and he self administered for something like 2 weeks... feet are scary things to mess up. It is apparently due to the poor circulation that allows stuff to breed there. Glad that you are doing better!
einsteingarage
New member
All the high end and most of the midrange boots have replacable soles. The difference is whether or not it's a do it yourself replacement or a cobbler job.
Sidi Crossfire SRS, Alpinestar tech 10, AXO Primes, etc. do it your self
Tech 8's , Crossfire T/A, SG10's/12's are all cobbler repair required.
Knox armor makes a great elbow pad that covers forarm. The problem is road rash happens.
Sidi Crossfire SRS, Alpinestar tech 10, AXO Primes, etc. do it your self
Tech 8's , Crossfire T/A, SG10's/12's are all cobbler repair required.
Knox armor makes a great elbow pad that covers forarm. The problem is road rash happens.
Troy F collins
New member
If you Google Gaerne SG 10 closeout you can find them for a great price.....
I have been wearing TCX's for the past three season and they are still looking great.....
but I am on SG10's this year and man they fit like slippers...very impressed you can beat them
I would say they fit consistent with standard american sizing ie no surprises
I have been wearing TCX's for the past three season and they are still looking great.....
but I am on SG10's this year and man they fit like slippers...very impressed you can beat them
I would say they fit consistent with standard american sizing ie no surprises
GMP
Active member
Funny we were talking about this. I rode about 20 miles tonight, got back to my house right before dark. On one faster trail I kicked up a small piece of log with my front wheel that really whacked the whole length of my left boot hard from the foot up the shin, a real stinger. If I were wearing a cheaper boot, I might have a problem now.
einsteingarage
New member
I smashed the crap out of my toes in my Alpinestar Vectors last week. It was a toe shot that split the front of the boot. I am not sure any other boot would have done any better.
But it has led me to look for a new pair which leads to FarmerJ's question. I don't think you can go wrong with either the crossfire or the sg10 or 12.
My concerns buying a boot are the Sidi seems as though it will hold it's support and shape better. I hate how the cheaper boots who all have the same look as the inside ankle of the sg10/12, eventually start to loosen and buckle over. The whole boot sags if you will.
Therefore I will be going with the crossfire or the Jett boot.
But it has led me to look for a new pair which leads to FarmerJ's question. I don't think you can go wrong with either the crossfire or the sg10 or 12.
My concerns buying a boot are the Sidi seems as though it will hold it's support and shape better. I hate how the cheaper boots who all have the same look as the inside ankle of the sg10/12, eventually start to loosen and buckle over. The whole boot sags if you will.
Therefore I will be going with the crossfire or the Jett boot.
AcadianaRacing
New member
I highly recommend the Sidi Crossfires (and have used Alpinestar Tech 8's and Gearne's)...& since it's ISDE time:
swazi_matt
Active member
As good as Gaernes, great reviews and they also now come with the option of enduro soles. I would recommend that if you get them you loktite all 1058 of the screws that hold all the plastic bits in place before you loose them
southbound
New member
Someone earlier in this thread had mentioned good boot prices at http://www.genuineaccessories.com/Cl...erne_SG10.html and someone else had asked if anyone had any experience ordering from them.
Last week I ordered and received my boots, but not as advertised.
The web site's front page lists many products and a range of prices for each product. However, whenever I clicked on a product icon to see more, the next page did not have anything for sale at the lower price, only the upper price.
The Garne boots were listed on the front page as ranging from $269 to $300, but they really only had $300 boots to sell, or so they say. The same was true for the helmets. Low prices listed on the front page, but nothing at those prices for sale when It came time to buy.
So, I ordered a pair of $300 boots. I quickly got and email from steve@extremesupply telling me they were out of $300 boots, but as a "courtesy" he could offer me a newer model of boot at 20% off, or $315.
I googled extreme supply and found that they sell Garnes for $325. Somehow I don't think $315 is 80% of $325, but I took the deal anyway.
In short, the prices are good and the service is fast, but the prices are not what they seem.
Last week I ordered and received my boots, but not as advertised.
The web site's front page lists many products and a range of prices for each product. However, whenever I clicked on a product icon to see more, the next page did not have anything for sale at the lower price, only the upper price.
The Garne boots were listed on the front page as ranging from $269 to $300, but they really only had $300 boots to sell, or so they say. The same was true for the helmets. Low prices listed on the front page, but nothing at those prices for sale when It came time to buy.
So, I ordered a pair of $300 boots. I quickly got and email from steve@extremesupply telling me they were out of $300 boots, but as a "courtesy" he could offer me a newer model of boot at 20% off, or $315.
I googled extreme supply and found that they sell Garnes for $325. Somehow I don't think $315 is 80% of $325, but I took the deal anyway.
In short, the prices are good and the service is fast, but the prices are not what they seem.
