I bought the All weather, (am wearing them now , just arrived this morning)

Bottom line is they seem tough, very tough. The are thick around the ankle, give a damn site more protection that any road boot I`ve worn, and will be the nuts for wearing away as you can fling jeans on, and hey presto ! drinking boots !.

Have a look, I hate big bulky boots for travelling, they are a pain in the hoop, and the Altbergs looked the best type for what I want.

Reinforced toe, articulated ankle,with plenty protection, and half the cash of the Sidis

the main differences between a hiking boot/altberg and a motocross boot - and to a lesser extent the Sidi - are the external lateral articulating braces - this is the part that will prevent severe ankle injury - stopping your ankle from twisting - combined with the hard external plastic assembly providing a much higher amount of crush/puncture resistance when your peg, or part of your side stand/centre stand or other part of your bike tries to go through your boot, by doing a better job of spreading the force over a greater area.

The Altbergs have got a lot better for sure, but cannot offer this level of crash protection, I don't want to wear my motocross boots overlanding personally, the Sidi Adventures, whilst not offering motocross boot protection at least have a decent external brace and very good heel protection and I can walk all day in them, I have found them to have the least amount of compromises IMO - apart from the price.

A friend of mine had a nasty crash on Ruta 40 in 2010, coming off the bike at speed wearing fairly sturdy hiking boots, this person is still having major ankle problems 3 years later, with cortisone injections and on going rehab, has had to take lots of time off work and is no longer is able to ride.

You Choose.

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The Altbergs are the same height as the Sidi adventures. As I said, the are much tougher than ANY road bike boot that I have ever tried.

I know a couple of people in the same situation. One of my good friends walks with a limp and will probably have his ankle fused in the future.

Another was more lucky and was just on crutches for a year and rehab for two.

Ankles are fragile... They take forever to heal IF they heal... An injury will ruin your trip and a more serious one will end it. You do not want a broken ankle dealt with ANYWHERE but a well equipped western standard hospital.

Anyway, just repeating myself. Folk will do what they do..

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I agree here. I don't have the Adventure, but have the Discovery to commute in every day, year round and I love them. Been riding in them for years. Not a ton of armor, but some, and I walk quite a bit in them, because, well, that is what I have on. And I have had a negative experience with some older leather "Racing" boots, but doubt anything would have actually helped. So I still make the compromise for a dual function boot. (I.E Ride and Walk)

And regarding serious dirt riding, I have some Tech 10s which seem to be pretty much hard foot cases, which I also believe to have saved my foot/ankle on multiple occasions where had I been wearing the Discovery or something with less of a hard shell, I'm sure it would have HURT!! I've worn them commuting a few times, but from Bike to work is a rather unpleasant experience that I'd prefer not to do on a regular basis.

I only wear MX boots by Alpinestars on any of my dualsport and dirtbikes. My preferred model is Tech 6, although I also own a pair of Tech 3s.

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Ted, Did you try them on in a shop or take a size chance by mail order?

I have about 12000 miles, mostly off road, on my sidi adventures and now the sole's are separating. Twice in as many weeks the kobbler glued and nailed them back on. Sidi uses a honeycomb plastic sole and the contact surface to the boot is only the ridges of the honeycomb. Cheesy and cheap in my opinion. While the rest of the boot is in fine condition, I feel I may replace the sole's with authentic vibram sole's. For 400 smacks, they could have done a lot better. I don't believe ther are water proof any longer.

My left boot is no longer waterproof. The right one is fine.

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