New Boots for Old

 

Derek Mansfield is a grizzled 68 year old long distance rider: in the last 3 years alone he’s explored great chunks of Eastern Europe, Siberia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Armenia, Kurdistan and other distant lands; he travels light and he knows a thing or two about kit and thrift.
“I bought these boots three or four years ago from the Chippewa Boot company in Wisconsin USA. They call them the Fireman boot; I liked them because of the zip up front – so much quicker to get on or off than with any other I own. They were comfortable straight out of the box and I’ve worn them for 45,000 miles on some of the worst roads in the worst weather on the planet. 
A couple of years back the clutch on my Victory Vegas started to play up when I was riding through the Balkans. I got the clutch fixed in Osijek, East Croatia but I‘d ripped the surface of the left hand boot because the gears needed a lot of ooomph to change up.
Meantime I’ve seen the drift toward enormous Adventure boots but in truth I’ve never understood why you’d want boots weighing a couple of kilos hanging off the end of your leg. It’s hard to dance in them. And these Chippewa’s protected my ankles on several occasion when I found myself laying under the bike in Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Mongolia. 
So – you’ll understand I love these boots; I didn’t want to buy any new style and replacing them would cost fifteen tanks of petrol… that’s a lot of miles. 
And then, lo and behold, stumbling across the Net I found The Boot Repair Company. By appointment to the military, police, fire brigades and other heroes. I wrote to the boss, Tom Forbes, and asked if he could not just replace the worn out soles but repair the torn surface. “Sure” he wrote, “leave it to me.”
A courier arrived, took the boots away; couple of weeks later, a courier arrived returning the repaired items. And here’s the truly splendid result. A red gear change patch – to match both my Victory and Moto Guzzi Stelvio colour schemes and... red stitching detail on the soles. Cost? Two and half tanks of petrol – and that included the courier.
As I write I’m just ordered some red leather laces to online; regrettably sometimes I go a bit over the top… 
New boots for old and get save two thousand miles of petrol?
No contest … why would you not?”
Chippewa Boots https://www.chippewaboots.com/ 
Tom Forbes, The Boot Repair Company http://www.bootrepaircompany.co.uk/

I'm a fairly grizzled long distance rider: in the last 4 years I've explored great chunks of Eastern Europe, Siberia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Armenia, Kurdistan and other distant lands; I travel light and I've learned a thing or two about kit and thrift.

So God only knows why I did this to my boots.

“I bought these boots three or four years ago from the Chippewa Boot company in Wisconsin USA.Old boots They call them the Fireman boot; I liked them because of the zip up front – so much quicker to get on or off than with any other I own. They were comfortable straight out of the box and I’ve worn them for 45,000 miles on some of the worst roads in the worst weather on the planet. 

A couple of years back the clutch on my Victory Vegas started to play up when I was riding through the Balkans. I got the clutch fixed in Osijek, East Croatia but I‘d ripped the surface of the left hand boot because the gears needed a lot of ooomph to change up.

Meantime I’ve seen the drift toward enormous Adventure boots but in truth I’ve never understood why you’d want boots weighing a couple of kilos hanging off the end of your leg. It’s hard to dance in them. And these Chippewa’s protected my ankles on several occasion when I found myself laying under the bike in Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Mongolia. 

So – you’ll understand I love these boots; I didn’t want to buy any new style and replacing them would cost fifteen tanks of petrol… that’s a lot of miles. 

And then, lo and behold, stumbling across the Net I found The Boot Repair Company. By appointment to the military, police, fire brigades and other heroes. I wrote to the boss, Tom Forbes, and asked if he could not just replace the worn out soles but repair the torn surface. “Sure” he wrote, “leave it to me.”

New bootsA courier arrived, took the boots away; couple of weeks later, a courier arrived returning the repaired items. And here’s the truly splendid result. A red gear change patch – to match both my Victory and Moto Guzzi Stelvio colour schemes and... red stitching detail on the soles. Cost? Two and half tanks of petrol – and that included the courier.

As I write I’m just ordered some red leather laces to online; regrettably sometimes I go a bit over the top… 

New boots for old and get to save two thousand miles of petrol?

No contest … why would'nt you?”

Chippewa Boots https://www.chippewaboots.com/ 

Tom Forbes, The Boot Repair Company http://www.bootrepaircompany.co.uk/






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