Boot Straps... Do you?
Road Master
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 859
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From: Columbia, SC
I'm 24 and I have pair. I usually throw them on only when I'm doin alot of highway miles. SC to Daytona and such. Not sure how longer pants would help - I mean, if you only ride with your feet on the floorboards, then yeah. My pants only ride up my legs when I'm stretched out on my highway pegs though, not the floorboards. The wind at 80mph catches them every time. I'm not really one to do something to "fit in" - I do what works for me. I do wish they made a better pair that didn't drag the ground - they only get so tight. So on gas and stretch breaks I always gotta take them off.
Elite HDF Member
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 3,927
Likes: 5
From: Midwest
So, who wears boot straps?
If you do, how old are you? Is it age dependent?
If you don't, do you do anything to prevent your pants from blowing up your leg while riding?
I'm thinking of something like:
http://store.bikerornot.com/products/Biker-Boot-Straps-%252d-Maltese-Cross.html
If you do, how old are you? Is it age dependent?
If you don't, do you do anything to prevent your pants from blowing up your leg while riding?
I'm thinking of something like:
http://store.bikerornot.com/products/Biker-Boot-Straps-%252d-Maltese-Cross.html
Road Master
Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 1,099
Likes: 106
From: Colorado Front Range
As Captain Honors (now former XO of the carrier Enterprise) would say...."gay".
Yeah, I was considering "sleeve straps", "collar straps", "boxer straps", "bandanna straps", and "glove straps" too! But for some reason I just thought it'd be a little goofy...ya think?!
Holy cow...if we need to pay $20 for a flippin fancy little clip to hold our cuffs down...not sure what's become of the riding world. I guess if it's freezing cold, a guy could use a gold-plated safety pin looped through your laces (with HD logos mico-printed on it of course and all the neighbors in your 'burbs could run-out and marvel before their ride around the block - sorry, I digress). To each his own, I guess...but I have never seen them on anyone...though I am not walking around evaluating what guys are "wearing"...<huge sigh>.
Damn...
Yeah, I was considering "sleeve straps", "collar straps", "boxer straps", "bandanna straps", and "glove straps" too! But for some reason I just thought it'd be a little goofy...ya think?!
Holy cow...if we need to pay $20 for a flippin fancy little clip to hold our cuffs down...not sure what's become of the riding world. I guess if it's freezing cold, a guy could use a gold-plated safety pin looped through your laces (with HD logos mico-printed on it of course and all the neighbors in your 'burbs could run-out and marvel before their ride around the block - sorry, I digress). To each his own, I guess...but I have never seen them on anyone...though I am not walking around evaluating what guys are "wearing"...<huge sigh>.
Damn...
Last edited by sgnden; Jan 5, 2011 at 08:39 AM.
Road Warrior
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 1,549
Likes: 8
From: North Texas
So, who wears boot straps?
If you do, how old are you? Is it age dependent?
If you don't, do you do anything to prevent your pants from blowing up your leg while riding?
I'm thinking of something like:
http://store.bikerornot.com/products/Biker-Boot-Straps-%252d-Maltese-Cross.html
If you do, how old are you? Is it age dependent?
If you don't, do you do anything to prevent your pants from blowing up your leg while riding?
I'm thinking of something like:
http://store.bikerornot.com/products/Biker-Boot-Straps-%252d-Maltese-Cross.html
I've seen young and old wear them.
Supporter
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 4,133
Likes: 147
From: Grays Creek, NC
Im 38 and wear them, I hate having my pants keep blowing up and having to fix them when I get off the bike. I have some with the POW/MIA badges on them, if thats gay go slam your face in to a wall. Wear what makes you comfortable, thats the whole point.
Tourer
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 313
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From: Whitney,Tx
Wouldn't that velcro hurt when you peeled it off?
I don't have enough leg hair to use velcro.
Tourer
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 281
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From: FL
Yeah, what he said.....
Road Warrior
Joined: Jun 2009
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From: Michigan
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Joined: Nov 2009
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From: Oak Ridge Tn, about 20 mi from US129
I wear them on longer rides. I wear boot cut jeans and they blow up when I use the highway pegs which is most of the time. Helps a lot when your toolin down the interstate at 80. works for me.
Road Master
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 876
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From: Eastern NC
34...I wear them, but I got mine from the corners of the sheets on my bed. I think my wife uses them to keep the sheets on the bed...nice thing is, I get two pair at a time and when I need new ones, she always puts more on the bed for me.