31-05-14, 01:37 PM
If you're still after a set of ankle boots, then to be honest I'd get the alpinestars, they do what you want and will stop you from missing time on the bike for fear of having hot feet (that's definitely the first time I've said that :lol )
Otherwise, there's a few different types of sports boots out now with a waterrproof liner (they're what I tend to buy as I find them okay for year round use in the UK) - things like the black rains listed above, my current ones are the TCX S-R1 Gore tex.
The only thing you've got to realise is there will be a large trade off if you wear those short type boots and have an accident - they just cannot offer the same kind of protection, particularly ankle protection that the armoured sports boots can. That's one of the reasons I'll only wear long boots - having a dad that almost lost his leg through having a woman hit him in a side, and a friend that was wearing proper boots and had a similar accident at very low speed, yet is still having mobility issues 4 years on means I'm not risking my ankles!
Otherwise, there's a few different types of sports boots out now with a waterrproof liner (they're what I tend to buy as I find them okay for year round use in the UK) - things like the black rains listed above, my current ones are the TCX S-R1 Gore tex.
The only thing you've got to realise is there will be a large trade off if you wear those short type boots and have an accident - they just cannot offer the same kind of protection, particularly ankle protection that the armoured sports boots can. That's one of the reasons I'll only wear long boots - having a dad that almost lost his leg through having a woman hit him in a side, and a friend that was wearing proper boots and had a similar accident at very low speed, yet is still having mobility issues 4 years on means I'm not risking my ankles!