Boots Alpinestar web gore-tex boots.

John OoSTerhuis said:
The closest current model appears to be the Gran Torino.
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That's the model I'm using and love'em
Keep an eye out if you are wanting to buy these John. I saw the US retailers is still stocking them, but they are not on AlpineStars current model list. So you would think the factory dropped them but there are still some in the warehouse... for now.
 
T_C said:
I contacted Alpine and they will resole them for $100. Of course they responded the day after I gave them to my local shop that said they could resole them for $125.
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Wow that sure seems expensive I had my Sidi's resoled at my local cobbler and it was $60.
 
Could it have been a result of the heel of the boot touching the exhaust pipe?

I have a pair of Alpinestar Supertech R boots that I have been very happy with since 2010 and 28,000 miles. Treat them with Red Wing boot oil each year and they look brand new today.
 
SteveST1300 said:
Wow that sure seems expensive I had my Sidi's resoled at my local cobbler and it was $60.
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I'm guessing your Sidi's probably have a mid-sole and are designed to be re-soled by stitching. Most cobblers will look at these boots and laugh. To resole them they have to grind off the old and then glue on a new.
 
Thats exactly what he did we went through a book of new soles he picked out the right one and did just that and now they can be resoled again and again. This guy is good he knew the boots were Italin as soon as he saw them.
 
You got a good deal and a good cobbler. I checked with 5 different places here in St. Louis. 1 said no way, one said (very arrogantly) throw the boots away and buy a new good pair, one offered to do it for 80 but said they probably wouldn't look good as he would remove all the rubber even the part that wrapped up the back. The other two were $120 and $130. I opted for the $130 as I have used them before for repair on other leather and canvas products and they always do a good job.
 
I'd go by a windshield repair shop and have them put some windshield goop on it forcing some to the inside of the rip to and let it setup and wear them till they fall the rest of the way apart.
 
That's the thing. Besides the tear, they have Gore-tex liner which is in tact so they are 100% waterproof and functional.
 
STPete said:
they have Gore-tex liner which is in tact so they are 100% waterproof and functional
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The windshield goop that I can't remember the name of would work great for that. Flex nice and won't tear. Takes a while to set up.
 
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