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Are steel toes boots good to ride in? Are they much different? Do you lose any "feel"? A local HD distributor had some real nice ones on sale for 50% off.
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Re: Steel Toes
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Should be Riding
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I have always ridden with steel toes. Only thing is if they have a chunky toe you may need to re-adjust the shift lever.
Benny
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I've always used them. Stay with the lower profiles and you can often get away without shifter adjustment.
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They can get a bit heavy after awhile. But they work. A previous discussion brought up some safety problem, but I forget what that was.... 
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It was about getting your toes cut off when/if the end of the steel curled down from whatever force. This was also experimented with on Mythbusters. I believe the outcome was that it took catastrophic force to achieve the cutoff toes result. I'm betting you'd be worrying about other things if those forces were to occur. However, I did not sleep at a Holiday Inn Express last night!
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Re: Steel Toes
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hahaha
Yeah if you get your foot smashed with enough force to cutoff your toes, then I would imagine the resulting smush from no steel toe would require amputation anyway.
Benny
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I really don't like the word smush and toes in the same sentence! I guess I'll look into steel toes! 
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They make kicking dents into offending cages much easier too.
Benny
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They make kicking dents into offending cages much easier too.
But there's no give at the end, if you jam your toe into the steel while kicking, you could lose a toenail.
(That's what I've heard, anyway  )
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Aim for the door panel or mirror 
Benny
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I'v been told that a pocket full of nuts & bolts can be pretty effective 
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I wear steelies....mainly cos work pays for them, and as I have stupidly small feet, I get to choose a style I like!
As my feet are so small, I can struggle to change gear in some boots that are not steelies - I use the toe cap for that. My left foot is my smaller foot...and before you ask...they're a UK size 4 1/2, I think that's a US size 6. Kids size anyway!
Gina
03 America - Pretty stock - except the TBS wheel...
06 America - missing, presumed in bits. With it's TBS wheel... 
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