My boots are comfortable and great for every day riding, and they're the only boots I have. Problem is on long trips at highway speed, I have a tendency to roll my right ankle reaching around the air cleaner on my bike. Extensions make my mini boards too floppy and too far out, and even if I could mount a highway bar (can't, too much crap in the way), where I would need to mount highway pegs, I wouldn't be able to reach.
The boots have no ankle support and finding boots/shoes of any kind to fit me is a nightmare (I have a EEE width foot, but my heel is normal width and I am a skinny guy, all boots made in wide widths tend to have to wide an ankle and a presumption that everyone who has a wide width foot is also grossly overweight).
So, I have decided to take some orthoplastic (can easily be ordered from Amazon) and make a support brace. This stuff is easy to use, just simmer some water, cut off what you need, set it in the water until it gets soft (5-10 minutes), then mold it to the shape you want and run it under cold water to set it. This stuff is normally used to make splints.
I just needed something stiff to go between my sock and boot to prevent me from rolling my ankle. Was simple, goes on the median side of the boot and under the foot. If I try to roll my ankle, it puts pressure on the boot rather than my ankle and basically makes the inside ankle area stiff where the boot won't bend to let me roll.
A quick and dirty solution with stuff laying around the house. It works and isn't uncomfortable. It won't be any kind of protection in a crash and it's not supportive, but that's fine, it's only job is to prevent me from rolling my ankle, which it does and without restricting my movement to walk around.
The boots have no ankle support and finding boots/shoes of any kind to fit me is a nightmare (I have a EEE width foot, but my heel is normal width and I am a skinny guy, all boots made in wide widths tend to have to wide an ankle and a presumption that everyone who has a wide width foot is also grossly overweight).
So, I have decided to take some orthoplastic (can easily be ordered from Amazon) and make a support brace. This stuff is easy to use, just simmer some water, cut off what you need, set it in the water until it gets soft (5-10 minutes), then mold it to the shape you want and run it under cold water to set it. This stuff is normally used to make splints.
I just needed something stiff to go between my sock and boot to prevent me from rolling my ankle. Was simple, goes on the median side of the boot and under the foot. If I try to roll my ankle, it puts pressure on the boot rather than my ankle and basically makes the inside ankle area stiff where the boot won't bend to let me roll.
A quick and dirty solution with stuff laying around the house. It works and isn't uncomfortable. It won't be any kind of protection in a crash and it's not supportive, but that's fine, it's only job is to prevent me from rolling my ankle, which it does and without restricting my movement to walk around.
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