This had me slightly nervous, to be honest.

Well, when the smoke from my burning credit card dissipated, I was left with many new parts for install, however replacement pegs were not amongst them.

A lot of the advice suggested that you NEED mountain footpegs. Now, being new to the sport, I had devoured each and every piece of information I could to ensure I would have a reliable and safe machine. One place I decided against spending extra on were footpegs. If you’re like me and wear braces while riding, be worth a test fit prior to purchase.īeing that this is my first snow bike, I had to cut some corners to keep costs down. Problem solved when next ride out, I used my A-Stars knee braces instead, as they end slightly above the boot cuff. One thing to be aware of is, that while I’m far from “calf-zilla”, with my full-length knee pads on, it was basically impossible to do the boots up-there wasn’t enough length on the buckle straps. It took about 7 rides to break them in, but now I find them to have almost hiking boot level of comfort. Upon changing into something more appropriate for a wintertime activity, my hunch proved accurate-pretty dang tight! Not to fear, there was time between when I received the boots and when I was actually able to ride, so I took the opportunity to wear them around the house, down to the mailbox and so forth, to break them in.Īs my rides progressed, the boots have broken in nicely. Except, at the time I was wearing skinny ankle socks more appropriate for a sunny day on the golf course than a frosty day on the hill. The first time I pulled on the Velo Raid boot after a hasty signature for the courier, I thought: these fit great. I have a fairly “small” foot, in that I wear a size 10, medium width.

My initial impression of the comfort of the Velo boot wasn’t overly positive, to be honest-but hear me out.

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