I've had the Crossfires for about 5 years used in beach races and enduros here....and the enduros here can be somewhat 'tough'

I came from AS Tech 6's which,compared to the Sidis were very heavy.

I have put on about 5 soles since I've had them(€16 a pair) and only now are the sole screws starting to pop out. In retrospect I should've copper greased the screws and regularly replaced the screws with new ones once they started to corrode.

I was able to wear them out one night around the town with them being light weight,actually with a pair of trousers and they didn't attract any weird glances from any others!!!

I would certainly buy them again when these ones are completely wrecked...

Great boots and with great spares and that hinged ankle is great for flexibility.

They now sell enduro soles for them...the same pattern you get on the likes of army boot soles.

NB They're not waterproof ....they're MX boots

i think they had them on offer either at bitzforbikes or george white just b4 crimbo worth checking out

I previously had the alpinestars SMX+ boots were a very good sports boot in my eyes but the soles are way to thin and wear out so easy.

The other down side to them is they squeek like hell when you walk as he pivot point around the ankle is two pieces of plastic touching.

I have never had sidi boots before. I'm currently using alpinestars gore tex boots, which i have had for 9 years and they still perform very well.

Is it like anything these days that manufacturers reduce quality to keep price the same.