{"id":1224,"date":"2011-07-13T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-13T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=1224"},"modified":"2019-04-10T07:23:33","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T11:23:33","slug":"all-american-firefighter-boots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=1224","title":{"rendered":"All American Firefighter Boots"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-S2sUXnbnUN4\/ThtAL3KmaNI\/AAAAAAAAC-c\/5rsgfDzOaZI\/s1600\/AAFFblog.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-S2sUXnbnUN4\/ThtAL3KmaNI\/AAAAAAAAC-c\/5rsgfDzOaZI\/s1600\/AAFFblog.jpg?w=584\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\">I had a chance to lace up and break in a new pair of All American Firefighter Boots, model 401. <\/p>\n<p>What makes Firefighter boots rather different and well-suited for use as tactical boots for motorcycle riding are these features:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\">Laced-in zipper up the middle. Once the zipper is laced in, you don&#8217;t have to fool with laces again, so the boots are easy and quick to put on and take off.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\">The laces lock in and the ends remain inside the boot, so the wind won&#8217;t work them loose while riding.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\">Comfortable built-in insole and padded ankle collar. Makes the boots easy on the feet when out on an all-day ride.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\">Rugged Vibram lug sole which provides excellent traction &#8212; particularly useful when maneuvering (i.e., &#8220;walking&#8221;) the bike into a parking slot or holding the bike steady at a stoplight.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\">The boots don&#8217;t get hot, even on a hot day.  They provide superb support of the foot and ankle without roasting the foot.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\">Sturdy, attractive and rugged appearance. The &#8220;cool biker&#8217;s&#8221; boot.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\">I have been enthusiastically recommending Firefighter boots since I bought a pair of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedman.com\/cycle\/chipfire.html\" target=\"_blank\">Chippewa Firefighter Boots<\/a> in 2009.  I quickly learned how comfortable these boots were for motorcycle use.  And, according to some of my riding buddies, they look more like the motorcycle boots that most other guys wear.  Not that I have abandoned my tall Wesco and Chippewa boots; not in the long shot.  But on a hot summer day, a station-boot style type of footwear is a frequent choice.  And now, I have more choices  \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedman.com\/work\/aaff401.html\" target=\"_blank\">See more pics of my All American Firefighter Boots here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Life is short:  get booted!  (And repeat after me:  &#8220;boots are for motorcycles and sneakers are for the gym.&#8221; Period. Real bikers wear boots.)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had a chance to lace up and break in a new pair of All American Firefighter Boots, model 401. What makes Firefighter boots rather different and well-suited for use as tactical boots for motorcycle riding are these features: Laced-in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=1224\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-motorcycle-boots"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1224\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}