{"id":13625,"date":"2018-02-07T06:44:47","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T11:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=13625"},"modified":"2018-02-07T06:46:30","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T11:46:30","slug":"why-lug-soles-on-boots-in-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=13625","title":{"rendered":"Why Lug Soles on Boots in Winter?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Most of my motorcycle boots<\/a> and work boots<\/a> have “big lug” or “mini lug” Vibram soles on them. These soles provide great traction when riding my motorcycle (weather permitting.) <\/p>\n

However, these boots have another added bonus when I wear them in winter with dress clothes to the office…
\n
\n…What’s that added bonus?<\/p>\n

No leather sole salt crunching on sidewalks.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Yowza! That noise — the crunching, squeaking, scraping noise of walking with smooth leather-soled boots on salt or cinders on sidewalks treated for safety — drives me absolutely, positively, nuts! Worse than fingernails on a chalkboard!<\/p>\n

While I like to wear dressy cowboy boots<\/a> with dress clothes in my office, I choose alternate boots with lug soles on days when sidewalks have been loaded with salt and cinders so I can avoid having to hear that awful noise. <\/p>\n

Also, exposure of high-quality boot leather and exotic skins as I have on my cowboy boots to salt and cinders can be very damaging. When that gunk gets on my motorcycle or work boots, I can wash or wipe it off and the leather is no worse for the wear. Those outdoor-oriented boots are made to be water-resistant and more durable.<\/p>\n

\"\"I do not want readers to be alarmed that ol’ BHD has found more reasons not to wear cowboy boots. On the contrary, I really do wear them most of the time while at the office. Perhaps last week at my week-long 12-hour\/day meetings in cold, rainy Seattle was an exception. But at the office on dry days, you will still find good-looking, high-quality, cowboy boots on my feet.<\/p>\n

For the most part, few if any people ever look at my footwear. I have received occasional comments about my boots, but not as often as one might think. 99% of the people I see every day look at me, not what I am wearing. No one really cares. (Fashion — dress or footwear — is unimportant.)<\/p>\n

Life is short: reduce ear pollution — wear lug-soled boots on salt-treated sidewalks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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