Should street bike boots be worn in summer?

The problem of motorbike clothing in summer is really sharp, because it’s not very convenient to wear all protective equipment, when it is 30 C (86 F) outside. And wearing big and hot street bike boots can be rather inconvenient, painful and even harmful for your feet. At this rate some people abandon wearing all kinds of biker clothes.

This is the most radical way of solving the problem, but usually folks just wear usual clothes instead of protective ones. Frankly speaking, I can sometimes understand such people, because it looks quite stupid when on a hot summer day you meet a biker wearing leather boots or even just protective motorcycle boots. And if you look at his face you will get sure, that it doesn’t make him happy. Of course, the manufacturers are trying to make them as comfortable as possible, but nothing helps when the temperature outside rises very high.

I don’t think that a biker will feel good wearing such street bike boots in summer:

And such ones won’t go as well:

At the same time it can look quite good. I would even say excellent!

When I see a person wearing full set protective clothing on a hot day, I want to jump in a cold pool. Being a biker and riding a Triumph cruiser I don’t care about having all sport equipment on me everywhere. Actually I don’t wear it at all, having a set of biker clothing instead. But I know, how a person feels having on the full suit, helmet and street bike boots. The only things you pray for are cold wind, rain and a bottle of ice beer.