cobbler

[Jim]

anyone in MA have a cobbler they'd recommend? i have an odd one where i dont want my sole replaced (new ones not available), but add about a dime size area of rubber to the sole.

currently, the sole is flush with the screws for the screw-in soles and it wears out my footpegs very quickly.

Sidi Vortice if you're curious.

[obsolete]

Cobbler... Not off the top of my head. I do have black shoe goo and an old tire.

[Jim]

Cobbler... Not off the top of my head. I do have black shoe goo and an old tire.

the shoe goo might actually too the trick. good idea

[whynot]

If the goo doesn't do it, we have an old country old guy cobbler here in Arlington MA, people call him a magician, he's done some good work for me, reasonable prices, usually asks you to leave it for a week. Busy crowded area, some good eateries in the same block.

Arlington Shoe Repair
803 Massachusetts Ave, Arlington, MA 02476
781 777 1576
Tue-Sat 10 AM–4 PM

[obsolete]

the shoe goo might actually too the trick. good idea

It obviously won't last as long but it will bond. I've been fixing work boots with it forever.

[ZX-12R]

Not sure where you are in MA, but if you are near the NH border, there is the Town Cobbler in Methuen and Completely Heeled Shoe Repair in Salem, NH. I haven't had the need for a cobbler but I have multiple friends and acquaintances that have used these two businesses and had great results.

Google Maps: Town Cobbler

Google Maps: Completely Heeled Shoe Repair

[Jim]

It obviously won't last as long but it will bond. I've been fixing work boots with it forever.

think i could just apply shoe goo and not cut up a tire? i need a very small section to raise the sole above the screw

[xrocket21]

think i could just apply shoe goo and not cut up a tire? i need a very small section to raise the sole above the screw

I don't think shoe goo alone will stand up to foot peg spikes very long.

[obsolete]

I don't think shoe goo alone will stand up to foot peg spikes very long.

That's my thought as well. It doesn't wear great but bonds very well. I had work boots that had different rubber on the soles for wear pads. They would separate and I would shoe go them back in place and never worry about it again. I used to have a different style of hiker work boots that the sole would separate on the side of the ball of the foot from flexing. Sole to leather bonded great. I'd find a piece of rubber to cut to fit, fill the hole with shoe goo, press in the piece, wipe it, then trim over flow with a razor when it dries

[OneCheekRider]

I ran Sidi Vortice for over a decade. The entire sole came off on both boots and couldn't get it to stay on even with tons of shoe glue. Instead of spending money on a cobbler I ended up getting Supertechs and don't miss the Vortice; walking in the them was always a chore.

[RandyO]

I got a pair of worn boots with still good Vibram soles you can have to cut off and glue to your boots

[Jim]

I ran Sidi Vortice for over a decade. The entire sole came off on both boots and couldn't get it to stay on even with tons of shoe glue. Instead of spending money on a cobbler I ended up getting Supertechs and don't miss the Vortice; walking in the them was always a chore.

Vortice have the replaceable soles, and i go through them quickly. i'd rather not deal with replacing an entire sole 2x a year

[OneCheekRider]

Vortice have the replaceable soles, and i go through them quickly. i'd rather not deal with replacing an entire sole 2x a year

I know, I owned them for over a decade. I misspoke, the entire bottom of the boot separated... Replaceable bits and all. I worry yours may suffer the same fate soon but hopefully not. My point was I never found them very comfortable off the bike. Your rearsets must be made of knives and daggers to go through so quickly -- are they vortex?

[Jim]

I know, I owned them for over a decade. I misspoke, the entire bottom of the boot separated... Replaceable bits and all. I worry yours may suffer the same fate soon but hopefully not. My point was I never found them very comfortable off the bike. Your rearsets must be made of knives and daggers to go through so quickly -- are they vortex?

i use woodcraft rearsets. i never walk around in the boots, so it's never been an issue.
i'm wearing out the pegs because a section of rubber on the full sole wore out and a screw is digging into the footpeg.

that's what this post is about. how can i fix that small section of worn rubber, so i dont wear out my pegs so quickly

[RandyO]

https://www.vibram.com/lt/shop/other-concepts/soles