Alpinestars corozal adventure boots

[Senor Ramon]

So I have skinny calves, and am looking for an adventure boot mainly for touring) 95 percent slab /5 percent gravel). I called Brian at atomic and he recommended among others the Alpinestars corozal. It looks good. Anyone here have experience with this? Protection, comfort and does it fit under the shifter? Thanks in advance.

 

[BadNews]

My feet and calves are skinny, too. I wear a 13D. I have the Alpinestars Oscar. I laced them up snug, then use the side zip. They work fine for me.

 

[Senor Ramon]

My feet and calves are skinny, too. I wear a 13D. I have the Alpinestars Oscar. I laced them up snug, then use the side zip. They work fine for me.

I was looking for something taller with more protection. I apologize, I should have indicated in my OP that I currently wear Alpinestars SMX-1 air shorty boots.

 

[lund]

Yes i have Corozal from Alpinestar, this will be my 4th season with them and love them. VERY comfy, even better then a lot of casual shoe wear, i have done 1-2km hikes with them no problems while on a ride. I highly recommend them.
They can be squeaky when you walk because of the mechanical hinge it uses at the ankle, not a big deal to me anyhow, little WD40 fixes it and goes away for a long time.
They claim waterproof, but i would put it more in the water resistant, i have never gotten wet while riding but i have while crossing a creek on foot that was about a foot deep, it took a bit before it got wet inside.
I'm please with them and would buy them again unless your adventure riding gets more off tarmac and more in a wet environment, then go with a Gortex lined boot otherwise the Corozal are a premium choice imo .

 

[regder]

Any reason for an adventure style boot over more of a touring boot since most of your riding is going to be tarmac? Your typical touring boot is going to be much lighter, lower profile, and easier to walk in. I briefly bought a pair of TCX Infinity Evo boots which looked awesome, but after some thinking, I concluded it was too much boot for my mostly street riding.

For whatever it's worth, I too have skinny calves and currently wear Dainese Trq-Tour, which have been good so far. Any boot I buy for touring needs to be Gore-Tex.

 

[Senor Ramon]

Any reason for an adventure style boot over more of a touring boot since most of your riding is going to be tarmac? Your typical touring boot is going to be much lighter, lower profile, and easier to walk in. I briefly bought a pair of TCX Infinity Evo boots which looked awesome, but after some thinking, I concluded it was too much boot for my mostly street riding.

For whatever it's worth, I too have skinny calves and currently wear Dainese Trq-Tour, which have been good so far. Any boot I buy for touring needs to be Gore-Tex.

I already wear something "similar" in the A* SMX-1. I wanted something taller, more protective when I tour and occasionally do venture off road. I realize that no single boot does everything well. Boots are like tools. You select one for the job you are going to do. So when I finally go off road in a more dedicated or aggressive manner, I will choose some MX boots.

 

[regder]

Google shows the SMX-1 to be an ankle high boot, definitely not something I would feel comfortable riding in.

There's a lot of middle ground between something like that and an adventure style boot.

 

[Jlq1969]

maybe not suitable for offroad but cool in summer

 

[Senor Ramon]

maybe not suitable for offroad but cool in summer
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I don't mind the color...just remove the number 46 from the heels (ducking from hell fire).

 

[StefanOnHisS10]

Same problem here, I got the SIDI adventure goretex 2. Superb.

 

[Senor Ramon]

Same problem here, I got the SIDI adventure goretex 2. Superb.

Thank you. Brian from Atomic-Moto thinks the Sidi X3 are amazing. Good for thin feet, super protective, and light. Trade off is not much shifter / peg feel.

 

[StefanOnHisS10]

Thank you. Brian from Atomic-Moto thinks the Sidi X3 are amazing. Good for thin feet, super protective, and light. Trade off is not much shifter / peg feel.

You’re welcome, off course the feel is a bit less. It’s more off-road oriented so much more protection. I got used to it in about a 100km’s. Really love ‘m now. The older they get the better, not as stiff anymore.

 

[timebak]

I've had a pair of the Alpinestar Corazol's for a little over a year now and I'm very happy with them. On a trip to Utah in May 2020 I took a bad fall and broke my left tibia in two places, but was able to patch myself up, snugged up the latches on the Corazol's two or three knotches tighter, and ride for another 180 miles that day and five more days after that. Without the protection and support of the Corazol's the injury would have been more severe and I wouldn't have been able to keep riding.

On the way back to Missouri from Utah, eemsreno and I rode for two days through snow and rain and the temps were in the upper 20's to high 30's most of the first day. I had put on a Darn Tough wool sock over the Under Armor sock I normally wear. My feet stayed dry and warm the whole way home.

The shifter feel and ability to move my ankle is fair to good for me, but I have a couple of old ankle injuries. It would probably be good to very good for a normal and younger person (I'm 65, and have been rode hard and put up wet, as the cowboys say.) I'm sold on the Corazol's.

 

[Senor Ramon]

I've had a pair of the Alpinestar Corazol's for a little over a year now and I'm very happy with them. On a trip to Utah in May 2020 I took a bad fall and broke my left tibia in two places, but was able to patch myself up, snugged up the latches on the Corazol's two or three knotches tighter, and ride for another 180 miles that day and five more days after that. Without the protection and support of the Corazol's the injury would have been more severe and I wouldn't have been able to keep riding.

On the way back to Missouri from Utah, eemsreno and I rode for two days through snow and rain and the temps were in the upper 20's to high 30's most of the first day. I had put on a Darn Tough wool sock over the Under Armor sock I normally wear. My feet stayed dry and warm the whole way home.

The shifter feel and ability to move my ankle is fair to good for me, but I have a couple of old ankle injuries. It would probably be good to very good for a normal and younger person (I'm 65, and have been rode hard and put up wet, as the cowboys say.) I'm sold on the Corazol's.

I'm sorry you were hurt. Do you think if you wore something more protective like a A* Tech 5, the result would have been different?

 

[timebak]

I'm sorry you were hurt. Do you think if you wore something more protective like a A* Tech 5, the result would have been different?

Thank you. But, getting hurt sometimes is just part of life. I've always said that if you don't screw up every once-in-a-while, you aren't doing enough.

As far as the A* Corazol to Tech 5 comparison, you're probably right - if I'd been wearing the Tech 5's, the injury may not have been as bad, since the Tech 5's specifically add protection in the medial/ankle area. And my injury was concentrated in the medial area. My medial malleolus was sheared off (comminuted fracture), along with a chunk of the of the lower tibia above the malleolus. And there was a vertical fracture up through the lower central part of the tibia, above the talus, this also in the medial/ankle area.

 

[Senor Ramon]

Thank you. But, getting hurt sometimes is just part of life. I've always said that if you don't screw up every once-in-a-while, you aren't doing enough.

As far as the A* Corazol to Tech 5 comparison, you're probably right - if I'd been wearing the Tech 5's, the injury may not have been as bad, since the Tech 5's specifically add protection in the medial/ankle area. And my injury was concentrated in the medial area. My medial malleolus was sheared off (comminuted fracture), along with a chunk of the of the lower tibia above the malleolus. And there was a vertical fracture up through the lower central part of the tibia, above the talus, this also in the medial/ankle area.

Ouch. That sounds terrible. I'm going through analysis paralysis. Can't decide or pull the trigger on any boot. The tech 5 feels like a marshmallow. Super comfy.. But too rigid. On the other hand thr forma adventures fit so so. I'm leaning towards this corazal for comfort.

 

[spudleydoright]

I recently bought a pair of the A-star Belize which is the shorter version of the Corozal. Very comfortable, however the toe is rather thick and it took some getting used to on the shifter. I didn't adjust the shifter as I have some other boots I wear depending on the type of ride I'm doing.

 

[Senor Ramon]

I recently bought a pair of the A-star Belize which is the shorter version of the Corozal. Very comfortable, however the toe is rather thick and it took some getting used to on the shifter. I didn't adjust the shifter as I have some other boots I wear depending on the type of ride I'm doing.

I looked at the Belize as well. I just wanted a taller boot for greater shin protection. I grew tired of short boots and wearing knee / shin protectors from Dianese.

 

[spudleydoright]

I looked at the Belize as well. I just wanted a taller boot for greater shin protection. I grew tired of short boots and wearing knee / shin protectors from Dianese.

I know what you're talking about. I wear my motocross boots if i'm going to go somewhere where my riding is more than 10% off-road. The boot is comfortable to walk around in and I assume the Corozal would be the same, just heavier. I tried both and they both fit the same around my foot.

 

[twinrider]

Ouch. That sounds terrible. I'm going through analysis paralysis. Can't decide or pull the trigger on any boot. The tech 5 feels like a marshmallow. Super comfy.. But too rigid. On the other hand thr forma adventures fit so so. I'm leaning towards this corazal for comfort.

Check out the Gaerne Fastback Endurance. Excellent protection and easy to walk in. Probably overkill for those who stick to paved and unpaved roads. But they'll be my next dirt bike boot.