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Quite often I find bits of my bike kit end up using things like paper clips or bent hairpins being used because the pulley bit of the zip has snapped.

I don't know if anyone else has found this, but Sidi boots seem to be the worst for this - £250 pair of boots and the zip pull snapped off the other day, after only a couple of months of use! The old pair had pulls made from surgical steel wire and a big paperclip...

Anyway, after meaning to get the fuckers fixed for about a year, the Sidi snap was the last straw, so I had a look around and found these on Ebay: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0260838441 made by Prym and with a snap-hook type contraption.

They fix on easy enough, and seem strong. They've also go big chunky pulley bits to grab at whilst in gloves!

So at the risk of sounding a bit camp giving clothing repair advice, order some of these if you're stuggling with your snapped dangly bits!

Come to think of it, teh other current broken puller was on an equally expensive Spyke jacket. Is there some kind of issue with Italian metal pulls, or something?

nice find mate at £1.69 + 80p postage

masterofinsanity wrote:nice find mate at £1.69 + 80p postage

That seemed a bit pricey to me, but for the ammount of effort and wire-stabbed-fingers it's saved in just a few days it's been well worth it!

I bought a few of them, and think it was +20p for each additional one, so it's not so bad then.

Plus I look less like a tramp who's found some decent kit!

Both my sidi rainboots have had the zip pulls come off, and like you say only afer a few months too. Ive got small keyring loops on mine

RedexRobB wrote:Both my sidi rainboots have had the zip pulls come off, and like you say only afer a few months too. Ive got small keyring loops on mine

Isn't it a fkr when they first go and you're trapped in them unless you can shove something through the zip thingy to release it?

The barskets at work were most amused by it...

Yeah thats precisely what happened, i couldnt get my foot out. Bizare thing is the other zip has been fine.

key rings work real good and if you fish you get em for free!

beatrootboy wrote:key rings work real good and if you fish you get em for free!

Dude, you should probably try changing your bait!!!

i've just had my SIDI Vertigo boot repaired because i poped the zip open :smt013

Cost £28 for the new zip and sowed in. Looks like new and works perfectly! Kind of annoying for a boot that would have cost £200+ new and only done about 6,000 miles.

You must do alot of walking in those boots rene!

There's a leatherware shop just around the corner from my work, so I simply dropped in there and bought a meter of rawhide thong. Job done, and at 50p.

Vard66 wrote:There's a leatherware shop just around the corner from my work, so I simply dropped in there and bought a meter of rawhide thong. Job done, and at 50p.

????

PERVERT!!!

RedexRobB wrote:You must do alot of walking in those boots rene!

not really tbh i do wear my leathers inside the boot and like them to feel snug. They've also had a track day thrown in and i only wear them when going out for a play (other wise i wear my water proff ones).

It is if you walk 6k miles. Never mind.....