The folks over at Dirt Rider recently published some tips on breaking in your riding books, so as to help ensure that they’ll last for years and won’t give you hot spots. “Simply put, if you’re not taking the time to adjust a brand new set of boots before you start riding in them, you’re not getting your money’s worth in terms of performance. Proper boot adjustment allows a boot to break in perfectly for your foot and provide years of solid use, while just putting on a new boot and going riding without any adjusting can lead to binding, hot spots, and improper break-in,” Dirt Rider’s Chris Denison wrote. Click here to read the tips.