I cut the bottom two elastic straps off of my sixsixone 4x4s, and it makes them a lot easier to get on and off, and they don’t seem any less secure. This only works if the cloth part fits around your leg perfectly, as it does for me.
Just a tip.
Thanks for the pointer, I plan on getting some 661’s tomorrow from my bike shop, as well as some gloves, because my callices i have been getting out of hand, litterally.