If you like this sort of thing check out Ian's Shoelace Site, has hundreds of examples of this sort of thing for every scenario possible.
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His fastest way to tie laces has been my go to for years
There's also a knots site that I forgot the name of
If you find it please share, I'd love to take a look, I'm terrible with remembering knots.
Cool.
But if I don't lace right over left on right shoe and left over right on my left shoe then everyone I know and love will die horribly.
If you want more there's also this site with pretty much every lacing technique that exists https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace
How exactly does the parallel lace one work? Like I don't see where the laces come out underneath
I'd guess each side is alternating and skips one intermittent hole
There are actually several straight lacing methods:
I usually go with Train Track, but I've had to replace my laces recently while away and could only get ones that were too thick to double up in the eyelets so reverted to Ladder.
I find these very similar in feel to the straight methods but you can get them much tighter. Also depending on the shoes you can hide the verticals for the train track method behind the eyelets which has a distinctive look.
I guessed the same. I have annoyingly wide feet, so I might give this a try, but I feel like it would leave too much loose lace
Same, buddy. I was on vacation when my 3 month old sneakers popped the sole (New Balance 4E, I was shocked because they usually hold up well) and needed to grab a pair. I could only find D width in the amount of time I was willing to spend away from vacation stuff.
I did the ladder lace and it helped a lot. There was a bit of extra, but not as much as I thought there would be. However, by the time I got home and got a pair that was the actual right size they had kind of lost their shape and I was spilling over the sides. They looked hilarious.
I feel slightly better that I’m not the only one who struggles to find the right size. Particularly in an emergency.
Depending on brand, I’m between 6.5 - 8 4EW, and those are damned near impossible to find anywhere without custom ordering. I’ve gotten in the habit of bringing an extra pair of at least flip flops, just in case. But my car has an old pair of shoes that just live there now. Too tight and worn out for actual use but not bad enough to toss. They have saved my ass more than once.
For what it's worth, lacing isn't gonna make a huge difference if the shoe just isn't wide enough for you.
I don't know any of those things, wide, narrow, high... how do I determine which I have? compared to what?
I mean, to your shoes. You feel where they are uncomfortable and act accordingly. You can also pull out the insert and compare.