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Train Track Lacing
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Like
Army Lacing with the inside segments running straight across, the result looks like train tracks, and holds
very tight because of the doubled laces through eyelets.
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Note how this lacing allows the sides of these Converse sneakers to sit up straight. Picture sent to me by Ali.
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Lacing Technique:
1. The lace is run straight across the bottom (grey section) and the ends emerge through both bottom eyelets.
2. Both ends are run straight up on the outside and are fed in through the next set of eyelets up the shoe.
3. The ends are run alongside each other on the inside and emerge through the same set of eyelets on the other
side. This will be a tight squeeze because it will be the second pass of shoelace through those eyelets.
4. Repeat steps (2) and (3), alternating between running straight up on the outside or straight across on the
inside, until both ends reach the top eyelets.
Features:
Neat look
Holds very tight
Harder to tighten
Comparative Length = 112%
Laced area uses more (about +12%)
Longer laces needed (about +6%)
Shortens lace ends (about −11%)
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NOTE:
This lacing works best with thinner or flat laces because most of the eyelets have to accommodate two passes of
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Variations:
Used inside-out, the result is quite a different lacing, both visually and functionally. The sides of the shoe are
held in by the "sleepers" of the train tracks (ie. the horizontal crossovers), which secure those sides much more
firmly and resist flexing. The "sleepers" are also raised off the upper ridge of the foot, which both increases
comfort and makes it easier to get fingers underneath to pull the lacing tight.
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This page last updated: 16-Nov-2009. Copyright © 2007-2009 by
Ian W. Fieggen. All rights reserved.
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