Lace Puller - How to use it?

[Rene van Belzen]

Hi,

A running shoe shop owner gave me something (for free, isn't that
nice?) I'd like to call a "lace puller". It's from Tobi, and it
resemblers a gadget you also see on wind jackets to pull the cords
together (to keep the water out). It has a hole to pull both lace ends
through, and a "spring loaded button" to keep the lace in place. If
you push the button, you can pull something through the hole, and if
you release the button, it blocks anything inside the hole. I hope I
made myself clear enough so you know what I'm talking about.

I'm not sure how exactly to pull my shoe laces, using this gadget.
There should be a way to avoid stumbling over those loose lace ends.
So what's that trick to secure those laces before the race, without
loosing too much time during the race? IOW how should I prepare the
laces of my running shoes?

And oh, I used "lace puller" for lack of a better term. Please tell me
what the correct term is, if you happen to know it, and I'll use it
from now on.

Thanks in advance!

Rene van Belzen
hurray [at] xs4all [dot] nl
My Running Log
http://www.xs4all.nl/~hurray/myrunninglog/

[Mark Burch]

Perhaps you just use much shorter laces?

Mark Burch

[Larry Himmel]

Rene van Belzen wrote:

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>
> I'm not sure how exactly to pull my shoe laces, using this gadget.

You put one lace end through each side and pull them tight.

>
> There should be a way to avoid stumbling over those loose lace ends.

Cut the laces so they're just long enough to allow you to slip your feet
into your shoes without the ends pulling out. They should be short enough
to dangle without tripping you. Or tuck the lace ends down into the
lacing. That takes uses up more time though.

>
>
> And oh, I used "lace puller" for lack of a better term. Please tell me
> what the correct term is, if you happen to know it, and I'll use it
> from now on.
>

I know them as "lace locks". They're faster and more secure than tying but
elastic laces are much better IMO.

Larry

[Cjohnston2001]

>> There should be a way to avoid stumbling over those loose lace ends.
>
>Cut the laces so they're just long enough to allow you to slip your feet
>into your shoes without the ends pulling out. They should be short enough
>to dangle without tripping you. Or tuck the lace ends down into the
>lacing. That takes uses up more time though.
>

Tie the ends together. You don't have to worry about the end pulling out that
way, and it reduces how much the lace ends flop around when you run.

Carol

[st...@goofy.net]

The best way, if your laces are long enough is to tie them to the bottom part of
where you lace your shoes up, after threading them through the lace puller. Then
you put your shoe on loose, grab the arch of lace created by them being tied to
your shoe and cinch the lace puller. Very little flapping lace left, and goes on
quick. The other product that fast transition people like is elastic laces, which
come all coiled up and look like telephone cord (the one on your handset). You
can tie these with your foot in or out, and your shoes now become slip-ons.

HTH-

Stan