Criss Cross Lacing (lug version)

A lug version of Criss Cross Lacing. This is the “standard” method of lacing shoes and boots that come with lugs instead of eyelets. The laces simply criss-cross as they work their way up the shoe.
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Lacing Technique
• Begin straight across the bottom (grey section) and up through both bottom lugs.
• At each pair of lugs, cross the ends and feed up through the next higher set of lugs. Repeat until lacing is completed.
Features
Traditional look
Simple to lace
Comfortable
Uninteresting
Notes
This method is the lug equivalent of seven different eyelet lacing methods:
- Criss Cross Lacing
- Over Under Lacing
- Display Shoe Lacing
- CAF Combat Boot Lacing
- Left Right Lacing
- Double Helix Lacing
- Locked Double Helix Lacing
All of these eyelet lacing methods are slight variations of each other due to the different directions the shoelaces run through the eyelets between the inside and outside of the shoe. With lugs, there is no “inside” or “outside”. As a result, Lug Criss Cross Lacing is effectively a simplified version of any or all of those seven different lacing methods.
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Shoelace Lengths for Lug Criss Cross Lacing
Pairs of lugs: | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
Length needed: | 74 cm 29 inch |
86 cm 34 inch |
98 cm 39 inch |
110 cm 43 inch |
122 cm 48 inch |
134 cm 53 inch |
147 cm 58 inch |
Lengths available: | 27" | 36" | 40" | 45" | 45" | 54" | 54" |
NOTE: These are approximate shoelace lengths for using this lacing on an average sized sneaker. For more accurate lengths, use the Shoelace Length Calculator.
Comparative Length
The length of shoelace required for Lug Criss Cross Lacing is the “baseline” length against which all other lug lacing methods are compared.
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