Train Track Lacing

Lacing Technique

• Begin straight across on the inside (grey section) and out through the bottom eyelets.

• Both ends run straight up on the outside and in through the next higher eyelets, then continue straight across on the inside and out through the (already occupied) eyelets on the opposite side. Repeat until lacing is completed.

Features

Neat look

Holds very tight

Harder to tighten

2% shorter ends (approx.)

Notes

• This lacing works best with thinner or flat laces because most of the eyelets have to accommodate two passes of shoelace.

• When feeding a second pass of shoelace through an eyelet, take care that the aglet (shoelace tip) doesn't catch on the shoelace fibers and cause any damage.

• This lacing is also useful for skateboarders. With other lacing methods, some lace segments run across the edges of the shoe uppers, where the high points are quickly chewed through by the grip-tape on skateboards. Train Track Lacing eliminates those high points, so the laces don't suffer as much wear and tear.

Army Lacing

Similar method with the inner laces running diagonally instead of straight across.

Ladder Lacing

Similar looking method with the laces looped under the vertical sections.

Dense Checker Lacing

Bi-color method that uses inside-out Train Track Lacing for one color.

NASA Space Boot Lacing

Similar double-passes through eyelets – plus the identical length.