Go speed lacer
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Go speed lacer
I busted one of the metal things you wrap your shoelace around on my Aldens. Knew it was going to happen eventually. Anyone else done this? What courses of action, besides suicide, are available to me at this point?
- Michaelson
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No responses because in my memory, you're the first this has happened to. Can't add much more than the above....a good shoe repair shop deals with this on a daily basis if they repair work boots. Same part. Regards. Michaelson
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I must say that would make an interesting read:schwammy wrote:I busted one of the metal things you wrap your shoelace around on my Aldens. Knew it was going to happen eventually. Anyone else done this? What courses of action, besides suicide, are available to me at this point?
Dear all
No I can no longer go on. With the loss of one of those little metal thingies for the laces on my aldens I feel I have alos lost a part of myself, a part of my soul. It has all become to much to bear.
Goodbye cruel world!
I genuinely cannot believe I am the only person who ever broke one of those speed lacers! Incredible. Another first! Oh well. I actually stilll wear the shoes. I just skip that row when I lace both shoes. Since it's right ont the bend of the foot, it actually makes the shoes more comfortable and flexible. Huh!
When I bought mine, the speed lacers were bent. The salesman had to pry them up with a pair of pliers. He said that this is a common occurance with these hooks and to be careful not to step on your shoes as that would bend them. Constant bending and unbending fatigues the metal and eventually they will snap. I'm waiting for this to happen to me because I've had to make "corrections" from time to time with everyday use. Hasn't happened yet ... knock on wood.
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Chamorro,
I'm looking at a pair of Aldens and a Carolina alternative.
However, I just wanted to say that I've had a pair of non-Indy Timberlands that have had the metal Speed Lacers bend from time to time. Anyway, I've had to use pliers to get them back.
My point is that, since I've worn these boots to H-E-double-hockey-sticks and back over the past 3 1/2 years, I can pretty much expect the metal to give way pretty soon.
So, I'll have to decide between the special order brown Alden 405's or the less expensive newly manufactured (now-brown-per-Captain D) Carolina 164's.
I'm looking at a pair of Aldens and a Carolina alternative.
However, I just wanted to say that I've had a pair of non-Indy Timberlands that have had the metal Speed Lacers bend from time to time. Anyway, I've had to use pliers to get them back.
My point is that, since I've worn these boots to H-E-double-hockey-sticks and back over the past 3 1/2 years, I can pretty much expect the metal to give way pretty soon.
So, I'll have to decide between the special order brown Alden 405's or the less expensive newly manufactured (now-brown-per-Captain D) Carolina 164's.
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