Old beat-up shoes, or huaraches? You decide.

[Barefoot DJ]

So I'm greatly in need of some laces for my huaraches. I have no way of being able to get lace for my huaraches besides using shoe laces, which i only can only get from old indoor soccer cleats, or my beat-up Nike Airs.
In Born to Run, some of the research said that there was more foot control in shoes whose soles' were worn out. So I've been using the beat-up Nike Airs (they're like 5 years old, my brother used to wear them, and my mom has been trying to get me to get rid of them for months), for my regular running shoes as well as to practice barefoot running style.
Which would be better, some more-protective-but-still-barefoot shoes, or less-protective-and-more-barefoot-huaraches? Note: I have other shoes, they're new balances but they're pretty stiff.

 

[SaraLord]

Which ever way you decide,

Which ever way you decide, you can get a very similar lacing at Home Depot, I use it for my leather huaraches.

 

[Barefoot DJ]

I know this but i have no way

I know this but i have no way of getting there, besides getting my parents to drive me. And they disapprove of BFR

 

[Barefoot TJ]

And you can try the craft

And you can try the craft stores for lacing. Just make sure they are not too thin.

 

[Barefoot DJ]

See two posts prior ^

See two posts prior ^

 

[NickW]

DJ I use round shoe laces

DJ I use round shoe laces that I get from Payless for under $2.

 

[Barefoot DJ]

As I said.. can't go anywhere

As I said.. can't go anywhere to buy these things. And what size hole do y'all use on your huaraches?



Edit: Standard hole punch is 1/4 inch in diameter. is that good for huaraches? I read on Luna Sandals' instructions that it is, but not sure.

 

[Smelph]

dude, are you a prisoner or

dude, are you a prisoner or something?!

anyway, and I haven't looked into this myself, can't you order new huarache laces online from Luna or Invisible Shoes or Branca or someone? then you can just get them mailed to your house and not have to worry about transportation.

more to the point, I would say you don't want to go with the stiff NB's. I would go bare if you can, huaraches if not bare, and if you absolutely have no way of finding some kind of lace for them, the beat up nikes would be the absolute last resort.

 

[SaraLord]

DJ send me a message w your

DJ send me a message w your address, I have a spare pair of invisible shoe laces I'll mail to you.

 

[Barefoot DJ]

It's cool, I found some other

It's cool, I found some other laces I can use

 

[NickW]

I think DJ is a youngin if I

I think DJ is a youngin if I remember correctly which may be why DJ is not able to go out to buy them. I was thinking I remember you saying you were 13 or something like that in a different thread. Good luck with your laces DJ and I'd be more than willing to mail you a pair of laces if you need and it sounds like I'm not the only one.

 

[Barefoot Gentile]

Just spend the money and get

Just spend the money and get the black leather laces from the Luna website, they are cheap. In my opinion they are the best laces out there for Huaraches.

 

[Phil Hart]

If your parents are insistent

If your parents are insistent that you not run barefoot, I'd respect that and go with the best-effort homemade huaraches rather than the worn-out shoes; they'd still be massive overkill and feedback dampeners.

 

[Barefoot DJ]

Got some laces . Stole them

Got some laces . Stole them from my brothers old asics.... Used a drill to do the holes. Pictures to come

 

[Barefoot DJ]

Got some laces . Stole them

Got some laces . Stole them from my brothers old asics.... Used a drill to do the holes. Pictures to come