Alden bootlaces:

Posted by Fall Guy from pool1085.cvx19-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net on April 28, 2001 at 22:55:57:

I've had my Aldens for 9 months. Two weeks ago the lace of the right
boot gave up and ripped.
Why did it happen? Well, after six months of wearing the boots I
noticed (during my daily routine inspection!) that one lace was a bit
scuffed in one spot. Maybe I should have used my Dremel on the new
boots and polished those metal hooks a bit to reduce friction (I'll do
that on my next pair of Aldens. I already got some emery cloth
and jeweller's rouge for the final step in polishing!)

I have some interesting information and specs on those bootlaces:b>

LENGTH:
When new (unused), each lace was 115 cm long. It would stretch to a
maximum lenght of 124 cm under load. This means a maximum lenght
increase of 7.82%

Thickness:
Each lace was 1.3 mm thick (I checked with calibrated calipers), but
when stretched it would thin to just 1 mm. This means a whopping 33.s%
decrease in thickness!

Width:
A new lace was 6 mm wide, when stretched to the maximum length it
narrowed to 4.5 mm. This equals a 25% reduction in width.

OBSERVATION:
It is highly interesting that the bootlace that had been worn daily
for the past 9 months had different specs altogether.
It had actually been stretched to a maximum lenght of approximately
126 cm. I could not establish or verify the exact lenght because this
measurement was taken after the lace had ripped in two halves. And I
could not just measure the other still intact bootlace because I
cannot guarantee that I tied the boots with equal force.
The width and the thickness of the used lace were howver UNCHANGED
compared to the unused lace under maximum load. This is a MYSTERYb> to be solved by some brave soul.

FG
PS: I forgot to mention, each lace weighs 3 grams...
PPS:

Follow Ups:

• This is one of the funniest items I've ever come across. Very droll Fall Guy! California Mike 01:24:07 4/29/2001 (1)
  • I do what I can (nm) Fall Guy 02:07:46 4/29/2001 (0)
• wow, it seems you've got A LOT of time on your hands.. Indy Sean 23:47:35 4/28/2001 (0)
• The PPS was supposed to say "Discuss!" (nm) Fall Guy 22:57:12 4/28/2001 (0)

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