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What's the reasoning behind shoelace length?

Asked by mrentropy (17213points) June 27th, 2010

When I buy a pair of dress shoes the amount of shoelace that comes with it is barely enough to make a knot with, never mind a bow. After they’re laced there might be a quarter of an inch left on each side.

When I buy sneakers it must come with 100 feet of lace. My current sneakers have enough shoelace that when the sneaker is laced up the rest easily reaches my knees. I’m not kidding and I can supply pictures if I could be bothered to take a picture of it.

What’s the logic behind this?

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