MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
Like everyone else, i have my fair share of good ideas (which are mostly bad ideas under the guise of good ideas).
I've adapted a a pair of trainers and a pair of boots to be more cycle friendly by replacing the laces with (tubular) elastic so there's no floppy laces to get caught in the chain rings or around the BB shaft. If I do end up cycling in footwear with laces, i stuff them between shoe and sock to keep them out of the way, but they often work their way out.
What I want is a pair of plastic clips something like this...
...which clip onto one's footwear and holds the potentially troublesome shoe lace out of the way. The narrow bit fits snugly on the shoe's collar and the dangly shoe laces fit in the bigger bit.
It'd have to be a slightly sprung type of plastic in order to stay in place and to fit a variety of shoe types (from smart/formal footwear to training shoes with a bit of padding).
It's no good for the Dragon's Den as it's too easy to replicate, and is potentially pound shop fodder... but it'd be nice if such a simple device existed. If anyone is a toolmaker for an injection moulding company, or works in plastic design, you can have this idea for free
I've adapted a a pair of trainers and a pair of boots to be more cycle friendly by replacing the laces with (tubular) elastic so there's no floppy laces to get caught in the chain rings or around the BB shaft. If I do end up cycling in footwear with laces, i stuff them between shoe and sock to keep them out of the way, but they often work their way out.
What I want is a pair of plastic clips something like this...
...which clip onto one's footwear and holds the potentially troublesome shoe lace out of the way. The narrow bit fits snugly on the shoe's collar and the dangly shoe laces fit in the bigger bit.
It'd have to be a slightly sprung type of plastic in order to stay in place and to fit a variety of shoe types (from smart/formal footwear to training shoes with a bit of padding).
It's no good for the Dragon's Den as it's too easy to replicate, and is potentially pound shop fodder... but it'd be nice if such a simple device existed. If anyone is a toolmaker for an injection moulding company, or works in plastic design, you can have this idea for free