I still really want to try to make some synthetic doubles out of laminated Lorica. I've been going after this for over a year, though, and have run up against 2 problems.
1. Buying Lorica is a total pain in the ass unless you buy it direct from Italy by the bolt and have it FedExed, and then it's just stupid expensive.
2. Finding the buckles for toe straps outside of butchering old straps is essentially impossible.
If I could get past these two hurdles, I could provide the best damned synthetic straps on the market that would rival quality leather straps as well. Supply chain issues blow.
Edit: oh yeah-
Originally Posted by
Metricoclock
stop trying to reinvent the wheel and replace it with an obviously inferior design.
You don't quite get the whole idea of innovation, do you? Not ever superior idea looks good from the start, especially from an outside perspective. The best products come from people who have good ideas and keep working on them, even if people make asinine comments like this along the way.