Laces on cycling shoes are such a bad idea. It may look the best, but practically speaking it is the worst.
- Have you ever had your laces get sucked into the chain/crank interface? It sucks, and the lace doesn't win.
- Do you ever find that after hours in the saddle your shoes are slightly too loose or too tight? You want something you can reach down and adjust while riding, like a buckle or boa dials.
Just because laces freak you out or you need to adjust your shoes mid-ride doesn't mean that everyone else has the same problems. I own a pair of Empires and have nothing but good things to say about them, particularly that the laces allow the most comfortable compression of the shoe for my foot of anything I've tried on to date. I've never had the need, or want, to adjust things mid-ride...but that's just me. And I'll let you know if I'm ever daft enough to neglect tucking the laces into the tongue before a ride.