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C Bass said:
Here are pics of the 45" laces vs 54". Both shoes have the same amount of eyelets. The BLs have 45" and the Chinas have 54". The BLs I leave untied and the Chinas I tie.
I hope this helps some of the guys the need to know which length to get. I wear a size 9 and both laces are the infrared Laced Up laces. One is 45" and the other 54".
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Just a newbie question, how long is the stock laces we have on the Kobe XIs?
 
The eulogies are really nice . better than the moonwalkers to me
 
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Just balled in the Bruce lees for the first time and the traction sucks balls idk how people do it
 
Went in to Nike to check out the USA's. I did I surprising walked out without them. I like them a lot but am trying to show constraint. I also thinks its going to be terrible to keep these clean. Trying to keep shoes like these clean almost makes them not fun to wear. Will end up with a pair down the line.
 
Traction depends on the condition of the court you play on.

Even when I wore my BLs casually for about 10 times, the traction was pretty good when I played on a clean court. I didn't even wipe the bottoms.

duck dodgers said:
Just balled in the Bruce lees for the first time and the traction sucks balls idk how people do it
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arabianite3 said:
Just balled in the Eulogies for the 5th time and the traction is amazing idk how people are having any traction problems with these.

True story.
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aron710 said:
Traction depends on the condition of the court you play on.

Even when I wore my BLs casually for about 10 times, the traction was pretty good when I played on a clean court. I didn't even wipe the bottoms.
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Yeah I balled in my tinkers and I didn't have a problem same court and everything maybe it's the sole for me
 
Mastralf said:
 
Went in to Nike to check out the USA's. I did I surprising walked out without them. I like them a lot but am trying to show constraint. I also thinks its going to be terrible to keep these clean. Trying to keep shoes like these clean almost makes them not fun to wear. Will end up with a pair down the line.
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That's the only reason I haven't copped the USA's yet. That white is gonna be hard to keep clean. With that being said.. if I see them under 150 you better believe they're gettin copped.
 
I actually prefer the translucent soles over the solid soles but that's just me. I haven't had any slippage problems in either one but the translucent seems to grip better for me. I don't play on the worst courts but I definitely don't play on great courts.
 
Mastralf said:
 
I actually prefer the translucent soles over the solid soles but that's just me. I haven't had any slippage problems in either one but the translucent seems to grip better for me. I don't play on the worst courts but I definitely don't play on great courts.
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I'm hearing a lot of mixed reviews regarding traction for the XI. There's the 'translucent sole vs solid sole' debate or the ''clean court vs dirty court' debate. And the YouTube reviews don't help either since some say the traction is horrible and some say it's very good. 

I might have to break out my Bruce Lees on court to give it a test. I just hope nobody steps on the yellow flyknit 
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they should fix the traction on the translucent outsoles if most colorways are gonna have em. i remember some past shoes having good traction regardless of a clear outsole
 
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therefill said:
 
I'm hearing a lot of mixed reviews regarding traction for the XI. There's the 'translucent sole vs solid sole' debate or the ''clean court vs dirty court' debate. And the YouTube reviews don't help either since some say the traction is horrible and some say it's very good. 

I might have to break out my Bruce Lees on court to give it a test. I just hope nobody steps on the yellow flyknit 
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Yeah, I'm seeing all kinds of mixed reviews too.  I've balled in my BLs and BHMs and haven't had a problem with either.  The BLs are constantly getting stepped on and would be black if I didn't keep wiping the dirt off of the Flyknit. 
 
C Bass said:
Here are pics of the 45" laces vs 54". Both shoes have the same amount of eyelets. The BLs have 45" and the Chinas have 54". The BLs I leave untied and the Chinas I tie.View media item 2104826View media item 2104827View media item 2104830View media item 2104831I hope this helps some of the guys the need to know which length to get. I wear a size 9 and both laces are the infrared Laced Up laces. One is 45" and the other 54".
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I think I have way too many kicks. I saw the China's and forgot I had them :\
 
Got me some white horses for free yeah buddy, now to cop the bhms or wait and pray nike drops mc option on nike id hmmm
 
Illonaire2006 said:
Any XIs at the ES in Beaverton, OR?
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wish i could give you an answer, i have only been there three times and i live in the portland area lol. I would guess that the USA's are there. 
gluchini said:
Got me some white horses for free yeah buddy, now to cop the bhms or wait and pray nike drops mc option on nike id hmmm
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Cop the BHM's now that gives time to collect for MC lol.
 
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C Bass said:
Here are pics of the 45" laces vs 54". Both shoes have the same amount of eyelets. The BLs have 45" and the Chinas have 54". The BLs I leave untied and the Chinas
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This pic reminds me that I hate the fact that the 11 has no midsole. If the next round of sigs aren't good (Kobe 12, Kyrie 3, and Lebron 14), I might take a break from basketball shoes. The Lebrons I have no hope for, the Kyries are a toss-up, but hopefully the Kobes look good.
 
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