Laces came with one end cut, as if from a razor.  I doubt it will last long, and there are nowhere to buy replacement shoelaces. Shoes are not as comfortable as I'd like, but the shoes are VERY LIGHT (a plus) and that's physically impossible. If you want total comfort, you MUST buy a heavy or bulky and hot shoe.

This was my second choice to the Tsubo NOMA as far as looks, I want more RYKA shoes to look like this.

I took off three stars due to the shoelaces, theres no way you can lace these up and NOT see that defect, so it was deliberately used (hand thread) or cut afterwards (machine thread). When the laces go, the shoes will look odd unless I can find the dual-color laces in the short size used. No way.