Answer:
In buckles or lace I help set the pace. The farther you go the thinner I grow.
I tremble at each breath of air, and yet can heaviest burdens bear. What am I?
What comes once in a minute twice in a moment but never in a thousand years?
Two in a whole and four in a pair. Six in a trio you see. Eight's a quartet but what you must get is the name that fits just one of me.
3 point goal
What never gets any wetter no matter how hard it rains?