Used cycling shorts?
04-18-08, 10:29 AM
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04-18-08, 10:36 AM
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I'm a long time thrift store shopper, and I have no problem with used bike shorts, as long as they are in good condition. You can tell by close examination. Some look like they were almost never even worn. (like the thrift store bikes that were never ridden). I have found shorts in thrift shops with the tags still on.
Americans in general are too squeamish. Just my opinion.
Americans in general are too squeamish. Just my opinion.
04-18-08, 12:41 PM
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Used cycling shorts?
CR: On getting home, "HONEY!".
Hands her something he picked up off the side of the road.
"Here, wash this for me."
04-18-08, 12:51 PM
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This reminds me of the story about how in Japan, some enterprising person put out vending machines with used underpants...
https://www.snopes.com/risque/kinky/panties.asp
https://www.snopes.com/risque/kinky/panties.asp
Claim: Vending machines in Japan offer for sale panties purportedly worn by schoolgirls.
Status: True.
Origins: Used underwear that has supposedly been previously worn by schoolgirls is being offered for sale in vending machines in Japan. Though we don't know the current price for such items, in 1993 they sold for the equivalent of US $50 apiece.
We'd read that this practice ended in 1993 and reported as much in the original of this article (which was penned in 2001), but since that time numerous readers living in Japan have written to say that not only haven't the machines gone away, but that they've themselves seen them.
Status: True.
Origins: Used underwear that has supposedly been previously worn by schoolgirls is being offered for sale in vending machines in Japan. Though we don't know the current price for such items, in 1993 they sold for the equivalent of US $50 apiece.
We'd read that this practice ended in 1993 and reported as much in the original of this article (which was penned in 2001), but since that time numerous readers living in Japan have written to say that not only haven't the machines gone away, but that they've themselves seen them.
04-18-08, 01:03 PM
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This reminds me of the story about how in Japan, some enterprising person put out vending machines with used underpants...
https://www.snopes.com/risque/kinky/panties.asp
https://www.snopes.com/risque/kinky/panties.asp
Vend-O-Kit Automated Cycling Apparel Vending Service
Shortie gloves: $20
Full gloves: $30
Short sleeve jersey: $45
Long sleeve jersey: $60
Socks: $8.00
Socks (worn): $14.00
Shorts: $35.00
Shorts (worn): $50.00
Shorts (from post #26): $0.25
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04-18-08, 02:02 PM
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Great... now you've upped the ante on my get-rich scheme and I have to buy one of those lunch-line Vend-O-Mat machines. The kind with the turnstile and the sliding door to get what you purchase:
Vend-O-Kit Automated Cycling Apparel Vending Service
Shortie gloves: $20
Full gloves: $30
Short sleeve jersey: $45
Long sleeve jersey: $60
Socks: $8.00
Socks (worn): $14.00
Shorts: $35.00
Shorts (worn): $50.00
Shorts (from post #26): $0.25
Vend-O-Kit Automated Cycling Apparel Vending Service
Shortie gloves: $20
Full gloves: $30
Short sleeve jersey: $45
Long sleeve jersey: $60
Socks: $8.00
Socks (worn): $14.00
Shorts: $35.00
Shorts (worn): $50.00
Shorts (from post #26): $0.25
04-18-08, 02:40 PM
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Come on now, I have been looking for some used shorts for awhile. 
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Using used Cycling shorts is so unhygienic, that's why I always use Russell coaches shorts because it is inexpensive i have 5 of them
08-12-21, 04:31 AM
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Just to everyone's dismay, the city nearest you probably has a lingerie&sex toy buy / sell on Facebook, have a look and you'll be surprised.
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Thirteen years later, this concept is no less disgusting....
