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Fashion

Cycling shorts


Cycling shorts

They were designed to reduce wind resistance and chafing during cycle races.

Cycle racing has always been regarded as a rather nerdy occupation, so how they became fashionable is beyond comprehension.

Some regarded cycling shorts as a huge turn-on, as they revealed even more than the hotpants of the Seventies.

But that was until even the hugest, most cellulite-riddled backside was squeezed into neon-coloured skin tight lycra.


1987 Fashion: Cycling Shorts | Smileys | Nike Air trainers






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