Originally Posted by
kajero
After a couple years of riding, my bicycle shorts have lost their compression and have gotten loose. What do you do with your old shorts? It seems so wasteful to just throw them away. After all, these things weren't cheap! These shorts have never been in the dryer and have never been washed in anything but cold water!
I could have written this. I have at least four pairs of very old Shebeest shorts that I have worn a lot, but haven't worn in years. I have a few pairs of LG Neo Power shorts -- one that I wore a lot, one or two others that I hardly wore at all because for some odd reason they started to cause chafing problems. I can't bring myself to throw them away. I was thinking about trying to remove the chamois from the LG shorts and using them for post-ride compression shorts. I might see if one or two of the Shebeests are wearable for indoor training. For the time being, though, I put them in storage as I've been cleaning out closets in preparation for the installation of new floors in my condo.
I've also reached the point where I can barely close the drawer where I keep my short sleeved jerseys. I have way more than I need. But the ones that I never wear anymore and really should give away are from events that I did years ago that were meaningful.
- Gray 2010 carbon WSD road bike, Rivet Independence saddle
- Red hardtail 26" aluminum mountain bike, Bontrager Evoke WSD saddle
- Royal blue 2018 aluminum gravel bike, Rivet Pearl saddle
Gone but not forgotten:
- Silver 2003 aluminum road bike
- Two awesome worn out Juliana saddles