What is happening to my Aussiebums

[Torchwatch]

If a suit is past it put it in your personal speedo museum then get out and buy a new pair.
There is great excitement to be had from searching and trying on suits in your local stores, and the experience of handing a skimpy suit over to the girl at the checkout hoping she hasn't noticed the bulge that trying it on has caused.
Of course searching the internet you will find a cornucopia of styles, colours and print patterns to explore, imagine yourself wearing and dare to buy.
Hanging on to just one pair of swim briefs until the fabric has gone saggy and see through and the elastic has collapsed brings speedos into disrepute and puts the manufacturers and their workers out of business.
Use and enjoy your swimwear but the more you love to wear it the sooner you will need to replace and upgrade.

[SwimTeamSpeedo]

sounds like you may not have rinsed them as well as possible... the chlorine residue wreaks havoc on man made fabrics, like Nylon and/or lycra.

[PSDave]

that is true for lycra or spandex, however, 100% nylon can go on forever in salt or chlorine. Providing it is a quality nylon to start with. Like I said, I wore the same nylon suit my father wore when he was on college swim team and even after years in a chlorine pool they are almost like new. Sorry to say that Aussibum nylon suits, for some reason don't hold up as well. I don't think the nylon is as sturdy as Speedo uses and amazed how the color fades.

[sebbie]

If the suits lasted indefinitely, the companies that make them would not get to sell more suits as replacements. Same issure the car companies have run into..with cars now routinely going 100,000+ miles, people end up keeping their cars longer, trading less often, and the compsanies do not sell as many. Products can be too good to make money on.

[singletlover]

Thank you all for you insight. I am not making disparities against Aussybums, was just curious.
Unfortunately all my nylon, and nylon /lycra are stored in plastic boxes. Lid are tight, but not air tight. Space is the problem since I have been collecting for 30 years. Some of that time I dedicated a closet to the collection, but I cannot now.

Heck, yesterday I came across an origin Finals suit with the Speedo board logo on it.

[Byron]

LOL - time to have a historic speedos museum website I think

[SwimTeamSpeedo]

A Finals Speedo... talk about the ultimate brand conflict.

[PSDave]

Originally Posted by sebbie

If the suits lasted indefinitely, the companies that make them would not get to sell more suits as replacements. Same issure the car companies have run into..with cars now routinely going 100,000+ miles, people end up keeping their cars longer, trading less often, and the compsanies do not sell as many. Products can be too good to make money on.

I have to say in theory, you are right. BUT, we are men. We want new speedos cuz of color, pattern or cut and because we started a love affair with them when we saw them on the hanger. And cars -- come on, lets face it, cars are like drugs or alcohol, they are addictive and once you have seen it you have to have it. You can have a car with 10,000 mile on it or one with 200,000 mile on it, if you see "the one" you have to buy it. It is in the male genes. I have a great car that I love but there are a couple newer models that are taunting me to trade. No matter how much I know I don't need it, I know I am weak and till get it -- just like I do when I am on vacation or just shopping and I see a speedo I love - gotta have it. Some things are not meant to be purchased by logic and for men, speedos and cars are two if them. Has logic ever been priority when shopping for a car or speedo?
By the way, my emotions and logic are coming to blows - I am now thinking that I need a second car (crossover CLK) so can keep the one I still love (or as logical as it is to buy a second Benz)

[Byron]

Maybe this is becoming a topic to require a thread of its own.
I am fascinated to learn a little more with the help of Louis and am picking up on Singletlover's posts #1 #8 and #15.

It seems that one speedo is recorded as from Phil in 2004 and a Finals suit is mentioned bearing the old Speedoboard logo. Would this not have been one
of many of the yellow roundel invented and printed by Phil on the suits he donated some years ago to Mike at the old Speedo Fantasy Board for distribution?
We have heard of these suits being awarded as competition prizes but can anyone explain the nature of the competitions? (in which some reference was made to "competitive swimmers" I believe).

Any progress yet on a pic of the old yellow logo so that we may all see Phil's creation of the past which must have become a rare collector's piece by now with age having taken its toll on the fabrics?

Such recollections are perhaps appropriate as the new MSSB comes up to its first birthday does it not ? (Mike - was it November 2011?).

Some who do not know the "experiences" website may also be interested to read this: http://www.experienceproject.com/sto...Speedos/946903

[Byron]

They are indeed a big feature of "must have" male addictions and I believe their longevity has long been noted in California as the climate delays the onset of body-rusting which will occur elsewhere to shorten their lives.

I guess the same might apply to Dave of Palm Springs (and certainly there must be some explanation for the remaining Chevvies Fords Dodges et al on the roads in Cuba).
In his case the Mercs seem to be the preferred choice however and a crossover CLK is one of their new models I believe.

(saw a Lincoln Continental stretched limo. parked last week - how appropriate that I was in Lincoln's Inn at the time!)