I've been aware of spandex in the early 80's, but it has been kept as a back-burner like item until I had my own personal encounter with the stuff. The memory of it is still a powerful image, which I use once in a while when masturbating, even though it happenned more than 12 years ago.

It was on a cold night of 1985, where I was waiting for the bus in a subway station. Leaning on the escalator, a young speed skater in a pair of shiny electric blue spandex pants was waiting, his skates hanging from his neck. All his lower anatomy was nicely shaped in the shiny fabric, much to my cock's enjoyment. The memory haunted me for days, until it subsided enough to go back to the back-burner...

Then, a few months later, when I was waiting for a traffic light, a jogger came along on the sidewalk, wearing violet tights shaping beautiful legs and a very nice ass.

I had to get a pair of them!

I started searching. The closest thing that ordinary run-of-the-mill sport stores had were the fabled Adidas tight track suit, but I had one of them, and it's hard-on value was slowly decreasing... But after a few days of fruitless searching, I found a small specialized boutique, who sold me my first pair of tights: a snug-fitting blue and red spandex running tight, which I tried with trepidation. Back home, I managed to achieve orgasm in them within 5 minutes of masturbation... One nice thing of that pair is that it showed my package particularly well, when I was wearing a jockstrap; however, it did not go deep enough into the asscrack, so I became somewhat disenchanted with it (but I still have it, for the pleasant memories it brings me)...

I got my second pair within a few months. Gray and yellow, in a intricate interlocking pattern. This one was slightly better, for it nicely framed my buns by having one yellow and one gray, but it still did not go into the asscrack. As for the front, I look better in it without any underwear, leaving my dick to hang in the right leg, where it shows nicely.

My third one was not a success. Red with blue stripes on the side, the seams quickly deteriorated enough to render it quite useless, so it graduated as a sex-hole tight, which I could wear while having sex.

But the fourth is one of my top favourites. All blue, it went deep into the ass-crack, and was best when worn with no jockstrap, dick hanging down the right leg. Alas, after years of patching, it has now entered duty as a sex-hole tight, where it still gives me considerable hard-ons.

Then I stopped counting them; buying short and long ones over the years, of all colors and cuts. The best are

- a blue padded bike tight short, of a wonderful cut which, once the padding was removed (after being torn), went deep into my ass-crack and, superb discovery, which had enough spare fabric on the front so I could fashion a pouch to hold my dick and balls, showing it nicely up front.

- a yellow and blue padded tight short, with white lace sides. A real hot item!

- a 100% fluorescent green padded bike short. Premium price of an optimal cut, this gives me maximum visibleness while on my bike, all the while enhancing my dick and balls, too.

- a blue padded bike tight with white lace sides. Would be my favorite if it fitted a bit better (but it hugs my buns nicely). Still, a good companion for long bike rides.

- a few nondescript utilitarian black-and-a-color short tights. Purchased long ago and having extreme lifetime. Not the more revealing, but nice pants anyway.

Some oddballs items, like

- the prototypical side-snap thong. Dunno. I've worn it while biking late at night, but otherwise, only a sex gizmo.

- a nice red wrestler tight, without doubling. Too bad the material was so poor.

- a super sexy bike/top combo, unpadded. Too bad the sides go up when I ride my bike, making it look like a women's bathing suit.

But I found the ultimate solution to my dreams in the form of ballet tights...

I actually mustered the nerve to walk in a dance supply store and ask for a pair of ballet tights. Just in case, I put on a tight thong that could contain my hardest hard-on, and walked into the store. After looking at women-like tights (but cut for men), I dismissed them as not wieldly enough. Then, I got into a pair of extra-large shiny gray spandex ballet tights.

Perrrfect fit. Deep into the asscrack, and plenty of spare fabric for the front pouch. Sold! And cheap, too!!!

Most of the time I go cruising with them, I pick-up a guy...

Even then, I wasn't sure, so some sport stores suckered me into paying a high price for good quality tights, one all black with white random stripes, another dark blue with three stripes on the side (nice ass and package fit, but rather poor material), a violet one with black side stripes (nice ass fit, but I have to hang my dick down in it), and a cheap nondescript unpadded blue short.

But I longed for the ballet tight feeling, so I went again to that store, and they made me what I'm wearing now, a nice shiny electric blue ballet tight, which properly put, shows my buns and my balls not only to everyone who care to look at them, but also to all those who don't care to look...