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For example, crunched against the hard seat of your bicycle as you clatter over cobblestones on a delivery run! Jockstraps are popular with athletes (Photo: HUNK²) The rise of the jockstrap This helps to protect them and keep them out of harm’s way . The original innovation of the jockstrap was that it cups and supports your genitals.
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The basic design of the jock-strap is fairly uniform – an elastic waistband to which is attached a support pouch for the cock and balls, and two elastic straps affixed to the base of the pouch and to the left and right sides of the waistband at the hip. Its designers were looking for a bespoke underwear solution for the bicycle jockeys working the cobblestone streets of Boston. It was first invented in 1874 by a Chicago sporting goods company called Sharp & Smith. The history of this underwear may surprise you. You may not have spent much time thinking about it, but the jockstrap has become a staple item in the wardrobe of most gay men.