Facts and acceptance

[Torchwatch]

Back in the 1970's a group of us school boy runners would individually and frequently go to the 2 sports shops in town seeking running shorts, shoes and spikes.
On each visit the young runner would be told that the shop doesn't stock those items as there is no demand.
We didn't know that the others were doing the same thing.
Occasionally someone might get into London and get running gear there.
It wasn't until the London Marathon began that the local shops started stocking running gear, and new sports shops sprang up to compete for sales.

If your local stores want a share of the specialist sportswear market let them stock the goods, otherwise buy on internet mail order.

The dork shorts are being mass produced in China and the Third World, and sold at prices which even after retail profits are cheaper than buying the fabric and elastic they are made from. If you want better designed sportswear you will have to pay for it.