How do I know if my bib shorts are the right size?

[Anonymous1502]

If you can get into Castelli in your own size, you must have sparrow legs. 👅

Size small?

 

[vickster]

What do you mean?

That Castelli are a slim fit and not designed for sprinters legs!

 

[Anonymous1502]

That Castelli are a slim fit and not designed for sprinters legs!

I am definitely not a sprinter.

 

[Rusty Nails]

Don’t wear with underwear

can you sit comfortably on bike reaching hoods and drops?
If not comfortable, send them back and try a different brand or size

I hope you wouldn't send them back after wearing them with no underwear

 

[vickster]

I hope you wouldn't send them back after wearing them with no underwear

Of course not but he said seams were rubbing, I assumed from his pants

 

[JPBoothy]

Definitely a mine field this one.. I always buy any cycling related garments at least a size up compared to normal clothes and struggle to ever find two different brands who use the same sizing guide. I was going to say that once you settle on a brand that fits stick with it but, I think that can depend on which sweat-shop they have employed to make them as I recently replaced my Funkier shorts with 'what should have been' an identical pair (same code etc..) and they were shorter in the leg and extremely 'snug' in other areas

I had the opposite result with a pair of Endura bib-tights too which were too baggy!

 

[Uptowntopranking]

Are you passing out because it feels like your nadgers are in a vice?

They're too small!

Does the crotch flap around your kness like a trawler net and are the legs wrinkled up like Nora Batty's tights?

They're too big!

If neither of these things are happening, they're probably okay.

 

[lazybloke]

That Castelli are a slim fit and not designed for sprinters legs!

I was laughing at this news story the other day about teenagers getting stuck in toddler swings, because as my embarrassed kids will testify, I regularly get into (and out of) toddler swings.

I reckon those swings are capacious compared to a small pair of Castellis.

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

As someone who somehow manages to do all my cycling wearing, shock horror, regular everyday clothing - I always find myself torn between shaking my head in disbelief and just laughing when I read yet another thread about trying to get cycling specific clothing that actually fits the wearer.

 

[Brooks]

View: https://youtu.be/S_mJNRf8iOo

 

[Mike_P]

On sizes Polaris stuff seems to be what you would normally expect not a size too small

 

[johnblack]

They fit if you can see the vein.

Sorry for being so crude. I'm logging off for the weekend.

 

[Anonymous1502]

They fit if you can see the vein.

Sorry for being so crude. I'm logging off for the weekend.

That's ok I think I will keep the shorts.

 

[BigMeatball]

how do I know whether they are too small or the right fit?

If ladies look at your shorts and blush....that's the right fit or you can even go smaller.

If the ladies look at your shorts and laugh....consider going one size up or even consider baggy shorts.

 

[vickster]

And time to give up cycling if the ladies need a magnifying glass to assess prior to laughing...