Leg Warmers - how high?

[SquareDaff]

How high do people out there put the tops of their leg warmers? I ask as I rode in this morning and must have had them too high as the insides of my legs are red raw!

 

[Rob3rt]

You pull them as high as required to take up the slack.

 

[SquareDaff]

I did that - suspect the hold up strips where too high hence the rubbing. I'd rather have wrinkles than cowboy impressions!

 

[Rob3rt]

If that is what you did, you did it right.

 

[pawl]

How high do people out there put the tops of their leg warmers? I ask as I rode in this morning and must have had them too high as the insides of my legs are red raw!

Have a look at Norah Battys

 

[SquareDaff]

Have a look at Norah Battys

I could be following her fine example - my legs won't take another battering like the one they got this morning.

 

[HLaB]

I don't think I can alter the position of my leg warmers much they and my legs are a set length

 

[T4tomo]

as high so you can tuck your shorts over them to hold them in place. then tuck your shoe covers over the bottom of them. there shouldn't be lots of norah batty wrinkles

next question /thread should be are my leg warmers the right size?

 

[GrasB]

You should be able to pull the leg warmers all the way up until they rub against the pad of your shorts without issues. You didn't do something silly like have a non-flat seam running up the inside of your leg did you?

 

[SquareDaff]

You should be able to pull the leg warmers all the way up until they rub against the pad of your shorts without issues. You didn't do something silly like have a non-flat seam running up the inside of your leg did you?

No! The seam was on the outside of the leg. Dread to think of the damage a seam would have caused!
I've got short legs - so am assuming the hold up strip was rubbing between my saddle and my legs. As my legs aren't leather they lost! I guess that if I lower them to just above the bib shorts hold up strip (to keep them up) then it won't be an issue.

 

[GrasB]

Rubbing on the saddle? That's too high, you may have experienced leg warmer/pad interference. This is where the pad grabs the leg warmer & moves it about, a lot.

If I want leg warmers really high they go outside the shorts. I'll also use unpadded shorts over the top to make everything look okay. This does mean you have 3 layers over your thigh though so you need to keep your shorts on the thinner side. This is fine for me as I've found that padded shorts on 'bents cause abrasions & have a large selection of unpadded shorts.

 

[berty bassett]

did you start doing star jumps and shouting FAME -WHO WANT TO LIVE FOREVER if you did then theres a price to pay

 

[SquareDaff]

Rubbing on the saddle? That's too high, you may have experienced leg warmer/pad interference. This is where the pad grabs the leg warmer & moves it about, a lot.

Sounds like this is possible - will lower them to just above the short grip strips next ride out. Cheers

 

[SquareDaff]

did you start doing star jumps and shouting FAME -WHO WANT TO LIVE FOREVER if you did then theres a price to pay

I had to stop doing that - I found getting the fluorescent faux fur from the leg warmers out of the chain mechs was a nightmare!!

 

[SquareDaff]

Just coming back to this - I DID have them too high. Have found a new height and my legs are now recovering from the damage I inflicted on them nicely!