Question for the ladies!

Ive found hein gericke or a* are great fits (had hg and now have a*), also look for girlsbike2 clothing.

its a case of shopping around. the bike shop sizes and styles vary just like in normal shops. Im definitely not one of the slim, slight, skinny varieties and have problems getting stuff in the shop as they only ever seem to stock up to size 14.

Ive got 2 piece leathers from hein gerick but they are not a set but do zip together. The NEC is coming up soon might be worth paying a visit and trying on loads of different makes.

good luck. If you find maternity leathers give me a shout

Pretty much what others have said - ie it's a case of trying on lots of different brands and styles. It's why I'd never buy anything from e-bay or from an online store.

A visit to Jo's (Shop Addict) GirlsBike2 shop in north London is certainly worth it: http://www.girlsbike2.com/site/northlondon.asp

There's one in Dorking too.

I've always found the difficult thing about going to the main bike gear shops is that their range of women's clothing is so limited.

Its not exclusive to women.

I tried on about 10 pairs of leather trousers before I found some that fitted nicely, and even then I had to pay to get them shortened!

Its worth the effort though because if you get something that doesn't fit properly odds are it will live in the garage and you'll go out in your jeans.

Originally Posted by Miles

Its not exclusive to women.

+1. My winter pants are a set of Rev'it textiles which technically don't fit right. Waist-wise and armour-wise, they're perfect, everything sits where it's supposed to nice and snug. They're just about 2 inches too short and sometimes ride up to about 3/4 of the way up my boots on long rides.

I could barely get into my Belstaff leather trousers when I first got them, needed to do a lot of breathing in lol despite them being a 10 (am a 8-10 in normal clothes)! But being leather I figured they'd mould alright and now they fit me great, although getting a bit worn on the derriere now

Being a student though I don't tend to buy much stuff new, in fact only my gloves and lid were bought new so I wouldn't know much about sizes in shops...

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by missyorkie_chris

although getting a bit worn on the derriere now

Never mind sarcastic smiley... I don't crash that much...

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Never mind sarcastic smiley... I don't crash that much...

you know what the derriere is right hun? I'm not on bout the scuffs, I mean the sagginess in the seat of 'em lol!

Im with "stoppy!"
my last set of leather trousers were womans as they didnt make men sizes small enough for a decent price, but who really cares if it fits.

Originally Posted by chasey

This thread is worthless without pictures

How true...here you go