As much as I want to love SWRVE, my experience has been horrible in regard to sizing. I like a slim fit but the waists were all over the place and the material would stretch 1-3" upon 1 wear. I'll pass and keep on with the GIRO New Road shorts that I recently got.
-J On Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at 3:37:12 PM UTC-7, tarik...@gmail.com wrote: > > Whoops, > > I could have helped out on this, the cigarette shorts are comically skinny > fit if you ask me, they are much narrower in the waist than the same size > in the Durable Cotton Regular fit shorts, and are super tight on the legs > if you have remotely muscley cyclist thighs. They are made for skinny > folks, no question. I think people that really like them are very slim and > wear them kind of like the missing link between shorts and lycra. > > I love the durable cotton regular fit shorts. I have 4 pairs now, the 2 > pair I got last year show virtually no sign of wear with pretty extensive > use. They are relatively quick dry and very comfortable on long rides. They > are slim profile but not skinny fit, which work great for me, I have > reasonably large quads and they fit fine. The fabrick is pretty stretchy so > it gives you some nice movement on the bike without having to be baggy. > > The only caveat is their regular production shorts are NOT made in the USA > anymore, they could not scale production up and keep it in LA said they. > They make their black label stuff in LA still I think, but most of the > stuff under $100 is made in china I believe. Lots of their limited edition > black label stuff sits between the cigarette fit and the regular fit > though. So be careful. I have had extremely mixed luck on black label > shorts with virtually no useful fit guidance from the Swrve website. > > Good luck, > > Tarik > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 12:47 PM, Hugh Smitham <hughs...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> yup that's me trendy ;-/ >> >> so far okay but i think they're made for the malnourished. >> >> Tail Winds, >> >> ~Hugh >> >> “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep >> moving.” ― Albert Einstein >> >> http://velocipedemusings.blogspot.com/ >> >> >> >> On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 10:45 AM, Mike Schiller <mikey...@rocketmail.com >> <javascript:>> wrote: >> >>> oh... all you hipsters and your cigarette pants....how trendy! >>> >>> BW...I have some Marmot shorts in a similar fabric... don't seem to >>> absorb moisture much but I don't ride in them. >>> >>> ~mike >>> Carlsbad Ca. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>> Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/oFV-kxokBpA/unsubscribe >>> . >>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>> rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com >>> <javascript:>. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Tarik Saleh > tas at tariksaleh dot com > in los alamos, NM, USA, po box 208, 87544 > http://tariksaleh.com > all sorts of bikes blog: http://tsaleh.blogspot.com > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
