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It really does depend on your body type...
Most women lose from the top down. I happen to lose from the bottom up. Last Sept I did a boot camp for a month and lost 4% body fat during that month. I lost almost 2 inches from my thighs a half inch from my waist and ZERO on my arms. Go figure!
If you go to a womens bike race, you will see impressive strong thighs of many configurations! Most strong cyclists do not have legs like Barbie! There is a woman track racer who writes on her blog about trying to get Michael Ball of Rock Racing (and some expensive jeans company) to make "Keirin Cut" jeans for her "massive" muscular thighs (when jeans fit her thighs they are huge on her waist) tokie
Yeah, I have ridden myself out of several really nice pairs of LEIs, my favorite (well, useta be) jeans. The material in the thigh area is just too tight to be comfortable.
My DH wears wranglers around the farm, and they look so comfortable, but I just couldn't bring myself to buy myself a pair. So I went to the thrift shop and bought a pair of men's Levis, standard/classic fit, 30/30 and while they are a little big on the top, they are way comfy on the thigh.
Find yourself a tailor or seamstress. For $5-15 (depending on the going rates in your area), you can get those thrift store jeans nipped in and get an awesome "custom" fit.Quote:
Originally Posted by indigoiis
wow! I feel better! I was looking at myself last night, and forgot to say ' hey check out my big thigh muscles and sort of looked at the whole thing. Well Ive got very little fat on body( my ribs show too) but a sort of generous handfull on side of each thigh. I wouldnt mind so much, but I got 'thunderthighs' as a girl too! ( and they were indeed,large!)n Sort of reminds me of chickens!( see my profile, when your little - it shows up even more!)
I dont mind so much except jeans dont fit either! Looks like cargo pants. I started to wear my non chamois bike shorts, as regular, and roubaix pants for cold! And tights as pants... Its much comfier( and easy for other cyclists to find you, in normal places which is a plus for meeting new buddies) but wearing out gear! Why cant there be a line of clothing for us?( and I dont mean Assios - see fatcyclist.com - top posts)
Oh and partner said, oh dont get those huge thighs like those riders. I hate those. I dont want to be with someone looking like that( bastard!)
So I said, gee Im going to miss you!!!
One word - A line skirts!!
As I said before, some people call em saddlebags, I call em insulation for winter rides!