[QUOTE]Originally posted by pedalfaster
[B]Plus-sized ladies:

You gals say you want bike clothes. I've been buying and selling bike clothes for ~10 years now. I have a hard time convincing size 10's into Lycra, fer pete's sake.

Now, perhaps TE is blessed with amazing women with confidence to spare. But I guess I would really really like to know what you really really want when it comes to work-out wear (beside the super-supportive sports bra that doesn't look like your grandma's LOL--ok we gotta work on that!).

So are we talking about "baggies" here? Or skorts? What about jerseys? To get the full effect of "wicking" fabrics they must be pretty ...unforgiving. Is that ok? Or should they be looser? Comfort over performance? Or the other way around?

Maybe the plus sized visitors to this site have a bit too much confidence. When I decided to start biking again, I took the attitude that I was out there to ride. If you didn't like what you were seeing, then look away. The lycra issue has never bothered me. I'm not a big fan of baggies, however, I did purchase my first skort. I haven't taken it for a ride yet. That'll be tonight.

With jerseys, I guess I would have to sacrifice wicking for comfort. My shoulders and chest are going to dictate my size. Even in the old days, when I weighed 140 lbs. I still had to purchase extra larges and men's sizes to fit this area.

Hope this helps out.