Tights for Short Women help needed!

[withm]

I have one pr tights that are long - I just let them bunch up at the ankle but try to pull a little into knees. Cover up the ankle bunching with socks over the tights. Works for me.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Again, there is a TE "shop" that carries petite stuff....and some of the tights there are for "petite LENGTH"- meaning S, M, or L tights but with short length:
http://www.teamestrogen.com/categories.asp?catID=109

Check out our own TE "click to shop" link at the top of every page here!

[Kano]

Hi! I'm not quite that short, but I do have problems with the legs on my tights being a bit on the long side. It's uncomfortable when they bunch up behind my knees, but I can avoid that if I "cuff" the ankles. So, I fold them up a couple of inches, just enough so that I can have the elastic thing at the bottom still at my ankle.

It would be nice to have a pair that's short enough, but petite sizes of anything don't work for my body, even if they work on my legs, so that's not my solution. I'm not sure how to happily re-hem my tights -- I'd have to cut off that nice hem that's already there!

Karen in Boise

[VeloVT]

Hello,
I'm 5'6" with about a 31.5" inseam, so I don't know exactly how helpful this will be, but I have a pair of Shebeest Stripe Cycle Tights (TE carries them, in fact that's where I got mine) that are quite short on me and I imagine would be a good length for someone considerably shorter than me. I don't know if they would be too long for some one around 5' or not -- it might be worth calling up TE for sizing advice. These tights do not have ankle grippers, so I would imagine it would be less irritating if they were too long. The Shelastic chamois is really comfortable, for me at least.

The Shebeest Tech Tights (not sure if this style was discontinued this year?) are nicer, but they are also longer (just about the right length for me, in size small). They're cut better than the Stripe Tight and have ankle grippers (which I actually prefer if the tights fit well).

[VeloVT]

Another option, if you continue to have difficulty finding cycling tights that fit well, is to just find a good pair of running tights and wear them over your bike shorts. It seems like there's a much bigger selection of running tights out there than cycling tights...