"Plus Size" NW Gal Needs Warm Tights!

[Eden]

If you would like to try an XL in several brands there are quite a few on the sale rack at REI Flagship store right now (I was there looking at tights this evening - I put mine on this morning and they had a hole ) I don't recall if they had any larger sizes or not, but it is a possibility.

[tujunga1]

My husband got me a pair of shorts for Christmas that were too big from Joe's so I took them back. I really wanted tights so went to Performance and tried on a couple of pair. They had the Portland tights on sale for 24.99 or something like that. I got a pair of mens xl, as the 2x were way too big! I bike to lose weight and was ecstatic about that!

Where I have trouble is that I'm in a size 22 pant (for now) and wear an 18-20 (1x) top. Most of the ladies bike wear is smaller than that. I think it depends on how things run. The mens stuff from Performance will work for me until I get down a bit more on the weight. I've lost 74 pounds in the last year or so. I'm pleased about that, but would love to see more large sized clothing for those of us who are truly trying to get out there and get fit and thinner!

Hope you found the tights, and if you find any nice short sleeved ladies jerseys in my size, let me know!!

[KnottedYet]

Team Estrogen has a lot of the things you're looking for, and you can even search the website by specific size (rather than what I did, which was just to go to the plus sizes in general) http://www.teamestrogen.com/categories.asp?catID=53

I really like being able to search by "speciality shop" in TE when I'm looking for tall clothes. And if you can't find what you're looking for on the website you can always call them. The TE folks are incredibly helpful!