Random thoughts about clothing

[TrekTheKaty]

The following occurred to me while riding into work this morning, now that it's getting a little chilly here:

1) Why do women's short sleeve jerseys have such short sleeves? They are great for minimizing tan lines, but not so great for keeping the upper end of your arm warmers covered. A bolero thingy might solve the problem, but I'm not coordinated enough to remove it while riding.

2) Why do all of my long-fingered gloves have such short fingers? I swear, they make my fingers go numb and my hand cramp... Any suggestions for longer full-finger gloves? I have some PI Pittards gloves now....but the Louis Garneau that I tried were the same way.

Anyone else have random cycling clothing thoughts?

I usually wear men's jerseys, but stumbled onto a cute Pearl Izumi in turquoise on the clearance rack--so I bought it! BINGO--I got a burn on my upper arms because the sleeves were so much shorter than my usual jerseys.

I thought the short fingered gloves were what I got for being cheap last fall! My fingertips would go numb unless I constantly pulled on each glove with my teeth! (At least it kept me distracted from my hands being so COLD!)

[Biciclista]

I'm not what you'd call super curvy, but all men's jerseys ride up to my waist, do not stay down near my hips.
About gloves, sounds like you have long slender hands. I find most women's large fits me much better than men's smalls do.

[GLC1968]

See, and I have the opposite problem with my gloves. My hands are wide, but my fingers are short (just like the rest of me). Women's gloves are all too narrow and too long! I need men's gloves in extra smalls!

And the shorts thing. I'm apparently Lisa's opposite. I wear a 10 or a 12 in regular pants, but I need smalls in women's bike shorts or the chamois is too big and it bunches up. BUT, a small means that my leg circulation is basically cut off the by elastic. Seriously. Am I the only woman out there who has narrow hips but a big butt and legs?

And just a little technical FYI - there is no such thing as a fabric that can shed water and breathe at the same time. All 'breatheable' fabrics are only breathing when they are dry. They cannot breathe when wet - that would be impossible (you can't let out air at the same time that you are not letting in water!). Best bet, like Eden said...is something that keeps you warm when wet or something with lots of venting.

[Crankin]

Well, I love my cycling clothes. It's getting easier to find clothing for petite women, but still, a lot of jerseys I see don't come in x small. That's why almost all of my clothes are Terry or Shebeest.
What I don't like: elastic on the bottom. Again, another reason why I don't have other brands except Terry or Shebeest.
I can't wear men's jerseys. Maybe a boys' jersey?
I have had no problems with gloves. I found out that my hands are small, but not teeny. I wear a woman's small or medium glove.
I have 3 rain jackets, one cheap from REI, a medium priced one from Performance, with a hood and pit zips, and an expensive Gore jacket with pit zips and they all are sweaty, but keep the rain out. If I open the pit zips (the cheap jacket doesn't have them) it works. I would rather be dry than cool.