Elastic on jerseys - pros and cons?

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I can deal with the elastic but I really don't care for it. As shootingstar referred to, for me it does have a lot to do with my body shape. I am quite blessed in the hips and usually find the elastic to be too tight for that area.

Same here. Even when the elastic is not too tight, my pear shape makes it want to creep up to my waist towards the smaller circumference. Incredibly annoying!- and highly unattractive.
As for arm elastic- don't need it, makes my arms look like tied sausages.

I guess elastic is liked more by people with slim shapes and small hips.

For people like me, elastic waists creep up, non-elastic waists stay down. The exact opposite of what elastic is supposed to be designed to do! ;D

[TrekTheKaty]

What Bleeker said.......

[Crankin]

I haven't seen an elastic *waist* jersey since the first one my husband bought for me years ago. I do see many with elastic at the bottom, or hips. I have a slim waist, with hips that are not large, but apparently, not small enough (34 inches) to stop the elastic bottom from riding up to my waist. Most unflattering. I don't mind it in the arms, though. I like the tight fitting jerseys, but not the elastic, so I am kind of limited in brands. Voler club cut is good, along with some of the Terry jerseys. At first, I had all Terry jerseys, but now, some of them seem loose. I tried Shebeest, because they don't have elastic, but the collars are always weird on me, along with the x small just being too big all over. I recently bought a Descente jersey from TE and that fits well; tight, but no elastic.

[7rider]

I guess elastic is liked more by people with slim shapes and small hips.

Not necessarily.
I have neither, and I have a few elastic hemmed jerseys that I like quite a lot. And I'm also taller than most "average" women.
I find that if the stuff in my jersey pockets is unbalanced (cell phone and a spare CO2 cartridge in the back left, ID wallet in the center, food and cleat covers in the right is the standard distribution, which is why I detest jerseys with less than three back pockets!), and I find as I eat the food, my jerseys without elastic spin on my torso, which is quite annoying. (Maybe I just need a smaller cell phone!)
As long as the torso is long enough, which - granted - is sometimes hard to find on women's jerseys - elastics for this big-hipped woman are fine (yes, there are some elastic jerseys that are a p.i.a., too).
You really have to try the jersey and see. Each jersey is different.

[Aggie_Ama]

I prefer no elastic. I have a short torso, hour glass figure and a little less tone on my core than I want right now. BUT I had issues with elastic creeping up when I was 25 lbs lighter. I do find non-elastic jerseys can shift to one side more but they don't ride up over my little "pooch" area so I take non-elastic. I also prefer bib shorts, that is how I roll.

[OakLeaf]

elastics for this big-hipped woman are fine

Hon, if that's you in your avatar, you ain't no big-hipped woman.

I'm with Lisa.

[grey]

I have one jersey with elastic. The other jerseys have to be too dirty to wear a second or third time before I will dig that one out - I hate the elastic that much. I am slim - 5'6 and 125 lbs. It could be that this jersey is a little short, but it just wants to go up, and up, and up, the wind gets caught in it and it billows on downhills on warm days when I let the zipper down some.

It's a personal preference issue. I think the non-elastic is more flattering but like some others have said, it depends upon your build.

[lph]

I like light elastic - I have a thick waist and narrow hips so very hourglass-cut womens tops w/o elastic just come billowing up on me too.

[kenyonchris]

opposite[/I] of what elastic is supposed to be designed to do! ;D

I am really small, no chest (sadly), no hips, 5'5 and maybe 115 lbs...and for some dang reason elastic creeps up on me too. Go figure.
I HATE the elastic around arms, and I roll the elastic out on legs.