Elastic on jerseys - pros and cons?

[shootingstar]

I think my jersey tastes have changed with time.

When I first started, I had a hard time getting used to things being tight fit.

Now, I'm considering taking some of my loser fit jerseys in to get them altered tighter.

Eventhough I'm not a racer, I had the revalation that looser jerseys are just a tiring wind drag. I was passing some guys riding one day, and their jerseys were flapping in the wind like a boat sail. Made me tired just watching them.

Also, at the gym one day in a looser top, I caught some man outta the corner of my eye, looking up my top while bent over a weight bench... I mean from shirt bottom.
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That's exactly what I'm going to work out with the seamstress to fix some of my relaxed fit jerseys... take em in at the waist..

Am sort of person who doesn't like super tight tights/shorts (I mean when the bottom garment is labelled "compression".) And I am petite in frame/size!

Same for jerseys, long or short-sleeved. Agree that princess seams or A-line sides of jersey flatter any woman's body, but for myself no need to be wrap-tight all over in the jersey..though I probably have an upper body that could wear racer tight jerseys (if I didn't have a huge bowl of noodle soup afterwards..) but as long as top doesn't flap much in wind..it's ok.

I just like upper top to be a cloth sensation of lightly resting against my skin, but no binding..the less sensation of constriction in terms of elastics, etc.

Like Zen said, men don't really have curvy hips like women, no wonder the jersey hemline elastic is a problem for many of us. For me I'm short, so some jserseys tend to bunch lightly up below my waist. It's not really a big deal, but that's why I prefer no hemline elastic with princess seams on jersey sides.