Why the lack of cute plus sized clothing?

[redrhodie]

I've had rude teenagers shout insults at me, even without bike clothes.

That has nothing to do with you or your size, or what you're wearing. It happens to all of us, even skinny guys. Something about seeing a person on a bike makes some teenagers (usually in groups in cars) obnoxious.

Don't take it personally.

[Kris]

I had no idea everyone got shouted at. I don't know if it's good or bad, but it's good to know I'm not the only one. Thanks.

[owlice]

I got a pair of shorts from aerotechdesigns.com, and have three more (all different ones) coming from them any day now. I don't know how they compare to other places, except to say they do have shorts in big sizes.

[deeaimond]

That has nothing to do with you or your size, or what you're wearing. It happens to all of us, even skinny guys. Something about seeing a person on a bike makes some teenagers (usually in groups in cars) obnoxious.

Don't take it personally.

fortunately we don't have that here. (teenagers cannot afford to drive cars. hahha. If they can they're less inclined to shout out of their windows.)

but when riding in malaysia, packs of teenagers would ride past on motorbikes and some of them would start pedalling furiously on their motorbikes. hahhha.. very funny to look at. cracked me up every time.

Do people give you a thumbs up or an encouraging toot of the horn? focus on those times? I also had truck drivers drive past with raised bottles of water. hahha. they ask if i'd like a drink.

** and oh no its not coz i'm a skinny sexy chick on a bike. hehhe. I'm quite large by local standards and covered from head to toe. long sleeves, long tights, buff and sunglasses covering the entire face.

[Susan Otcenas]

While I won't give you percentages, suffice to say that PLUS size apparel makes up a fairly significant percentage of our sales. It's a very important part of our customer base. In fact, we are always asking our vendors for MORE plus size options! Some of the options you see in our plus size specialty shop are custom-made for Team Estrogen as we are always seeing demand for more designs, styles & colors.

http://www.teamestrogen.com/product/...lty_03-p0.html

Always happy to hear your feedback on what you would like to see added to this section of the website.

Susan

[sundial]

Susan, I'm glad to read this because I need XL tops for my airbags. I believe that younger women are wearing larger sizes in clothing, including shoes, and retailers should expand their clothing sizes.

Take for instance shoes. I wear 43s and I have to resort to wearing men's shoes because for some dumb reason women's cycling shoes end at 42s. My street shoes are 10's, but in cycling I really need 11's.

Also, I wish manufacturers would offer more than frumpy, geo-print, flowerdy plus size clothing. I'd rather wear a mu-mu before I wear some of the stuff that's floating out there. Note: flowerdy skorts are not included in the bash.

I would also rather wear men's designed jerseys because they are longer, have more generous pockets, and are not skin tight. I don't need aerodynamic style clothing because frankly, I'm a windsail on my bike. Luckily, Shebeest offers a cut in some of their jerseys that are similar to a men's cut.

[Susan Otcenas]

Take for instance shoes. I wear 43s and I have to resort to wearing men's shoes because for some dumb reason women's cycling shoes end at 42s. My street shoes are 10's, but in cycling I really need 11's.

Also, I wish manufacturers would offer more than frumpy, geo-print, flowerdy plus size clothing. I'd rather wear a mu-mu before I wear some of the stuff that's floating out there. Note: flowerdy skorts are not included in the bash.

Sundial - You're in luck! We just so happen to have multiple WOMEN's shoe options in 43 *and* 44!

Take a look at these:

All of these come in 43!
http://www.teamestrogen.com/product/...100002~43.html

All of these come in 44!
http://www.teamestrogen.com/product/...100002~44.html

Note: to find these on our website, go to the apparel tab-->shoes. Then use the "size" filter on the left side menu to search for the shoe size you need. In this case, these are the search results for 43 and 44.


As for designs for plus size cycle jerseys for women - I agree that the choices are more limited than in the regular sizes. There *are* many solid color options though, especially from Mt. Borah & Canari. And for next year, we are working on doing a much expanded plus size selection using prints from an entirely different (top secret! ) source.... So don't give up hope yet.

Susan

[KnottedYet]

Wooo-hooo!

Thank you, Susan!

[OakLeaf]

As long as we're drifting into shoes... Susan, can you talk about the differences between women's cycling shoes and men's?

I didn't know whether to rejoice or simmer when the Mizuno rep told me that it was okay that my favorite running shoe had been discontinued in women's Wide, because men's standard is the same shoe... all the while their website makes a big deal about how their women's shoes are designed to work with a woman's specific biomechanics.