WoolWeenies Club

[redrhodie]

I'm a small in the women's dept. I think the x-small selection was relatively small, but I wasn't really focusing there. I didn't see what they had in jrs. Every time I look there, I feel a little bit older.

[pdxgal]

Has anyone bought this yet? Just wondering. I saw it in the Terry catalog and started lusting after it, then it seemed to be recalled from both Terry and Ibex, now it's available again.http://www.ibexwear.com/shop/product...s-merino-kurta

Looks interesting and versatile. I plan to try one on next week at a LBS (Clever Cycles in Portland). They're fellow Wool Weenies.

[Crankin]

I wore my Ibex boy shorts under my running tights today and I have come to the conclusion that no boy short style will ever fit me right. How come these are universally described as "flattering to all body types."They ride right up my leg, into my nether regions and I constantly feel like pulling them down the whole time I wear them. Now, being that they are underwear, I don't, and the panty lines, well, don't matter when running or hiking/snow shoeing, etc, but it is frustrating. I bought mediums after the smalls really rode up, yet I usually wear an x small in most clothes.
At least my bum was warm.

[KnottedYet]

I wore my Ibex boy shorts under my running tights today and I have come to the conclusion that no boy short style will ever fit me right. How come these are universally described as "flattering to all body types."They ride right up my leg, into my nether regions and I constantly feel like pulling them down the whole time I wear them.

My experience exactly! With all "boy short" brands I've ever tried. I think I just move too much? If I stand verrrrrrry still.....

I miss the Ibex Roaster Boxers desperately. They don't go anywhere they aren't supposed to. The Ibex Balance Runners are long like the boxers, but ride up horribly for the first few months, and after a year they develop holes. So I'm not pleased with them.

Very soon I will have a pair of these (and made in the USA, not Turkey like the Ibex Balance) http://www.joneswares.com/item/Women..._Short/317/c71 I'm hoping they will be a joyfully similar critter to the be-mourned Roaster Boxer. They're cheaper, which is kinda cool!

I'll review them once I've gotten them and worn them running, on the bike, and as undies.

(I don't wear chamois, just shorts; so I might be harder on Ibex's Balance Runners than the average bear. However, my 5 year old Roasters are still FINE where my 1 year old Balance have holes.)

[OakLeaf]

I'm the same way with boy shorts.

It can't be that you're supposed to sit all day long.

It must be that our butts are too muscular. Yeah, that's it.

As to sizing, I wear a small Ibex brief where I take a medium in just about all other underwear. Generally if a brief rides up on me, it's because it's too large.

[Crankin]

No one has ever described my butt as muscular... (although it is a lot smaller than before I started cycling), but I do think it has something to do with having a "cycling" body that is slim and fit, rather than someone who is just skinny.
I never thought the problem could be that the shorts are too big, though. I have a pair of boy short swimming bottoms that are size small (my usual size for a swimsuit) from Athleta and they do the same thing. I wear them canoeing on the neighborhood pond, but that's about it, because I am so uncomfortable in them.
Knott, I could see how these boy shorts might rip easily. They are very thin, but warm.

[Photoflygirl]

okay, I am having a really hard time dressing warm enough to bike under 50 F. I don't have any merino tights yet, anyone have any suggestions? My face gets really cold.

[Eden]

I'm the same way with boy shorts.

It can't be that you're supposed to sit all day long.

It must be that our butts are too muscular. Yeah, that's it.

As to sizing, I wear a small Ibex brief where I take a medium in just about all other underwear. Generally if a brief rides up on me, it's because it's too large.

Hmmmmm I love boy shorts. Hate bikini style - don't think I could ever be comfortable with thongs as what I dislike about bikinis is where they end up.... so I always get boy shorts or "hipsters". They must be very, very thin though. I have some that are cotton and I only wear them to sleep in. They do get very uncomfortable and bunch up if I put them under pants. The best boy shorts (and my favorite underwear period) are microfiber -really thin and comfy. I'm not sure if you could get wool to be thin enough.

[malkin]

I tried to learn to spin (fiber) and did ok with a spindle, but using a spinning wheel the teacher said I was less successful than anyone she'd ever seen in years of teaching.

Some things are just not meant to be. It's ok. I have other strengths (on some days, at least).

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Has anyone bought this yet? Just wondering. I saw it in the Terry catalog and started lusting after it, then it seemed to be recalled from both Terry and Ibex, now it's available again.http://www.ibexwear.com/shop/product...s-merino-kurta

Sad about that model having no feet though.

(Um, is that supposed to be the new stylin' look?)

[Crankin]

I want that Kurta.
But I won't spend the $ for it.

[OakLeaf]

I want that Kurta.
But I won't spend the $ for it.

Off topic, it isn't even wool, but "not spending the money for it" came to mind when I got an ad for this in my email box. Are they KIDDING????

[Crankin]

I guess you must really have to like skiing?
You could buy a nice bike for that. Even I am not that jaded.

[GLC1968]

Off topic, it isn't even wool, but "not spending the money for it" came to mind when I got an ad for this in my email box. Are they KIDDING????

WOW. Maybe that price is in pesos?

[OakLeaf]

So I'm sitting here in one of these and one of these and a pair of these and a bunch of other layers that I wish were wool, and wondering if I ordered a pair of these, whether they'd get here before the propane truck...