Sausage legs!!!

[indysteel]

I have thick legs but I'm not plus size at all.....I have one pair of Sugoi shorts (I'm a new cyclist) and I'd really like to know if cycling shorts exist that don't squeeze your thigh and give you that disgusting sausage casing leg?? Or if I should just resign to the fact that I have to compromise looking good on my bike for a nice chamois...

Please help!!!

Which Sugoi shorts do you have? Their Evolution short it more flattering than some. For me, longer is better for avoiding the sausage casing look. But, yes, a certain degree of resignation (and denial) is often required.

[BeckaG]

not sure which ones they are... they were a gift.

[ny biker]

I've also found that longer shorts look better than shorter ones. Also shorts made with compressing fabric look better on me, as do shorts that do not have a leg gripper. The LG Neo Power shorts are an example of all three. They also come in a shorter length which many women with shorter legs prefer.

[tulip]

Craft shorts have a wide leg hem/band.

[Owlie]

I gave up, to be honest. My Pearl Izumi shorts don't give me sausage leg (much). Primal's do. My Castellis are probably the most flattering shorts I own...but they are also the least comfortable.

[Crankin]

The most flattering shorts I have are the Terry Bellas. Longer and very compressive.
Not cheap, but no sausage leg.

[nscrbug]

+1 on the Terry Bella short. I have 2 pairs and find myself reaching for these, more and more.

[BeckaG]

Is the leg ripper the silicone type stuff on the bottom of the hem that's squeezing me into a sausage? ...I'm very new to cycling. Obvi.