Sometimes you try on a pair of shorts and think "just who were these made for???"

C-dale seems to be the worts offender here. I find their women's shorts to be loose around the waist, baggy through the hips and tooo darn tight in the leg grippers. What's up with that? Most bike-racing gals are built exactly the opposite (small waists, flat tummies, big, buff quads). I've actually snipped the elactic gripper just inside the leg (then stitch up the cut edge so it doesn't unravel).

I'll often just buy small men's shorts. They tend to be a bit longer and I can "roll" the elastic up...that way I get the benefit of elastic without that rubber-y feeling against my legs.

As for short shorts...those are for junior girls with stick legs and the very very short-legged (who need them just so they can fit like "regular shorts"). I'm convinced they were an ill-conceived markeing ploy by men who thought "hey chicks will look hot in these!". Only... 99.9% of the women who wear them look really really bad (something about that bend in the knee while pedaling).

Thanks for letting me vent