Quote Originally Posted by DDH
Thank God for strechy material. LOL
Because of that stretchy fabric, you may find you can already wear some XL size shorts. I routinely find that I wear a size smaller in bike shorts than in my other shorts, so if you go ahead and get a pair of XLs now if you find them on sale, you may be pleasantly surprised.

Also, more good news--there's some cycling wisdom that suggests that we should wear the smallest size shorts we can squeeze our patoots into, since that prevents there being any little bit of loose material to snag on the saddle nose or anywhere else. So squeeze away.