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Okay. Question.
If you had 2 boleros in 2 different sizes, and both fit roughly the same across the chest (huh!), but the smaller size fit tight on your arms like arm warmers, and the larger fit loose on your arms like a jersey, which would you go for?
Basically...should a bolero be snug or loose?
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2007 Seven ID8 - Bontrager InForm
2003 Klein Palomino - Terry Firefly (?)
2010 Seven Cafe Racer - Bontrager InForm
2008 Cervelo P2C - Adamo Prologue Saddle
My arms get colder than my body, so I wear a bolero over a wool sweater in winter, under my jacket. I like the extra wind resistance. So larger in this case.
A tighter fit would be good if you're wearing it over short sleeves.
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Since my bolero (Terry) is a S-M, and i wear an XS, it is a little big on me, mostly in the arms. It doesn't fit right over most short sleeved jerseys, but I wore it in Spain, a lot, when it was 60 in the AM and 95 in the afternoon, over sleeveless.
I like tight cycling clothes. I haven't thought of wearing it under a jacket. It might be OK under my wind jacket, which is looser, but definitely not my Gore winter jacket, which is very tight.
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Mine are Terry, too. I can't wear them over sleeveless because I get a gape in the arm pit that's really unattractive (my friend pointed out ). That's one thing that would be really great about the one with the zipper I think you posted a link to in another thread, 7. I hadn't thought of that until now.
'02 Eddy Merckx Fuga, Selle An Atomica
'85 Eddy Merckx Professional, Selle An Atomica
'10 Soma Double Cross DC, Selle An Atomica
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Mine are tight in the arms but I've got large arms relative to my body, so that's pretty normal for me. Personally, I like it that way. I don't like flappy material when I bike and it is definitely nice to be able to pull on a jacket without worrying if my sleeves will ride up underneath it.
Plus, I think they look better/sleeker if they are fitted like armwarmers as opposed to loose like a L/S jersey.
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