Bib knick sizing for a 189cm stick insect
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Bib knick sizing for a 189cm stick insect
Postby Mububban » Tue Nov 21, 2017 1:34 pm
I'm putting together a Wiggle order and would like to try the DHB bibs but am worried I'll end up buying to fit my skinny legs and have the shoulder straps be comically short, or buy for my height and end up with loose flapping legs rather than fitting snugly.
My thigh circumference is about 50cm
Thanks
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Re: Bib knick sizing for a 189cm stick insect
Postby MichaelB » Tue Nov 21, 2017 1:40 pm
I hate people like you ...Mububban wrote:I'm 6 foot 2 and weigh 68kg. ...
I'm at the other end of the scale, so can't help.
I've always found the guys at Prendas really helpful re sizing issues like that, and they are honest. They have lost a few sales because I didn't fit the available sizes on some of their gear.
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Re: Bib knick sizing for a 189cm stick insect
Postby RobertL » Tue Nov 21, 2017 4:21 pm
Could you not just do that, and then have any local dressmaker/alteration place add inserts into the shoulder straps? That might be cheaper in the long run.Mububban wrote: fit my skinny legs and have the shoulder straps be comically short
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Re: Bib knick sizing for a 189cm stick insect
Postby Mububban » Tue Nov 21, 2017 4:25 pm
Yes, that is plan B. I've found a local tailor to alter jerseys, I had thought of getting him to lengthen the shoulder straps, but if any of the "off the rack" options work, then that's plan A.RobertL wrote:Could you not just do that, and then have any local dressmaker/alteration place add inserts into the shoulder straps? That might be cheaper in the long run.Mububban wrote: fit my skinny legs and have the shoulder straps be comically short
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Re: Bib knick sizing for a 189cm stick insect
Postby Mububban » Tue Nov 21, 2017 11:21 pm
I hope I don't end looking like Kylie Minogue in hot pants
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Re: Bib knick sizing for a 189cm stick insect
Postby MattyK » Wed Nov 22, 2017 1:29 pm
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Re: Bib knick sizing for a 189cm stick insect
Postby Mububban » Wed Nov 22, 2017 3:47 pm
Thanks Matty.MattyK wrote:185cm, 70kg here. dhb (have both Aeron and Blok) in Medium is good on me. Should be enough stretch in the braces for your height, and the shorts are well fitted to my chicken thighs.
is it worth the extra for the Aeron?
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Re: Bib knick sizing for a 189cm stick insect
Postby MattyK » Wed Nov 22, 2017 6:25 pm
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Re: Bib knick sizing for a 189cm stick insect
Postby Derny Driver » Wed Nov 22, 2017 7:53 pm
Young DD is 6'1 and 68kgMattyK wrote:185cm, 70kg here. ... Medium is good on me. .
He wears medium in all his bibknicks ..Champ System, Morvelo, Attaquer etc
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Re: Bib knick sizing for a 189cm stick insect
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Postby jaythefordman » Thu Nov 23, 2017 8:29 pm
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Re: Bib knick sizing for a 189cm stick insect
Postby Mububban » Thu Nov 23, 2017 11:15 pm
Well at least they seem to be durable if nothing else! If I need to adjust the shoulder straps I will, I've got a jersey coming soon that'll need to be adjusted anyway.Bentnose wrote:I have some DHB Wiggle bib shorts in medium, I'm 183cm and 71 Kg, the straps were a bit tight and the shorts would end up like hotpants by the end of rides, therefore I didn't use them much. Whenever I washed them I would hang them up so the should straps stretched out. Now, after 6 years I've found the shoulder straps seem to be okay, the bottoms always fit well, large would have been too big
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Re: Bib knick sizing for a 189cm stick insect
Postby Mububban » Sun Dec 03, 2017 11:33 pm
It's a lot harder to have a quick pee though!
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Re: Bib knick sizing for a 189cm stick insect
Postby Bentnose » Mon Dec 04, 2017 7:57 am
Quick pee is easy, just roll up the leg, a dump is harder. I highly recommend the Ftech bibs from PBK, I just received a med bib and it fits great with long legs, higher quality than the DHB one I had and only $66 at the moment.Mububban wrote:The medium DHB bib knicks fit me well for skinniness. They're a bit short in the leg but that's the compromise to avoid a baggy fit. Thanks for the help everyone.
It's a lot harder to have a quick pee though!
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Re: Bib knick sizing for a 189cm stick insect
Postby trailgumby » Mon Dec 04, 2017 9:58 am
Aiming to get my weight back down to the mid-70s at least in the next 6 months and reclaim my high school nickname from the OP.
Interesting to note that at 81kg last week I was checking my BMI and I was at the high end of normal - another kg would tip me into "overweight"
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Re: Bib knick sizing for a 189cm stick insect
Postby biker jk » Mon Dec 04, 2017 1:07 pm
I bought two pairs of the Ftech's when on special at PBK and agree they are better quality than the DHB Classic's I've owned in the past. I'm a size small in the Ftech's at 64kg and 179cm.Bentnose wrote:Quick pee is easy, just roll up the leg, a dump is harder. I highly recommend the Ftech bibs from PBK, I just received a med bib and it fits great with long legs, higher quality than the DHB one I had and only $66 at the moment.Mububban wrote:The medium DHB bib knicks fit me well for skinniness. They're a bit short in the leg but that's the compromise to avoid a baggy fit. Thanks for the help everyone.
It's a lot harder to have a quick pee though!
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