Leg warmers, how high do you go...

Unknown Soldier

I was just wondering...as one does...

I kind of thought, and it seems to be a school of thought, that they should just be above the grippers on a pair of shorts.

But recent research has led me to believe that a lot of them cover most of the thigh? Maybe it's brand based? I'm not talking about all the way up to the crotch but about one/two inches below.

See examples in links.


^ That's pretty high!




So high do you or yours go?

jon1981

Mine are ridiculous , right to top of my thigh. Sportful brand, damn things are long, size small.

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I'd love to hear what brand the low, just to short gripper ones are. The lower they are the less of a chance of the dreaded sausage thigh.
Female pros get it too, so unfair!

jon1981

gadetra wrote: »

I'd love to hear what brand the low, just to short gripper ones are. The lower they are the less of a chance of the dreaded sausage thigh.
Female pros get it too, so unfair!

Sausage thigh?! Going to have to google that one!

pedro_colnago

gadetra wrote: »

I'd love to hear what brand the low, just to short gripper ones are. The lower they are the less of a chance of the dreaded sausage thigh.
Female pros get it too, so unfair!

I had to google it! Well you learn something new every day!!! Il never look at a sausage the same ever again!!

RobertFoster

Unknown Soldier wrote: »

So high do you or yours go?

Mine start out upper thigh, but usually end up lower thigh by the end of a spin. It depends on the quality/age of the grippers on my shorts. If they're bad, a mid spin adjustment is required

68 lost souls

Also to add worn over shorts or under shorts?

07Lapierre

68 lost souls wrote: »

Also to add worn over shorts or under shorts?

UNDER!

jon1981

07Lapierre wrote: »

UNDER!

All day long...

crosstownk

Mine go well up the thigh. I've two different pairs, both DHB. The BWarm ones go quite high :eek: and the grippers sometime irritate the thigh. This concerned me but Mrs. crosstownk says it's a regular enough thing with hold up tights so that alleviated my concern.

My older DHB leg warmers are showing their age - the slide down under my shorts sometimes so I only use them for shorter spins.

And finally, UNDER!

Cee-Jay-Cee

Min go well up too but after a KM or two they usually slide back down and rest just below the grippers on the shorts and if I'm out of the saddle a lot they can slip below the shorts and expose skin at which point I either pull them up or have to stop and adjust them.

It also depends on the shorts, some pairs I have are just that little bit looser and allow the leg warmers to slide down more whereas other tighter shorts seem to keep them in place more.

crosstownk

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

Min go well up too but after a KM or two they usually slide back down and rest just below the grippers on the shorts

Same with my DHB Roubaix leg warmers but the DHB B-Warm don't because they have grippers on both the inside and outside which probably helps.

nialljf

Boonen’s secret legwarmer code

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I have, on occasion, raced and trained with legwarmers over shorts. And I liked it. In fact I actually preferred it :P

martyc5674

Anyone ever get caught by their better half (mid dress/undress i will add!) with nothing on but a pair of leg warmers??...not saying i have or anything

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martyc5674 wrote: »

Anyone ever get caught by their better half (mid dress/undress i will add!) with nothing on but a pair of leg warmers??...not saying i have or anything

Meh doesn't bother me.

I have gotten into the shower still wearing armwarmers though

jon1981

martyc5674 wrote: »

Anyone ever get caught by their better half (mid dress/undress i will add!) with nothing on but a pair of leg warmers??...not saying i have or anything

I can't even look at myself in the mirror while wearing them...the shorts must go on before I dare look.

daragh_

martyc5674 wrote: »

Anyone ever get caught by their better half (mid dress/undress i will add!) with nothing on but a pair of leg warmers??...not saying i have or anything

Yes. Let's never speak of this again.

Rogue-Trooper

martyc5674 wrote: »

Anyone ever get caught by their better half (mid dress/undress i will add!) with nothing on but a pair of leg warmers??...not saying i have or anything

I've made reference to this phenomenon before.........

cajonlardo

gadetra wrote: »

I have, on occasion, raced and trained with legwarmers over shorts. And I liked it. In fact I actually preferred it :P

Fair few of the pros were seen with them on the outside of the shorts in milan san remo a couple of years ago - the one with the absolutely brutal rain. Thinking being they were just a bit easier and quicker to remove.