Sausage legs

miss notax

Ok, please console me that other ladies suffer from sausage legs whilst in their MTBing gear??!

I wore long tights to ride last night as it stops my legs getting so cut up riding through the forest, but the combination of padded shorts underneath leave a lovely sausagey effect where the shorts end half way up my thigh :shock: :evil:

And i'm only a size 8 - i'm not sure I can do much about this (quite frankly there is zero chance of a crash diet and huge exercise plan) :roll:

My OH was his usual charming self about it... NOT!

Thewaylander

Sadly as a biker your legs will be more muscular than most people don't worry, us biker blokes love it!

robmanic1

Hmmm, difficult one. Perhaps if you posted some pictures we may be able to offer some advice (purely in the interests of helping you with your "problem" areas, and should not in any way, be considered pervy). Ahem.

Or you could try cycling naked (again pictures would help us to decide if this was an effective way of reducing the "sausage" effect).

miss notax

Robmanic1 wrote:

Hmmm, difficult one. Perhaps if you posted some pictures we may be able to offer some advice (purely in the interests of helping you with your "problem" areas, and should not in any way, be considered pervy). Ahem.

Or you could try cycling naked (again pictures would help us to decide if this was an effective way of reducing the "sausage" effect).

Naked cycling...... Ouch :shock: :shock:

Thewaylander

I approve of the naked cycling idea!

where is it you cycle again... lol

I wouldn't worry anyways no one looks great when cycling normally people are working hard, and covered in mud.

Mrs Toast

miss notax wrote:

Ok, please console me that other ladies suffer from sausage legs whilst in their MTBing gear??!

I wore long tights to ride last night as it stops my legs getting so cut up riding through the forest, but the combination of padded shorts underneath leave a lovely sausagey effect where the shorts end half way up my thigh :shock: :evil:

And i'm only a size 8 - i'm not sure I can do much about this (quite frankly there is zero chance of a crash diet and huge exercise plan) :roll:

My OH was his usual charming self about it... NOT!

I feel your pain, I also suffer from sausageism when wearing the unflattering lycra shorts and leg warmers combo. My baggy 3/4 shorts hide it, but I know.

The Northern Monkey

can't you get the (wait for technical term here) leggings that have "an extra band thing that goes under your foot therefore in your shoe" and stops them riding up?

like so... http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=31805 (but for women obviously).

supersonic

Resists rude joke abiut third legs and sausages lol.

Ditch Witch

Yep, I get them too, but I figure that my uniboob, beetroot red face and sweaty head tend to distract from them.

gb2gw

I think it depends on the shorts. I've suffered sausage-leg effect (SLE) with a few pairs of padded shorts I've owned, but I now own two pairs that give me smooooth thighs. It's a miracle. And I ain't no size 8 either let me tell you!

The lovely Debbie at minx-girl also persuaded me to try these in an effort to eliminate SLE. A single layer of longish leg covering with a subtle pad. I've yet to try them out on the bike, but I'm taking them with me on holiday to Les Gets next week so they'll be getting a run out or several then.



p.s. uniboob effect can be avoided by a light underwiring to keep the puppies separate!

miss notax

Phew - glad to see i'm not the only sufferer of SLE (loving that!) then!!

And gb2gw, let us know how the leggings work, they look really nice!

robmanic1

Uniboob, sausage legs? Us blokes have got it so easy

Ditch Witch

I have a pair of troos like that. They're laughingly called "knickers" on wiggle or wherever I got them from


I get uniboob because my forward appendages are really quite large, so I strap em down good and tight

robmanic1

Ditch Witch wrote:

I get uniboob because my forward appendages are really quite large, so I strap em down good and tight

Again, pictures would be helpful. :shock:

Ditch Witch

Why? I just look like a fat boy

gb2gw

Ditch Witch wrote:

I have a pair of troos like that. They're laughingly called "knickers" on wiggle or wherever I got them from

Knickers! I know. Makes me chuckle too. God forbid my real knickers would ever need to be that big!

DitchWitch - my boob hammock of choice (to avoid uniboob but still maintain some semblance of womanly outey bits) is this-un by Freya
http://www.figleaves.com/us/product.asp ... %3A23%3A59
Comes in the most enormous sizes too!

I can't bear having my pair all sweaty and squidged together. Separation is the way forward I tells ya!

robmanic1

Ditch Witch wrote:

Why? I just look like a fat boy

Oh stop, you tease!

supersonic

"I can't bear having my pair all sweaty and squidged together"

It isn't just women who have that problem on the bike!

Ditch Witch

gb2gw wrote:

Ditch Witch wrote:

I have a pair of troos like that. They're laughingly called "knickers" on wiggle or wherever I got them from

Knickers! I know. Makes me chuckle too. God forbid my real knickers would ever need to be that big!

DitchWitch - my boob hammock of choice (to avoid uniboob but still maintain some semblance of womanly outey bits) is this-un by Freya
http://www.figleaves.com/us/product.asp ... %3A23%3A59
Comes in the most enormous sizes too!

I can't bear having my pair all sweaty and squidged together. Separation is the way forward I tells ya!

Well now, that looks just the fella for me! Russell/Monroe/Madonna would have nothing on that

AMcD

miss notax wrote:

Ok, please console me that other ladies suffer from sausage legs whilst in their MTBing gear??!

I refuse to be sympathetic Miss Notax, some of us have legs that look like a string of plump sausages even before we pull on a set of lycra leggings :oops: .

Ditch Witch

:oops: :oops:


And me

miss notax

AMcD wrote:

miss notax wrote:

Ok, please console me that other ladies suffer from sausage legs whilst in their MTBing gear??!

I refuse to be sympathetic Miss Notax, some of us have legs that look like a string of plump sausages even before we pull on a set of lycra leggings :oops: .

.blitz

Ladies, in one thread you have completely destroyed the image of lycra-clad loveliness I had in my mind. Sausage legs indeed

skullthaw

err supersonic please dont post a pic

Helen-mtb

rob! haha! i must admit, i had to read a few to to understan this sausage thing! so pictures woulda been helpful, though i now knoww!

get some baggys to chuck on over your shorts anf tights? just to hide it? unless you can get those all in one thingys for women?

Max A

This thread just made me laugh.

I avoid lycra at all costs and unless you're Kate Moss or some other varient of skinnt minni superduper model, you're going to have sausage legs. big baggy shorts..the bf's are my clothing of choice for hiding bits.

Oh and a Uniboob pmsl At least i now know the technical term for it!

gb2gw

It's difficult to avoid SLE if you're wearing padded shorts though Max... although I wore my new Pearl Izumi Ultrasensor shorts on holiday recently in the Alps and there wasn't a doubled-thigh in sight.
Incidentally I never got round to wearing those 'knickers' that I posted a picture of, on the previous page. It was absolutely roasting all week and I think I would have near melted encased in them!