Nalini v's Santini

sonny73
sonny73 Posts: 2,203
edited February 2010 in Road buying advice
I have not owned a pair of Santini bib's before and I am about to buy some. I have found and observed the size charts for these and compared them to my most recent and spot on sized Nalini's.
Still I just wondered if normally Santini's sizing comes up a bit big or small?
Cheers

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  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    The last jersey I bought by Nalini made me wonder if all Italians were 4 foot tall.
    Good stuff, but it took a XX to even come close to fitting me. And that was before I got fat.
    So check the chest sizes if you can.
  • galatzo
    galatzo Posts: 1,295
    had loads of Santini bibs and generally a come up a bit small as you'd expect being Italian.
    If your thinking of the Slice bibshorts (I think it's them) they were described as a "pro-cut" when I bought a pair approx 4 years ago. They are SHORT in almost a Little Britain Daffyd kind of way so beware - unless you like that kind of look !
    25th August 2013 12hrs 37mins 52.3 seconds 238km 5500mtrs FYRM Never again.
  • skyd0g
    skyd0g Posts: 2,540
    Santini's sizes come up on the small side, as do Nalini and most other Italian manufacturers. If you already have Nalini's that fit well, I'd get the same size in Santini.
    Cycling weakly
  • fungus_the_muffin_man
    fungus_the_muffin_man Posts: 1,608
    I just got some Nalini bib shorts in size 6. I'm at 32-34 inch waist and to be honest I could've got in a size 5 really easily. So I'd say Nalini sizings were spot on
    Bianchi. There are no alternatives only compromises!
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  • huuregeil
    huuregeil Posts: 780
    I have both Nalini & Santini bibs - the sizing appears the same to me.
  • bobtbuilder
    bobtbuilder Posts: 1,537
    huuregeil wrote:
    I have both Nalini & Santini bibs - the sizing appears the same to me.

    +1. Remember the key measurement for bibshorts from these manafacturers is your HEIGHT / LEG LENGTH not you waist size. Mick at Prendas explained that the waist area is incredibly stretchy and a 33" waist could fit in the M, L or XL bibs. However, these sizes have vastly different leg lengths. I have Santini bibs in both L and XL, and there is no noticable different in waist fit, but the leg length of the size L pair is much better for my leg length.

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