Whoops, I could have helped out on this, the cigarette shorts are comically skinny fit if you ask me, they are much narrower in the waist than the same size in the Durable Cotton Regular fit shorts, and are super tight on the legs if you have remotely muscley cyclist thighs. They are made for skinny folks, no question. I think people that really like them are very slim and wear them kind of like the missing link between shorts and lycra.
I love the durable cotton regular fit shorts. I have 4 pairs now, the 2 pair I got last year show virtually no sign of wear with pretty extensive use. They are relatively quick dry and very comfortable on long rides. They are slim profile but not skinny fit, which work great for me, I have reasonably large quads and they fit fine. The fabrick is pretty stretchy so it gives you some nice movement on the bike without having to be baggy. The only caveat is their regular production shorts are NOT made in the USA anymore, they could not scale production up and keep it in LA said they. They make their black label stuff in LA still I think, but most of the stuff under $100 is made in china I believe. Lots of their limited edition black label stuff sits between the cigarette fit and the regular fit though. So be careful. I have had extremely mixed luck on black label shorts with virtually no useful fit guidance from the Swrve website. Good luck, Tarik On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 12:47 PM, Hugh Smitham <[email protected]> wrote: > yup that's me trendy ;-/ > > so far okay but i think they're made for the malnourished. > > Tail Winds, > > ~Hugh > > “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep > moving.” ― Albert Einstein > > http://velocipedemusings.blogspot.com/ > > > > On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 10:45 AM, Mike Schiller <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> oh... all you hipsters and your cigarette pants....how trendy! >> >> BW...I have some Marmot shorts in a similar fabric... don't seem to >> absorb moisture much but I don't ride in them. >> >> ~mike >> Carlsbad Ca. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/oFV-kxokBpA/unsubscribe >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Tarik Saleh tas at tariksaleh dot com in los alamos, NM, USA, po box 208, 87544 http://tariksaleh.com all sorts of bikes blog: http://tsaleh.blogspot.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
