CLUB FIT? Please define.
06-25-07, 12:29 PM
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Originally Posted by voltman
Club fit means you order a size smaller.
For some reason, the more I pay for a jersey, putative size being the same, the less material I seem to get. Kinda like my day job, higher education, which at times seems to be the only product that many purchasers of seem to be as happy as can be to be shorted full measure.
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06-25-07, 12:56 PM
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I'd never actually heard the terms before, but all my jerseys are medium and the ones I bought 20 years ago barely go over me now. These must be race fit. My wife laughs at me when I try to put them on.
06-25-07, 12:58 PM
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rule of thumb
Racer fit = <10% body fat
Club fit = 10-20% body fat
Relaxed = 20+% body fat
Musculature makes a difference, too. Cyclists who have chests and shoulders better figure on extra fabric around their waist if they want the upper part of the jersey to fit.
Racer fit = <10% body fat
Club fit = 10-20% body fat
Relaxed = 20+% body fat
Musculature makes a difference, too. Cyclists who have chests and shoulders better figure on extra fabric around their waist if they want the upper part of the jersey to fit.
06-25-07, 01:26 PM
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10-15% is not really that appropriate for club IMHO. More for form fitting.
It seems to me you get the stuffed sausage look above 15% or somewhere in the high teens. Too bad I have no clue what my fat percentage is.
It seems to me you get the stuffed sausage look above 15% or somewhere in the high teens. Too bad I have no clue what my fat percentage is.
06-25-07, 01:43 PM
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Originally Posted by vpiuva
"Race fit" does not equal "athletic fit". Only in cycling do "athletes" have an upper body straight out of Bergen-Belsen.
06-25-07, 01:46 PM
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Originally Posted by El Diablo Rojo
Club fit=Fat American/beer gut/I ride 20miles one day a week so I can eat at MickyD's 7days a week.
Race fit = 53 years old, ride 100 miles per week looking and feeling ridiculous in a jersey.
So if you race, buy a race fit. If you don't, don't
So what?
06-25-07, 02:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Camilo
Club fit = me, 53 years old, ride 100 miles per week looking good and being comfortable in a jersey.
Race fit = 53 years old, ride 100 miles per week looking and feeling ridiculous in a jersey.
So if you race, buy a race fit. If you don't, don't
So what?
Race fit = 53 years old, ride 100 miles per week looking and feeling ridiculous in a jersey.
So if you race, buy a race fit. If you don't, don't
So what?
Race Fit= Me 45 years old ride about 125-150 miles per week lookng and feeling just right.
I eat about 4k calories a day. If you're fat wear the club if not don't.
So what?
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06-25-07, 02:27 PM
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I would normally wear a XL or XXL in race fit at 220 lbs....i ended up buying a M club fit jersey at 3 state 3 mountain this year...I tried on the XL and XXL and they would easily fit a 300+ lb man...no club fit for me 
Besides I like feeling like Chris Farley in my cycling Jersey's..."Fat guy in a little jersey"
Besides I like feeling like Chris Farley in my cycling Jersey's..."Fat guy in a little jersey"
06-25-07, 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by YATES
i ordered a club fit once and hated it.. the sleeves on mine felt like a t shirt.
06-25-07, 06:05 PM
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Originally Posted by bvfrompc
Think Lemond Before (Race Fit) or Now (Club Fit)
06-25-07, 11:11 PM
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Originally Posted by El Diablo Rojo
I eat about 4k calories a day. If you're fat wear the club if not don't.
So what?
06-26-07, 05:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Camilo
Aren't we special!
Only in a short bus kind of way
06-26-07, 09:22 AM
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Is the shape different, or is it just a bit bigger/smaller respectively?
It seems completely idiotic to have two different sizing schemes that overlap. If they just tend towards different proportions, then it makes sense. If it's just a sort of (race+1)=club, then it's very short bus as a conceptual framework.
It seems completely idiotic to have two different sizing schemes that overlap. If they just tend towards different proportions, then it makes sense. If it's just a sort of (race+1)=club, then it's very short bus as a conceptual framework.
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Originally Posted by superslomo
Is the shape different, or is it just a bit bigger/smaller respectively?
It seems completely idiotic to have two different sizing schemes that overlap. If they just tend towards different proportions, then it makes sense. If it's just a sort of (race+1)=club, then it's very short bus as a conceptual framework.
It seems completely idiotic to have two different sizing schemes that overlap. If they just tend towards different proportions, then it makes sense. If it's just a sort of (race+1)=club, then it's very short bus as a conceptual framework.
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Originally Posted by superslomo
Is the shape different, or is it just a bit bigger/smaller respectively?
It seems completely idiotic to have two different sizing schemes that overlap. If they just tend towards different proportions, then it makes sense. If it's just a sort of (race+1)=club, then it's very short bus as a conceptual framework.
It seems completely idiotic to have two different sizing schemes that overlap. If they just tend towards different proportions, then it makes sense. If it's just a sort of (race+1)=club, then it's very short bus as a conceptual framework.
06-26-07, 08:25 PM
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Originally Posted by El Diablo Rojo
Club fit=Fat American/beer gut/I ride 20miles one day a week so I can eat at MickyD's 7days a week.
*opens beer and grabs another gulf shrimp* Suckas....
Disclaimer: The above was posted by psimet2001 while currently on vacation in the "redneck riviera" otherwise known as the gulf coast of Alabama.
06-26-07, 09:35 PM
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Just make sure that there is a return policy and be ready to use it. I'm a smaller thinner guy and I have a Garneau that is supposed to be race fit that looks like an old lady's moomoo (sp?), and I have a Voler that is club that fits me like a glove.
