It's official - I'm a fat bastard

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I went down to my 'local' cycling clothing shop in Cottesloe
(absolutely nothing bad to say about Ride 'n Style - they took care of
me perfectly)

What I do have to say is that I never knew that a person with a 38
inch chest is now an XXXL in a jersey!!!!!!

I am truly a fat bastard! :-)

Cheers!

On Nov 28, 9:17 pm, Bugbear <bugbear.1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I went down to my 'local' cycling clothing shop in Cottesloe
> (absolutely nothing bad to say about Ride 'n Style - they took care of
> me perfectly)
>
> What I do have to say is that I never knew that a person with a 38
> inch chest is now an XXXL in a jersey!!!!!!
>
> I am truly a fat bastard! :-)

Chinese sizes maybe? At an event in China earlier this year I was
given an XL shirt with some corporate branding on it. The cuffs were
half way up my forearms and there was a 4" gap at the front when
pulled tight. But yeah, even if it is Chinese sizes, XXXL = fat
bastard :)
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<whisper> Did they have any left? </whisper>

On Nov 28, 11:17 pm, Bugbear <bugbear.1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I went down to my 'local' cycling clothing shop in Cottesloe
> (absolutely nothing bad to say about Ride 'n Style - they took care of
> me perfectly)
>
> What I do have to say is that I never knew that a person with a 38
> inch chest is now an XXXL in a jersey!!!!!!
>
> I am truly a fat bastard! :-)
>
> Cheers!

You need to shop in the US - you'd only be a medium over there. Or
maybe small.

I went down to my 'local' cycling clothing shop in Cottesloe
(absolutely nothing bad to say about Ride 'n Style - they took care of
me perfectly)

What I do have to say is that I never knew that a person with a 38
inch chest is now an XXXL in a jersey!!!!!!

I am truly a fat bastard! :-)

Cheers!

That wouldnt' be Santini by any chance, or any other European brand of clothing? Entirely normal if it is.

> Chinese sizes maybe? At an event in China earlier this year I was
> given an XL shirt with some corporate branding on it. The cuffs were
> half way up my forearms and there was a 4" gap at the front when
> pulled tight. But yeah, even if it is Chinese sizes, XXXL = fat
> bastard :)
> .
> .
> .
> <whisper> Did they have any left? </whisper>

As a matter of fact, they had a few of the larger sizes left. I was
actually hoping to get my hands on a Gerolstiener short sleeve jersey
(maninly because blue's my colour). Wound up with an (Bergamo)
Italian team jersey instead, but it fits just fine. At one stage
there were about half a dozen jerseys hanging up in the change room,
so yes, they do have large sizes available.

> That wouldnt' be Santini by any chance, or any other European brand of
> clothing? Entirely normal if it is.
>
> --
> EuanB


Yeah it was an Italian make, as a matter of fact the staff in the shop
made pretty much the same comment.

Bugbear wrote:
> I went down to my 'local' cycling clothing shop in Cottesloe
> (absolutely nothing bad to say about Ride 'n Style - they took care of
> me perfectly)
>
> What I do have to say is that I never knew that a person with a 38
> inch chest is now an XXXL in a jersey!!!!!!
>
> I am truly a fat bastard! :-)
>

you're skinny bastard :)

I am 48" around the chest and I don't think I am fat, well I don't have
a big gut, soooo if you are XXXL WTF! that make me :)

Bugbear wrote:
>> That wouldnt' be Santini by any chance, or any other European brand of
>> clothing? Entirely normal if it is.
>>
>> --
>> EuanB
>
>
> Yeah it was an Italian make, as a matter of fact the staff in the shop
> made pretty much the same comment.
>
I had the same situation with knicks at Ride and Style. Mauritzio told
me Italian sizing was particularly small. I'm medium in any other
European/Oz clothing but XL in Italian. Maybe Italians base their sizing
on some kind of anorexic system? ;0)

Graeme

In aus.bicycle on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:55:52 +0900
Barty <graemedotbartlett@eyeeye.net.au> wrote:
>>
> I had the same situation with knicks at Ride and Style. Mauritzio told
> me Italian sizing was particularly small. I'm medium in any other
> European/Oz clothing but XL in Italian. Maybe Italians base their sizing
> on some kind of anorexic system? ;0)

They are all small. Must be the red wine and all the seriously buxom
young women - stunts their growth.

I once had a set of Spidi motorcycle trousers. The xxxl size was fine
for my 5'2" height.

Zebee

On Nov 30, 5:54 pm, Zebee Johnstone <zeb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> In aus.bicycle on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:55:52 +0900
>
> Barty <graemedotbartl...@eyeeye.net.au> wrote:
>
> > I had the same situation with knicks at Ride and Style. Mauritzio told
> > me Italian sizing was particularly small. I'm medium in any other
> > European/Oz clothing but XL in Italian. Maybe Italians base their sizing
> > on some kind of anorexic system? ;0)
>
> They are all small.

Until they hit mid-30s/early 40s. Then the females turn in to big
Italian mammas and the males turn in to Pavarotti shaped objects. Who
can blame them though, Italian food is bloody good!