TL;DR Anyone have experience going from LG to Castelli or vise versa and can comment on how to size?
Just joined local bike club who does custom kits through Castelli. Looking to get some real-world feedback since "try-on" sessions are currently out of question before ordering. Have posted in club FB group asking and searched other forum posts (all pretty old), but looking to get as much feedback as possible.
Me: 169cm & 57kg or 5'6.5" & 125lbs (probably low end weight)
Taking measurements and cross-referencing with the Castelli sizing chart, I'm either an XS or S. Looking at getting items including Aero Race 6.0 Jersey, Free Aero Race 4 Bibs, and Body Paint 3.3 LS Speed suit (or San Remo 4.0 speedsuit).
Conversely, I currently wear LG (Aero Jersey, LGneer Bib, Tri Course LGneer Tri Suit) in a size small and it fits very well (snug). The LG size chart for a small corresponds to a M in Castelli, which does make some sense as other online forums say to size up when switching to Castelli (sizes based on small skinny Italian mountain goats).
This makes me believe to not trust personal measurements & size charts, as the same measurements that put me in a XS / S Castelli put me in a XXS / XS LG, but no way I'd squeeze into that.
Has anyone else have similar results / experiences? Don't want to go too small and be about to burst, but also don't want to have them be too big and defeat the whole purpose of aero kit.
Thanks in advance!
Just joined local bike club who does custom kits through Castelli. Looking to get some real-world feedback since "try-on" sessions are currently out of question before ordering. Have posted in club FB group asking and searched other forum posts (all pretty old), but looking to get as much feedback as possible.
Me: 169cm & 57kg or 5'6.5" & 125lbs (probably low end weight)
Taking measurements and cross-referencing with the Castelli sizing chart, I'm either an XS or S. Looking at getting items including Aero Race 6.0 Jersey, Free Aero Race 4 Bibs, and Body Paint 3.3 LS Speed suit (or San Remo 4.0 speedsuit).
Conversely, I currently wear LG (Aero Jersey, LGneer Bib, Tri Course LGneer Tri Suit) in a size small and it fits very well (snug). The LG size chart for a small corresponds to a M in Castelli, which does make some sense as other online forums say to size up when switching to Castelli (sizes based on small skinny Italian mountain goats).
This makes me believe to not trust personal measurements & size charts, as the same measurements that put me in a XS / S Castelli put me in a XXS / XS LG, but no way I'd squeeze into that.
Has anyone else have similar results / experiences? Don't want to go too small and be about to burst, but also don't want to have them be too big and defeat the whole purpose of aero kit.
Thanks in advance!