As part of my un-retirement from the sport, I laid out my cycling gear the other day. Dang, I have some ratty old stuff.
So I went down to buy a coupla snazzy new jerseys. Did the usual, “Medium or Large…hmmm…?” in the store. I’m 5’11" 175lbs. I wear M in most men’s shirts; sometimes a L.
I bought a couple L’s. Went home, put them on.
When did a men’s L become suited for pre-teen boys? Holy crap…the thing barely comes down below my navel. I can’t even breath, it’s so tight.
I had my younger son try the jerseys on; he’s a prototypical 5’8" 125lb high school cross country runner and rock climber. They fit him about right.
I am not an “extra large” person. But I guess I have to buy XL jerseys now.
I’m similar to you in size. 6 feet, 184, 40 inch chest. For Castelli, I need XL. For almost everything else, a medium works. This includes DeSoto, PI, and Pactimo. I should have gone with large on our team kit from Cutaway.
This is very odd. I am 5’10" and 150 lbs. I now buy smalls, as the mediums I used to wear are all gigantic. Any race that gives out shirts I get smalls. I laid out 2 shirts from 2 different years last night and the latest one is double the size. They are both medium.
Come to Canada, where we make you feel better by make you wear a smaller size.
If you buy European brands, they tend to run a size smaller. I ALWAYS wear a medium in Pearl stuff (5’10", 150ish race weight). But if I buy a euro brand, I need a large.
At your size / weight, I would probably size you in a large PI jersey and hence a XL euro brand jersey.
Just had to do a fitting for new team jerseys. I almost always do the debate between M and L. For this jersey I had to go with a small. I tried it like ten times to make sure.
I do find that if anything is a skin tight type fit, Giordana FRC, then I usually opt for the large.
Although I haven’t bought a regular short sleeve jersey in about 3 years. Some of the new aero ones probably fit tighter.
How long do you want it. When standing upright, it only needs to come down just to your waist line, maybe 1" below you naval . That’s not a problem if you wearing bibs. Besides you’re normally leaned forward anyway.
The super cheap jerseys that give out at races you need to order a small I found. I got a medium at Hyvee last year and it was similar to an XL. I’m going to just make it wall art in my basement one of these days since it’s useless as an actual jersey.
Think it depends on how you’d like it to fit. I’m the same size as you and were a large in Castelli, Assos and a medium in most NA brands. But I prefer it to feel too small when standing so there’s no flapping, drooping, etc when I’m riding.
I’m 5’-7", 185lb, 29" inseam, 36" waist and a 46" chest (from my weightlifting/bodybuilding days). Classic fire plug physique. 2XU XXL tri jerseys are impossibly tight and I’ve literally popped the zipper out of a couple of them. Louis Garneau XL tri and bike jerseys seem to work OK. Anything labeled “race fit”, forget it.
Finding one-piece wetsuits has also been a challenge.
also depends on the “cut” since many brands have a “race cut” version and a “club cut” version… whereas race cut is a much more fitted version and club cut is pretty relaxed fit
Don’t feel to bad… I’m 5-9ish, 130 pounds, 14 years old. Last year I bought a castelli aero jersey, one of the garmin ones, in an xl. And it fits just a tad loose.
I have a similar problem with women’s clothes. I’m 5’4" and 120 lbs, with muscular arms and shoulders, and size medium tops won’t even fit over my head. I’m lucky if I can get large tops to fit. My tops are a combo of larges and extra larges. I’m a petite in regular work clothes, but apparently an amazon when it comes to tri gear.
I’m 6’3 171 and nothing ever fits me right. I bought a TYR cycling jersey a few years back and that has worked. I’m sad because it’s on its last leg this year, sorry to hijack but anyone else around my size find something that fits well?
Yeah, some companies call it “Euro Cut” too. At 6 feet and about 155-160 pounds I’m typically a large in Euro cut jersey but a medium in more traditional cut stuff.
That sounds weird – I weigh a bit less and I wear Castelli Jerseys in S or XS (preferably XS, but that size seems to be next to impossible to get unless I buy used.).