Review of Pearl Izumi Women's Sugar Cycling Short

Pearl Izumi Women's Sugar Cycling Short
By: Pearl Izumi Average Rating: 3.0 Total Reviews: 2
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Excellent Cycling shorts

On: 2008-07-21

As a beginning rider, I have found these shorts to work very well in mountain biking and road cycling. The padding is great and makes riding a hard saddle not so bad. They are a great length and the elastic band is very confortable and effective at keeping the shorts from riding up. They are a lower rise than the majority of other PI bike shorts, coming about an inch above my hips. I wear a M (58", 130lbs.) I definately recommend these shorts for beginning to intermediate any female rider.

Dissapointing sizing and features

On: 2008-07-13

The Sugar short is billed as being a lower rise, short inseam bike short with leg grippers that will hold your shorts in place (which is standard on bike shorts.) I bought these shorts in a size xs; I weigh 115 lbs at 52.

1. They are not lower rise. They are the same rise as all other bike shorts- practically up to my boobs. "natural waist" or some other jazz. They come way up my back, overlap several of my rips, almost 4" over the top of my butt if I dont roll them down. I roll them down.

2. The legs are too big! They are loose! I was appalled after I ordered these to discover that they included all the discomfort of there being elastic on the leg cuffs with none of the "staying in place" that it is supposed to accomplish. They ride up to an unfortunate degree. Not only is this uncomfortable, it is an extremely unflattering look.

3. The chamois is very nice, I would probably buy something else with this chamois if I could try it on first.

Basically, I would not recommend these shorts.