What is the correct way to measure one's inseam?
Inseam question
What is the correct way to measure one's inseam?
"What is beautiful is simple, and what is simple always works"....Kalashnikov, inventor of the AK-47.
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It's pretty much like getting a TSA pat down.
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Danny
First off, I really like the TSA answer!Originally Posted by ultracyclist
That out of the way, wearing low-cut shoes, measure the inside of your leg from the crotch down to where the fibula protuberance (that knobby, outside ankle bone) is at its lowest point and intersects the interior tape measure - that is your inseam. A truly accurate inseam measurement means measuring down the inside leg to a point level with an outside portion of your ankle - obviously, best done with assistance (neighbor was a tailor)!
Personally, I'd just go to the airport.
Good Luck!
Last edited by Greenwald; 11-24-2010 at 01:07 AM.
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Assuming you are talking for motorcycle gear, sitting on your bike with your knee bent in riding postion. (Generally about 2 inches longer than standing.)
Don't the gear sizing charts take into account the bent-knee dimension? Its been a year or so since I bought the last set of gear, but I think the picture showing how to take the measurements had the figure standing.
Tom
"Everything is something."
'88 K75C, '03 K12RS, '93 R100GSPD '02 F650GS (all gone, but not forgotten)
'93 R100R
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If you're looking at a size chart I'd generally say yes they have. Thought you were wondering about method for something like a Stich -their site actually has a tool to use.
I hope to someday get to use that tool! I'd love a Stich!
Tom
"Everything is something."
'88 K75C, '03 K12RS, '93 R100GSPD '02 F650GS (all gone, but not forgotten)
'93 R100R
http://frommars.smugmug.com/
Now that we have obtained the inseam measurement, to which side does the Gentleman "dress"?
TSA probably doesn't care ... I hope.
"It is what you discover after you know it all that counts." _ John Wooden
Lew Morris
1973 R75/5 - original owner
Doesn't matter as long as you have all of your furniture in one room.
I heard there were some folks going to the airport in kilts today. Glad I don't work for the TSA...
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-Tom (KA1TOX)
Mood music
When I go for a pat down, I hope they dim the lights and put on a little mood music....
You'll need a bit longer inseam than you'd normally wear to account for the bend in your knees when riding. I wore my favorite jeans, mounted the bike, and had my better half measure from the bottom of the cuff to the top of my shoe. I then added that measurement to the measured inseam of the jeans and went with that as my inseam for riding pants.
Oh, and re: the TSA -- two words: Flying Pasties
Theo
2009 R1200RT, 2007 Shadow Aero 750 (sold)
2012 MINI Countryman S, 2004 MINI Cooper S JCW, 2000 BMW 328i
Yeah, but sometimes there just isn't enough room on one side of the room for the sofa.Doesn't matter as long as you have all of your furniture in one room.
Yeahhh Baby!!! American enterprise at work!!!... two words: Flying Pasties
"It is what you discover after you know it all that counts." _ John Wooden
Lew Morris
1973 R75/5 - original owner
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