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Just curious really... someone commented on my calves today (I wear shorts a lot, even in winter!), had never thought of them as been stupidly big or anything, so took the tape measure out tonight and quantified this, they're 43cm/17" in circumference (at their widest point), ankles are 25cm/10". Years of cycling have made them the only part of my body that can be said to be 'sculpted' I guess! 😆
Just wondering what other cyclists measurements are like really, for a laugh...
37cm.... God I'm bored at work!
Edit: 15" for those who don't work in IS Units.
I am guessing you mean circumference?
A puny 15" here.
Factored against height, coogan will win though.
Ja, circumference is what I meant (have edited my OP 🙂 ). I'm 5'8"/172cm tall btw...
17" here, don't mess with me!
18.5"
Courtesy of years of lifting weights, cycling and also genetically big calves (inherited from my Dad)
Edit: measured by highly accurate headphone cable and ruler method 😉
Do big calves = more power (for cycling at least)?
about 24 inches
not been riding much so mine are losing some of their definition
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17 inch with 32 inch waist
Do big calves = more power (for cycling at least)?
They probably contribute, but in a minor way compared to quads, glutes and hamstrings.
calves - 15 1/2 inch - but that is more then half my inside leg measurment
Stuey - hilariously, that's [i]exactly[/i] the same method I used. 20" here.
Pathetic 35cm here. It's ok though, 'cos I'm faster than you...
18 1/2 inches, 5 foot 8, theyre a bit smaller than usual after time off the bike.
16.5" which is the same as my collar size strangely...
Mine are18.5in or 47cm
Mrs PPs are 14in, 36cm but she walks more than she cycles
15 1/2 inch
and
9 were it counts 😉
When I was at training college there was a guy who had had to have special fireboots made up for his unfeasibly large calves. Boots had to be cut, then triangular inserted "welded" in.
Doubt he'd have been much of a bike rider though. The Rhino rides again!
18 here.
About 18 inches, thigh is around 27 and i'm always splitting my work trousers when stretching!
18" but then I am fat 🙂
i'm under 14"! but that's less weight to carry 😉
13" measured over my skinny jeans 😕 . . . what do I win?
14(& a bit)" I iz massiv!
!8" but 18 1/2" with hair..
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14" here at 6'1"
I've had gentle abuse on the road as I don't provide much drafting potential!
15" soft, 18.5 hard.... 😯
Don't know, but can just about get two hands round one.
16" - I've always thought they were super skinny but some seem to be skinnier than mine!
5'8", 42" chest, 29" waist, 11.5 stone if that makes any difference. Oh, it doesn't. Damn.
18 3/4" on me. 6FT 2
See that cartoon turkey leg...
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I'll leave the rest to your imagination..
EDIT: errr.. curiosity got the better of me.. 14"
>Ja, circumference is what I meant (have edited my OP ). I'm 5'8"/172cm tall btw... <
So, you're a wee guy with fat legs...
calf 18"
thigh 25"
waist 34"
Chest 46"
5' 9 1/2"
Always wished for bigger calves, but never struggled for power or hill climbing ability..I am 6 foot and 13 stone but calves only 14.5", my boys are 14.25" and he is nearly fifteen...Wife trumps us both with 18"so better be careful she don't kick my a$$.
I've never ever thought about measuring my calves till I read this thread! what a daft thing to do!
taking fat into the equation, there is a woman at work with calves the width of my head, each.
ankle 8.5"
calf 15.5"
waist 31"
bicep 15.5"
forearm 13.5"
chest 43"
height 5ft 10
weight 71kg (fatty at the moment 😥 )
and the important measurement for "little taz"
hmmmmm anyone got something that measures in microns?
Just checked, 405mm / 16" quite happy with that, strangely also the same as my collar measurement.
32" waist and 79kgs/12st 6lbs
16" here. I'm only short ,so they look bigger! 😀
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I don't know but they sure look like twiglets when they are muddy 🙂
calf 15"
thigh 20"
and waist 31"
6' tall
18" Right & 17" Left 😕
Thought I'd do both as I smashed the left foot to pieces in Sept 09 and only came out of a cast in February this year & ever since I thought I had comedy legs! Clearly have! 😯
44cm
as al says Coogan will win this on proportion. I'm 17" circumference with 17" between knee and ankle, whereas the sarges are
probably 19" circumference with 14" knee to ankle
Calf 15"
ankle 7"
5' 8"
Carlosg's thighs are bigger than my waist
15"
6ft2
climbers lower legs, sprinters(size not muscle or power)thighs on a top heavy body, no wonder i fall over a lot
look at the *coughs* definition
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14" calves, 22" thighs. 5'10" and 12 stone.
18.5 inches.
15" calves , 24" thighs . 5`10" and 12 stone 12 lbs
Calves 15"/38cm
Thighs 23.5"/59cm
5'11"
13st 🙁
I think big calves might be associated with/a symptom of pedalling with a low cadence, but i'm not 100% on that.
This thread has made me feel better about what I thought were wrens lower legs - cheers!
wrens lower legs
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go on then which one are you?
go on then which one [s]are[/s] were you?
I bet he didn't get his male pattern baldness hormones on the NHS..
14.75" but they look bigger because my ankles are quite skinny at 8".
About 17.5" measures with a lanyard and a rules. Yes they do get commented on, even by cyclists and I can actually brush the front mech with them sometimes as well.
16" @ 6'1" and 95kg
i'm quite happy with 15".
I bet he didn't get his male pattern baldness hormones on the NHS..
Rather catty little comment there.
Some kind of jealousy or something going on there by any chance? I suspect so.
17", plenty for me 🙂
Well, packing 18.5" under my desk... 8) Thanks to the headphone method
17" and a midges here. measured with the wifes dressmaking tape measure
14.75" by A3 sheet of paper and ruler method
15" calf, 21" thigh, 32" waist, 6' tall and 12st
ewww 17" here & I thought I was going to be around the 12" mark 😉
Some kind of jealousy or something going on there by any chance? I suspect so.
LOL!! you wish.. I was just poking a bit of fun at your awesomeness while clumsily trying to shoehorn in a gender re-assignment gag.. no offence meant buster.. 🙂
By far the funniest thing Ive read, got this image of loads of bloke with there trousers rolled up in their offices/work place with all sorts of things wrapped around there legs.....LOL
to please Bigface0_0 i've done jsut that:
rolled up my jeans, wrapped a USB phone charger cable around my calf, then measured it on a purple ruler i had to dig around in the drawers for.
17"
i'm not sure what that means, if its good or bad or what, but there it is.
17" Calf
26" Thigh
*cough* Waist
17" using very dubious measuring technique involving paper towels in the toilet.
15.5 with a 34" waist
i like to think of them as lean like a tour rider haha i wish
About 17 using a headphone lead.
Are we comparing winkles next?
18.5"/47cm
There's a guy on my shift who's a Highland games champion hammer thrower. The calf (singular) on him is 😯 He's a big lad but the bigger calf must be 25-50% bigger than his other (which is big enough in the first place!)
He's the shift freak show! We take great delight on showing him off to other shifts.
I'm sure there's a photo of him and one of the 'less muscular' shift members calf flexing beside one another. Comedy! 😀
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By far the funniest thing Ive read, got this image of loads of bloke with there trousers rolled up in their offices/work place with all sorts of things wrapped around there legs.....LOL
Didn't you just wrap your old fellow twice around your calf and estimate it that way? 🙂
Shirley its how hard you can get them and not the size that counts?
thats what she said!
IGMC