Leg warmers

I tend to use legwarmers/armwarmers on days that start cold but will rise up into the 20's later on. At the moment that is clearly unlikely, so may as well have the protection for the day with no worries about the knee warmers slipping down.

Smallfurry - i have ridiculous sized calves (combination of genetics and fencing), but my 3/4s fit fine with out the bit below the knee rising up and bunching.

With you on the fencing thing. The constant bouncing on my toes in karate/kung fu, gave me mental sized carves. Being a rugby forward (albeit the smallest in europe) doesnt help.

Its my height (5'7") that fecks up the fit.

Anyway regarding the issue of relying on thermal legwarmers with not so thermal bib shorts. There are a few thermal team bib shorts about (castelli did some for Cervelo test team), which solve this hip freeze (+ some nice ones from Northwave). Currently Probikekit have the Pearl Izumi Garmin thermal bib shorts (and tights) on offer 50% or so off.
http://www.probikekit.com/display.php?code=X0986