Now, I wear spandex an awful lot, being a skier and a cyclist, so I forget to be self-concsious about how I look. I forget, that is, until I put on knee or leg warmers with my cycling shorts. Cycling shorts in themselves pose a small problem: the elastic band at the bottom makes an indent in my thigh so there's small fat bulges above and below it. usually the shorts go down far enough that it's not too noticeable because there's less fat by your knee. But, add knee/leg warmers and the elastic band at the top of them (which sits high up on the leg) always puts a huge indent in the inner thigh and creates serious fat bulges. So the combination of shorts & knee warmers causes a ripple effect down the inner thigh where the flab gets squezed into mountains and valleys. It happens, it's unavoidable, even when your legs are in really good shape and strong, there's a layer of fat on the inner thigh that never turns into rock hard muscle (for me, at least). I know many other women who lament the ripple effect as well. Maybe I'll make my own knee warmers that don't have the binding elastic on the top, it's not needed, the shorts alone will hold it up. This is what happens when men design clothes for women.