Some reviews say these jeans came up large which I don t belive is the case. I ordered a smaller size than I would normal (34) and they were too tight so I ordered (36) what I shoud have ordered in the 1st place and they fit great. You can see in the attached photo they do measure bang on 36 inches. Thanks to sports bike shop free returns it was no hassle at all to send the small ones back and had a full refund within a couple of days