How big are your calves Needsize? They look big in your picture.
When most people who dont train look at legs they look a lot more at calves than quads or hams with normal shorts on. Think about it, lately the style for men is long baggy shorts that end at the knee or below. But your full CALVES are always on display in shorts.
Its funny that nobody mentioned calves in the 20+ posts but calves really make up almst all of your legs in todays shorts contrasted to the 70's with those short shorts that showed most of the quads too.
bottom line is that bodybilders who have big calves have big legs in the public's eyes. I had big thighs awhile back and I had small calves and people accused me of having "no legs" but it only looked like that because of the calves. But now I have bigger calves and perception has changed.
Rightly or wrongly the typical measure of a man's legs in normal Nike athletic shorts off the rack today is hs calves.