Is it cheating if you straighten the curve to measure

Don’t do surgery, 6 months of hanging followed by ADS for the most part should straighten out the curve.

I don’t think it’s cheating, it’s more a case of putting yourself on an even playing field against guys who are more or less straight. But as fire goat says, what really matters is consistency in measuring over time, not the absolute number. It’s still better to straighten yourself for measurement though, as most exercises (certainly stretching, hanging, jelqing) will tend to straighten out a curve over time, so measuring straight will give you better consistency.

Also, as others have pointed out, a slightly curved dick is probably going to feel bigger to a woman than a straight one. Consider two guys of equal thickness who both measure 6” from base to tip in a straight line, but guy A is 6” dead straight whereas guy B has an upward curve which means he’s really 7” when straightened out. It’s pretty clear which guy actually has more dick and which of them is going to feel bigger to a woman.

IMHO, it’s not cheating.
I’m upward curved and like Firegoat said most of the time the ladies are seeing an erect penis from below, by the way I’m pretty sure lots of “exaggerated” numbers given by women come from that. I mean “exaggerated” in regard of the official studies WE (guys) use to refer to, which measure on top.

In real life women use to lick from underneath, pushing back our scrotum, holding tight and back our base to see, caress, feel and lick the whole length, and they don’t care about Kinsey or Herbenick or whoever numbers, they don’t even know such studies exist. They do a kind of Balls Pressed EL measurement :p and I’m quite sure they do not consider they’re cheating by doing this, they just enjoy the maximum usable length !

As a member of the Upward Curve Club, I too think that it should be measured along the curve. Imagine any land travel where you are forced to go along a curved road to avoid a mountain or body of water. Going straight from A to B is only 10 km. But going on the road is 30 km. You can’t, in all honesty, say that it’s only 10 km from A to B.

But in terms of personal metrics, it really doesn’t matter - pick a standard and stick to it.

A curve implies a shorter side and a longer opposite side. The longer one will stretch the vagina more than an averaged, straightened penis, since vaginas adapt to the shape and are not straight rigid tubes. It’s only fair to straighten the penis in order to measure its average lengh, as we only measure one side.