I wear wool year round wherever I am, though I’m mostly on the brutally humid east coast. I wear it all the time, i.e., not just for riding: merino shirts (long or short sleeve), underwear (short and long), and socks. Wearing almost anything else feels muggy and less fresh. Synthetics especially feel gross to me. I’ve never subscribed to the supposed marginal riding gains of fabrics that stick to the skin, which is so uncomfortable to me that it makes me really annoyed to be on the bike and saps the joy from riding.
But wool is fantastic. The only downsides to wool are how expensive it can be, the fact that it’s not as durable as other fabrics (making it relatively more costly over the long term), and that it is marginally more involved to care for. Jim On Friday, September 6, 2024 at 2:32:40 PM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: > I wear wool year round in Minneapolis, with similar results to what others > posted here. I do feel less sweaty in lots of humidity when I am wearing a > wool shirt and underwear. I have not worn wool through sheep country > though, now I will avoid that. > > I'd put a plug in for a Minnesota wool clothing company called Borealis. > Not cheap, but I like their shirts and their wool underwear. > https://www.borealiswoolco.com/ > > Will in Minneapolis > > On Friday, September 6, 2024 at 10:19:14 AM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote: > >> I wear Smartwool 150 boxer briefs year-round, and I also ride in those in >> lieu of padded shorts or chamois. I like the Smartwool t-shirts as well, >> but I typically don't ride in t-shirts in the warmer months - I prefer >> long-sleeve button-up techy fabric shirts that allow for billowing and >> ventilation. In Fall and Winter, when temps drop, I like to wear wool >> t-shirts underneath Pendleton wool flannels (I have a few Kitsbow Icons and >> Pendleton western shirts that are amazing to ride in when it's chilly. >> >> I'm in Kentucky where it gets super hot and humid like most of the >> Southeastern US does. It can often stay pretty warm here well into November. >> >> Brian >> Lex KY >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/86e38f27-ea20-4fe9-a236-0f2d7952ec6bn%40googlegroups.com.
