Re: [RBW] Rayon for Riding?

2012-07-14 Thread Robert Barr
Patrick, no rain in central Indiana, but it was a delightful 78 degrees, with 69% humidity on my morning commute. It was a seersucker (not that it helped much) morning. Bob On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 11:20 AM, PATRICK MOORE bertin...@gmail.com wrote: Interesting: I did not know that wood fiber

Re: [RBW] Rayon for Riding?

2012-07-14 Thread PATRICK MOORE
I pity y'all in the less desirable, more humid states ... Patrick Moore, sweating at 37% in monsoonal ABQ, NM On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 9:42 AM, Robert Barr rcba...@gmail.com wrote: Patrick, no rain in central Indiana, but it was a delightful 78 degrees, with 69% humidity on my morning commute.

Re: [RBW] Rayon for Riding?

2012-07-13 Thread PATRICK MOORE
Interesting: I did not know that wood fiber fabric was so good. My rayons have been picked up by chance from the GW shirt rack (along with silks and very nice cottons) -- haven't been to GW in quite a while; must cruise the aisles to see if there are any rayons available. During my morning

Re: [RBW] Rayon for Riding?

2012-07-13 Thread Leslie
Our humidity just broke, has dropped to 58%... Not daily, but, not uncommon to have 100% humidity days here... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To view this discussion on the web visit

[RBW] Rayon for Riding?

2012-07-12 Thread PATRICK MOORE
Purely by accident I happened to wear a rayon ss shirt for about 23 miles of riding over two days, this after wearing it fresh on Sunday, wearing it again on Wednesday, sleeping in it Wed evening (yes, I know) and wearing it just now to ride home, all this in very humid, for us, 35% humidity --

[RBW] Rayon for Riding?

2012-07-12 Thread Leslie
There's a reason why rayon became the fabric-of-choice for Hawaiian shirts... :) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/8497oUg9ARIJ. To

Re: [RBW] Rayon for Riding?

2012-07-12 Thread Robert F. Harrison
I often wear Aloha shirts (as we call them here) while riding. I also live in Hawaii which makes it somewhat less conspicuous. They are bright, loose fitting, dry quickly after a rain shower and pretty much perfect for any occasion in the islands (weddings, funerals, parties, you name it). Indeed,

Re: [RBW] Rayon for Riding?

2012-07-12 Thread Robert Barr
Patrick, My experience is that hot weather clothing is even more personal than cold weather gear. I have ridden in rayon Aloha shirts, but in Indiana, when it gets really hot and humid I have to have my puckerwear shirts (Patagonia's seersucker). It is important to note that your high humidity