I don't ride in truly hot weather, but here in dryish southern California, I find even heavy weight wool to work as well or better than synthetics. Once you sweat through, you get a lot of evaporative cooling. (At least when moving. I wouldn't recommend wool for just standing around in the sun.). I try not to ride in temps over 110°, but I wouldn't hesitate to grab a wool jersey in the low 100's.
I can also heartily recommend mesh wicking base layers. I have ones from DeFeet and Craft that both really help in hot as well as cold weather. Subjectively, they make it feel ~5° cooler. They also seem to cut down on the salt stains on my jerseys, extending the washing intervals. (Doesn't really make sense, as salt should just wick right along, but they seem to help.) Cameron Murphy San Marcos, CA -- 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
