It diverges from Patrick's original question (can you imagine such a thing in this group?), but so curious as to those who have compared cycling with long-sleeved seersucker vs with linen, especially in a dry (California coastal) climate?
Thanks all, Chris On Monday, April 13, 2026 at 1:47:22 PM UTC-7 Patrick Moore wrote: > Thanks, all. I ordered 8 of the seersuckers, having to duplicate colors > since the discount applied only to certain colors. Still, all of this > should see me through for the next decade. Someone emailed me offlist to > describe how well seersucker works on long tours in humid areas, acting > like (respondent's image) -- he's an engineer) a large surface heat > exchanger. > > I was interested to read that seersucker was developed in India, tho' from > the Persian roots of the name (meaning "milk and sugar" for the alternating > smooth and rough surface) during the Mugal period, and was beloved of > colonizers from Bengal to Baguio as well as in the Southern US. > > Man, I used to call Lands' End and get a knowledgeable person immediately > who could answer product questions and quickly take an order. Just now I > called to get information about cut and returns, was on hold for 25 > minutes, got someone apparently from a discount outsourced CS mill in some > backwater state of India who knew nothing, and then got put on hold for > another 15 minutes before getting an American "supervisor" who answered my > questions quickly and took my order. Still, $36.97 per instead of 7$4.95 > per. If I'd had more patience I'd have looked at Poshmark or eBay. > > On Sun, Apr 12, 2026 at 2:30 PM Patrick Moore <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Lands' End is having a sale, and they offer some reasonably priced 100% >> cotton ss shirts in different weaves, plus of course knit 100% cotton polo >> shirts. >> >> I am considering only Lands' End cotton shirts at this point. >> >> I would wear these when cycling to non-cycling functions, so in "casual >> dress" situations. >> >> Which would you choose for hot weather cycling? And *why?* >> >> Seersucker >> Chambray >> Madras >> Poplin >> Knit >> >> Thanks. >> >> Aside: I've been wearing some very well made, very good looking, very >> comfortable, very easy care (toss in machine, hang dry, they look >> already-ironed), very quick-drying, and very, very durable indeed >> "bush"-type shirts -- straight tails, can be worn neatly untucked -- with >> meshed and vented rear airflow flaps; in addition to all the other >> superlatives, they were very cheap at about, IIRC -- this was some 5+ years >> ago -- $15 per, from Kohl's. >> >> The one downside is: they are made from synthetics, and of course develop >> that synthetic stink as soon as you hang them up and walk away for 30 >> minutes. >> >> The cottons would replace these, trading some of the described benefits >> for the longer between-wash life of cotton. >> >> Thanks. >> >> -- >> >> Patrick Moore >> Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing >> services >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* >> >> *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* >> >> *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* >> > > > -- > > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing > services > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* > > *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* > > *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* > -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/e4c0717c-4f05-4caf-886c-24722be80a5bn%40googlegroups.com.
