I'll second the suggestion for light wool t's in warm conditions. I've been wearing my ibex wool t-shirt in 80 - 90+ conditions and it has been very comfortable. Haven't tried this in very high humidity heat though. -Jim
On Jul 22, 2011, at 6:46 AM, Thomas Lynn Skean wrote: > Yesterday evening's 10-mile ride home was warmer than normal, and more humid > as well. It was 98 degrees with a heat index of 107. > > I guess I could have gone shirtless. But trust me, no one wants that. > > There may not be any way to be "comfortable" in such conditions. I can say > now from experience, however, that a lightweight wool t-shirt is far better > than any shirt of cotton or polyester or nylon or combination thereof that I > have used before in those circumstances. You get airflow and evaporative > cooling. You avoid that clingy-clamminess. There are no truly nasty unnatural > odors. > > I also wore wool boxers under RBW's Boosuckers and a pair of > oh-I-wish-RBW-still-sold-these-I'd-buy-a-dozen-pair 80/20 wool/nylon striped > sporty shortie socks under my canvas Keen Coronado's. > > Wool is great stuff. Counter-intuitive, perhaps. But yesterday I know was > definitely a day for wearing wool. > > Yours, > Thomas Lynn Skean > > -- > 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/-/oitJ3Wg5P6sJ. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
