1+ Purchased a couple pair from Thermohair last year. Expensive, but they don't seem to wear out easily.
A side note - many (but not all) of the socks sold by them are made from mohair from this place - http://www.austinsmohair.com/ (It's a great place down by Harmony, MN). Northland Woolens only had a few socks in the Dairy Building at the MN State Fair. In the past I have purchased from them. I also would like to see the 95 percent wool socks again. Although I only got two wearings out of mine before one heel blew out. Somewhat Riv-related. Have been known to ride my Sam Hillborne to the Minnesota State fair. Probably will when we go for a second time this Saturday. Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Aug 29, 2:53 pm, Liesl <[email protected]> wrote: > I, too, bemoan the loss of those fuzzy, dreamy Riv 95% wool socks. I > would love it (and buy more pairs) if they were brought back and > everyone who bought them just signed a waiver swearing, "I will not > return them if they wear out, no matter how soon." > > In the meantime, I have found some *rockin'* mohair socks. Mohair is > the first hair shaved from a kid angora goat. The socks are pricey, > but the anklets make fantastic fuzzy cycling socks. From the website: > "THERMOHAIR socks have now been worn to both poles, across the > Himalayas, to the top of Mt Everest, Mt McKinley, Mt Logan, and in > 2000 Kilimanjaro. Lonnie Dupre of Grand Marais, Minnesota wore them to > circumnavigate Greenland, a trek that lasted from January to June > 2000." Seems to me these are just the socks to wear with your > WoolyWarm Buttnup as you're hiking on, that's right, Baffin Island! > > But don't go thinking that they're just for cold (even though they are > most excellent in the cold). I'm wearing them here in Minnesota in > August with Teva Hurricanes and this is some serious happy feet > comfort. > > For all you placid warriors who are Minnesotans, there's a vendor that > sells them at the State Fair in the building below the Grandstand if > I'm remembering correctly and they're there this year. > > http://www.thermohair.com/ > > yours in a looking-forward-to-the-cooler-fall-rides way, > Liesl -- 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.
