[RBW] School me on wool...

2014-01-23 Thread Michael
These days, cycling specific wool garment prices are astronomical. Goodwill has wool tops that are non cycling specific. Sometimes they have 100% Merino wool sweaters, like Gap, etc. Itch-and -fine-ness-factors aside, will these do just as well layering to keep warm and dry in the winter, and t

Re: [RBW] School me on wool...

2014-01-23 Thread Lyle Bogart
Michael, I wear mostly wool when I'm riding (or running, or rowing, or whatever) and, no, the clothing does not need to be cycling specific. My wool cycling trousers are my wool rowing trousers. Wear what you will. . . I recently cycled around the west of Ireland for a week and wore a regular wool

Re: [RBW] School me on wool...

2014-01-24 Thread Patrick Moore
Wool is wool. If you find the same quality and density in a garment from Good will, and if it fits, there you go. For some years I rode mostly in nice merino tops from Goodwill and I was perfectly warm. What you lose is the bike-specific things like pockets, long tails, zip up plackets, and crew n

Re: [RBW] School me on wool...

2014-01-24 Thread Bruce Herbitter
really? The wool made by elves under waterfalls of Rivendell is surely better for cycling!! One of my favorite merino tops was $7 on the Target clearance table. No pockets in back, but a handlebar bag holds my sundries just fine. Discount store wool is likely to be Chinese in origin thoug

Re: [RBW] School me on wool...

2014-01-24 Thread Shawn Granton
I agree with what Ron Mc says. Sierra is a great place to get cheap Icebreaker wool garments. Though I'll note that the 45% off coupon is only on "select" items. If you sign up for DealFlyer or use something like RetailMeNot, you can find other coupons for them pretty easy. It's pretty standard

Re: [RBW] School me on wool...

2014-01-24 Thread Ron Mc
agree with Shawn - you have to check on the coupons - sometimes the 45% coupon won't apply to merino items (other times it will) - I check them occasionally and put them on my wish list. But do check to see if the coupon code applies to the item. Put it in your basket, add the coupon code and

Re: [RBW] School me on wool...

2014-01-24 Thread Shawn Granton
Here's one that just got posted for Sierra: 35% off one item, until 11:59 PM MST on Sat 1/25: KWP86920 -Shawn -- 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