On Sep 16, 2009, at 7:34 PM, Fai Mao wrote:
> On a slightly different tact. > Please, no flames as I live in China I do buy Chinese products We all buy Chinese products! It is the nature of world commerce. > I have thought that a wonderful cycling jersey could be made from > knitted silk. There is a company in Honzhou that makes golf shirts > from this and they are just the absolute max in comfort. I have never seen knitted silk, I think. Woven silk, yes, but not knitted silk. > Silk has a lot of the same properties as wool in that is both warm in > cool weather and cool in hot weather but it is never scratchy. > > If someone would make a jersey that has a collar and a front pocket, > like a square tailed golf shirt with a couple of small cycling pockets > in back, I think they could sell a bunch of them. Bicycle commuters > could wear them at work as silk, like wool doesn't stink if you sweat > in it. So for a short commute, in a semi-casual atmosphere you > wouldn't need to change. > > The problem would be that these things would be really pricy. Probably > at least USD $150.00 each Well, people don't expect silk to be cheap. There's an incredible amount of work in its production. But this is an interesting idea. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
