I'm curious to hear if any of y'all wear wool tops in summer, and if so, what "summer" is in your neck of the woods: 90* humidity with 90*F temps? 110 F AZ with 5%?
I'd spent more than enough emotional energy fretting about suitable hot weather riding tops: rayon, cotton, synthetics with their inevitable stink.* I'd owned a couple of Rivendell summer weight Wooly Warm ss jerseys, quite light-gauge merino knit, but sold them after they kept sagging lower and lower and gathering snags and moth holes. But in late Spring this year I ordered a supremely excellent ss medium weight jersey from Wabi Woolens. The material is rather thick compared to the WWs, and I had to order an XL to get something from the rather tight-fitting line to fit trimly but not cling-ingly and allow a bit of airflow, but doggone if that jersey hasn't been very, very comfortable even at 98*F in 10% humidity and even at 92F and high for our area 50% humidity. So much was I struck by this that I fished out an Italian ss wool jersey I'd bought 2nd hand years ago and until now left for that in-between season between hot and cold. I rode in it yesterday at 90-92 and 23% and it was comfortable as in, "I didn't even think about it." I'd extrapolate and say that this older jersey, as well as the new WW, will be fine in any hot weather conditions I experience here, say -- worst case -- 95* and 50% humidity. So, what is all y'all's experience, thoughts, judgments about wool in warm weather? * Synthetics, knit or woven, just stink after 1 ride, even just 1 hour. But I found a partial antidote: immediately upon return, in the garage, remove plastic jersey and swish around in 1 gallon of cold water from the garage utility sink, then hang to drip dry. Sure enough, when it's dried, the stink is gone and the jersey is good for another ride -- I can keep this up for at least 5-7 hours of riding. -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgv9GS02ksfAL2qJa9%3DhX5SJSDQGt7vQsxS6N30AGhJ9ng%40mail.gmail.com.
