Re: [RBW] Wool at 100*+

2018-06-30 Thread Joe Bunik
Patrick! Do tell, where does one find a nice merino Sugino jersey? Occasionally think about rolling my own Suntour iron-ons. =- Joe Bunik Walnut Creek, CA On 6/26/18, Patrick Moore wrote: > It was 101 or so when I left for a church building committee meeting at > 5:30 pm, wearing a nice merino S

[RBW] Wool at 100*+

2018-06-27 Thread iamkeith
I like wool, but I did recently discover one disadvantage on really hot days: Here in Wyoming, there are a lot of sheep farms in the rural areas. The biting flies from those farms, which become more active the hotter it gets, targetted me with a vengence while leaving lycra-clad riders much le

[RBW] Wool at 100*+

2018-06-27 Thread Cameron Murphy
I don't ride in truly hot weather, but here in dryish southern California, I find even heavy weight wool to work as well or better than synthetics. Once you sweat through, you get a lot of evaporative cooling. (At least when moving. I wouldn't recommend wool for just standing around in the su

[RBW] Wool at 100*+

2018-06-27 Thread Dave Grossman
I wear wool socks in the humid Chicago summer... Way better than synthetics IMHO. -- 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+unsubsc

[RBW] Wool at 100*+

2018-06-26 Thread Patrick Moore
It was 101 or so when I left for a church building committee meeting at 5:30 pm, wearing a nice merino Sugino jersey. Humidity was well below 10%, probably close to 5%. Soft merino, even if not particularly thin, works very well in such hot, dry climates; as comfortable as the synthetics I have, t