This thread made me go look at the Smartwool stuff at TE. Now I am wanting the orange hoodie jersey. It would SO match Black Beauty. :p
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This thread made me go look at the Smartwool stuff at TE. Now I am wanting the orange hoodie jersey. It would SO match Black Beauty. :p
Yeah, I've been eyeing that orange hoodie too. :D I think it would look great with my Exte Onde knickers. And I might even wear it to work. But I really don't need it.
I do need superlight longlasting for the new bike. And I do need to change out the pedals on all my bikes to Eggbeaters.
Why can't I just have everything I want? :p
V.
I have that orange SW hoodie!
It's true you need to order a size smaller. I usually take a medium but the small hoodie fits me right.
It's a REALLY convenient thing to have, since the hood fits beautifully under a helmet. The sleeves are long and have the thumb holes- very COZY merino item!
Okay, it doesn't itch... but it's still wool, eh? "real" wool makes me sneeze and the whole allergy schtick... so I stick to polyester or silk (and sometimes even cotton!!) I might try merino sometime...
Do you have those knickers with the orange insets and there is a jersey to match? the ones I saw in Colorado Cyclist? Another pair of items I am SEVERELY lusting after.Quote:
Originally Posted by Veronica
Yes, those are the knickers I have. I really like them. I also bought the tights, but their inset is fuschia.
V.
I like the fuschia too. But it would clash with the orange trim on BB. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Veronica
Not that it has ever stopped me before
I don't worry about clashing much. I'd rather be warm. Besides we already look funny to the general public. :D
V.
Yeah, if you are allergic to wool, you will still be allergic to merino. I have to go against the grain and say that I find merino wool, including Smartwool, to be a little itchy, but Smartwool is definitely less itchy than most. I also don't always find it to be a miracle fabric ... I can't stand wool in warm weather; my husband is crazy about wool hiking socks and lightweight wicking wool tops, but I have to go with lighter weight synthetics because I feel like I am going to die in even the lightest weight wool in the summer. And in the winter, I don't find it to be anywhere near as warm as synthetic fleece. Right now I am wearing two layers of SmartWool -- a lightweight and a midweight -- with another merino sweater over the top, and I'm about to go put a fleece on top because I am cold. And I am in the house! In California! With the heat on!
Possibly I am just a delicate flower, but I do prefer synthetics to wool pretty much every time. And I'd rather have something I can wash and dry 100 times without it pilling up or shrinking ... other than Smartwool, which can be dried, I find wool a pain in the butt to launder even though you don't have to do it very often. (Well, theoretically. I tend to spill a lot.) And we have moths.