WoolWeenies Club

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Yeah just wear them around the apt, wear them on non-biking days too with a cute short skirt!
I wear most of my wool biking clothes half the time whether I'm biking or not- they are just too damned comfy and make me feel so good. I wear my Ibex wool tights to bed now too. (and DH can't resist squeezing merino)


Hey, does anyone have the Ibex "Skyline" top?:
http://www.ibexwear.com/shop/Product...l-Zip-Wool-Top
I just ordered one to try it before I decide about the shaks, and wondered if anyone had any experience with them....they look nice. Are they thick?

[surgtech1956]

What about the cheaper wools? Terramar Thermawool products?

[KnottedYet]

The last time I looked at Terramar wool, it was mostly man-made fiber with a little wool thrown in. That was a couple years ago, though. Do you have any links to 100% wool Terramar? I've had their poly-whatever long underwear in the past and liked their stuff. If they're doing 100% wool I'd like to find it!

[surgtech1956]

Sorry, I don't know how to attach a link for the specific page. They're at Campmor, Terramar Thermawool Pant(Mens) Item No. 79607 ($29.99) - its described as '100% merino wool'.

[sgtiger]

Do you mean these? For 30 buckaroos, they may be worth trying.

[KnottedYet]

OOOOH! And check out the price for the zip mock neck! Trek420 is sitting here egging me on to get the charcoal one... (not that I need much egging on )

http://www.campmor.com/webapp/wcs/st...berId=12500226

Thanks for the head's up SurgTech!

[surgtech1956]

I just ordered the pants and the zip top. I hadn't seen the zip just the crew neck.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

What about the cheaper wools? Terramar Thermawool products?

You know, to be honest, I just don't trust that this wool is what it claims to be.
For that kind of price, and they come from China, made supposedly from imported Australian merino wool....well I just don't believe it for a second.

Look here, these $30 women's Terramar long johns claim to be "100% merino", made in China:
http://www.sierratradingpost.com/p/,...ms_-_For_Women

Then, on another page:
http://www.sierratradingpost.com/p/2...or-Women-.html
they claim to be not only "merino wool", but also they say they are "Fabric is 80% polyester, 20% wool"....and right below that they state they are "100% polyester"....
Then they are labeled as "seconds" from China. Just inspires confidence, doesn't it?
LIARS!!!!!

OK....so they are 80% polyester/100%polyester/merinowool seconds from China. Maybe they are made from lead?

Um, i think I'll pass.

[Eden]

whoa nelly - you are looking at 2 different products and it looks like someone from Sierra Trading post actually made the big goof on the second one (note that it is not actually available for purchase). If you look on another site selling the same long johns, they don't actually contain any wool (they are cotton poly) and they are not that expensive in the first place $14.99 on sale (from $20) at a ski web store.

Not that I'm going to defend products from China - we take advantage of them to get cheap stuff and they take advantage of us by selling us crap..... (and the workers are the ones that suffer the most) but this one looks like a data entry error.

[elk]

I better get well soon...and away from this mecca of bicycle accessories!!! I just went shopping at ibex, STP AND Backcountry buying wool...the only thing I got not on sale though was the Shak full zip (in brown) which I have been eyeing since I got my switchback...which I STILL haven't taken off...!!!

When you're sick, the idea of soft wool head to toe is kinda hard to resist!!!

So with this all this wool...am I a weenie? I'll be a wool weenie, but I don't want to be a world weenie....

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Yes, you are now a weenie.

Hey you are going to LOVE LOVE LOVE that full zip shak! I am wearing mine like every day- so warm, so cozy....I know I will be wearing it for years to come.

Eden- well that's some whopper typos they have going there. But even if that's a mistake I still find it all rather suspicious. Those poison toy beads they just analyzed... turns out the list of ingredients didn't match what was actually in there at all. Same with the toothpastes....etc. Too many products coming from China with completely false ingredient statements and strange added toxins for me to believe their claims at this point. If the wool items from China feel good and cost way less, hey more power to you all, really...
...but I personally will never be convinced that their "Thermawool" fabric is 100% Australian merino wool. I'll stick to my Ibex and Smartwool that I feel I can trust.

[KnottedYet]

The second item you linked is a dual-layer: one layer is 100% man-made, the other layer is a mix of wool and man-made. They are warm and cozy (I had some) similar to Duofold in that sense, but I prefer 100% wool.

Terramar is not a "wool only" company, in fact this is the first time I've seen 100% wool from them.

I've never been disappointed in any of my Terramar, other than it wasn't 100% wool.