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    Quote Originally Posted by Irulan
    no need to go hi -tec; a light cotton men's dress shirt is very effective. You might have to tie up or tuck in the tails.

    irulan

    cotton... in the desert... in the summer? no way! lol! it would be stuck to me almost immediately! it was and average 107 on my ride yesterday after work! at one point it was 114 according to my polar! and it's only june.. it WILL get warmer!

    i'm not even crazy about the idea of the armskins when it's that hot...

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    Quote Originally Posted by caligurl
    cotton... in the desert... in the summer? no way! lol! it would be stuck to me almost immediately! it was and average 107 on my ride yesterday after work! at one point it was 114 according to my polar! and it's only june.. it WILL get warmer!

    i'm not even crazy about the idea of the armskins when it's that hot...
    Light thin woven cotton, not t-shirt knit. Like a white dress shirt. Try it before you slam it. I've spent time in the desert, and in the equatorial hot tropics, and it works very well. Air circulates through the loose weave and fit, the sun is blocked, and there is evaporation. If you look at what people wear in areas where it's really hot, they wear...light woven cottons.... Not all cotton fabrics are equivilant, and you don't necessarily have to buy a hi tech engineered fabric to get the functional aspect of sun protection.

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