Woods + sweat = bugs!

[VeloVT]

I second MtnBikerChk to get something with Deet. We have had a terribly wet spring in the MidWest. The "skeeters" are already terrible. I've been eaten just watching one of the boys baseball games. We also get chiggers bad so the Deet helps with that.

Eek, DEET was what I was hoping to avoid... Mostly for toxicity reasons, but I've also read that DEET can be destructive to synthetic fabrics, plastics and spandex (chemically, it's actually a solvent). Not crazy about this prospect with my bike clothes, synthetic saddle/bar tape and carbon/resin bike. Has anyone had issues with this?

Thanks for the suggestions!