Cotton T-Shirt?

[pooks]

Okay, I know this is a bad idea, so while I'm working myself up to go attack the heat and ride --

My first pair of road shorts are here and I love the way they feel. (I'm sure they give me diaper butt but I don't care at this point.)

However, my embarrassment comes not from the size of my *** but my stomach. Gack. As an apple, I carry much weight in front and I hate it. I'm tempted to put on a cotton t-shirt that will be loose and hang down over it a bit.

That's really a bad idea, isn't it?

I need to get a jersey that isn't so tight so I won't feel so self conscious!

[Tater]

Cotton loves to hold in moisture and not let it go! Then there is always the possibility of the darn thing chaffing you under the arms. Can you find some sort of wicking shirt that will do what you need? I just found some wicking tee-shirts for the DF at Old Navy for eight dollars a piece. He works outside and was complaining about the heat and how much he sweats in tee-shirts. I got him four of these shirts and he lives in them! Good luck in finding something that works for you!

[Grog]

If you don't intend to ride for very long, a cotton tshirt will be fine.

You could try to get a wicking tshirt for longer rides eventually...

[pooks]

Good point. I have a microfiber wicking t-shirt but it was made as a base-layer for winter wear, so I'm not sure that would work. But there's an Old Navy nearby.

Thanks.

[Grog]

Good point. I have a microfiber wicking t-shirt but it was made as a base-layer for winter wear, so I'm not sure that would work. But there's an Old Navy nearby.

I see no reason why something labelled "winter layer" wouldn't keep on wicking just because it's summer...

Remember you don't always need to buy new stuff. And as mimitabby says, just try it, and if it doesn't work, try something else!!

[pooks]

I guess I'll try it. It seems like I tried wearing it in the summer before and it felt hot instead of cool, but maybe that was my imagination.

if all else fails, I'll give myself an all over squirt of water.

Today's will be a very short ride, anyway!

[Geonz]

Yea, yea, yea, I've heard all that "cotton is rotten" folderol. 9 days out of 10, maybe more, I'm in A COTTON T-SHIRT. When I sweat, it stays wet and then the moisture evaporates. Evaporation cools. (And I look like a person who doesn't need no stinkin' jersey, that whole reverse snobbery thing... if you look like you're not even trying, then you can't fail, right?)

You're not doing a century, even if it feels like it in the heat :-)

[mimitabby]

Okay, I know this is a bad idea, so while I'm working myself up to go attack the heat and ride --
As an apple, I carry much weight in front and I hate it. I'm tempted to put on a cotton t-shirt that will be loose and hang down over it a bit.

That's really a bad idea, isn't it?

I need to get a jersey that isn't so tight so I won't feel so self conscious!

hey Girl, try the cotton teeshirt!! if it doesn't work out you can try something different. Sometimes I wear cotton on rides. Get a real light weight one. can only hold SO much moisture, you know?
There's NO LAW that says you can't have a good ride without wearing spandex everywhere. Some of my bike jerseys feel positively icky!