Originally Posted by [165]
haha Olebiker - are you talking about the old "sag effect" of wool shorts of old? When it would rain, wool shorts became really really loose-fitting and very uncomfortable. I heard one guy refer to it back in the 80s as "sag effect." One old rider I knew called in the itchy diaper too...funny stuff.
One thing I do not remember for earlier cycling: the softer Merino wool. Most of the jerseys were pretty coarse wool.
Interesting.
So, the new stuff, the Merino stuff, which makes sense of course, would be better yes? "Technological" advancements and all that jazzzzzzz....