[johnnylean]

Has anyone every purchased wool shorts from vintage velos? If so what do you think and are they worth the $$? www.vintagevelos.com (http://www.vintagevelos.com)

Over and out

[The BikeForums Team]

This is an archived thread, you can find the full version of this thread, with images, links and more content here.

Ready to buy? Check out these two online bike stores:
- http://www.nashbar.com (you can find the latest bike nashbar coupons in this thread)
- http://www.performancebike.com (you can find the latest performance bike coupons in this thread)

Cya on the forums,
- The BikeForums Team
- http://www.bikeforums.net

[cyccommute]

Has anyone every purchased wool shorts from vintage velos? If so what do you think and are they worth the $$? www.vintagevelos.com (http://www.vintagevelos.com)

Over and out

Having started with wool shorts, I probably wouldn't go back to them. They are slightly warmer but tended to be baggy and require more care in cleaning (even Smart wool ones are less robust than lycra when washing and drying). At $115, I'd stick with lycra and use a warmer tight.

[Cosmoline]

I'm pretty retro. I type letters on a 1932 Smith-Corona, wear 30's style logging boots, and shoot rifles older than my grandfather. But while wool is a fantastic bedding material with a lot of advantages, it SUCKS as a clothing material for anything but capes, socks and trenchcoats. It's a PINA to get clean and tends to develop a perma stink really quickly. Even the best of it can be a hairshirt on the skin. Modern wicking fabric and polartech fleece are much better for cold weather active wear.

[Bekologist]

don't listen to those guys.

Ibex wool shorts are absolutely fantastic. you can stay comfortable in temps 50-100+ f in wool shorts and a wool jersey. add a LS top or outer, some leg warmers, then a set of tights and more if it gets colder, but modern wool cycling clothing is some rightous stuff.

I have some old wool shorts (real leather chamois too) I still wear for the vintage look, and they are pretty subpar, just like we all remember.

The new, lycra infused ones are the bomb. they don't stink, they have great feel, fit fantastic, don't ride up..... i haven't tried the vintage velos ones, but wool rules for cycling clothes.

try some, i bet you'll like them.

once i started cycling in wool again, all the stinky lycra and paperthin synthetics literally got thrown away.

try some ibex shorts or their knickers for winter cycling, you'll be sold.

i'd bet the vintage velo shorts are pretty good too but haven't tried them.

[ekitel]

But while wool is a fantastic bedding material with a lot of advantages, it SUCKS as a clothing material for anything but capes, socks and trenchcoats. It's a PINA to get clean and tends to develop a perma stink really quickly. Even the best of it can be a hairshirt on the skin. Modern wicking fabric and polartech fleece are much better for cold weather active wear.

wool is very easy to get clean, resists stinkage, whereas modern (petro-chemical) fabrics get really stinky, fine merino is very comfortable next to the skin, obviously not as cool and comfortable as cotton, but the wicking and temperature regulation properties are fantastic. Wool employs a number of sophisticated micro and nano technologies that have evolved through millions of years of research and development.

[Cosmoline]

I'll have to give this new fangled wool a try. I'm still picturing army blankets.

[Snow_canuck]

Hey, when cycling over that frozen lake and you fall in. Wool will give you an extra 5 minutes before freezing to death.

[lasolasdesanjua]

go Ibex, they rule