froze

You need to educate yourself before you make a comment; Dristar from Walmart is 100% polyester as well, just like your $75 Jersey except I paid $8. Now who's ignorant, the person that spends $75 on a Jersey or the person that spends $8 and gets the same thing? I have a $75 jersey and a $125 wool jersey and there no cooler nor any better at wicking than the $8 dollar Walmart Dristar; actually I think the Dristar might be a tad cooler!! But I like the Wool jersey the best, especially on long rides because it don't stink.

capsicum

I'm not sure what these other cats read into that statment? Some replys made no sense, they just sounded like raveing about how much they like stuff made by families chained to sewing machines for a bowl of rice a day. 'Yea Go Walmart' lets see how high the unemployment rate can get. Sorry enough of that.

wool generaly wicks yes especialy the long fiber merino wool, like smart wool.

Polyester is normally very hydrophobic and will repel water rather than wicking it. There is a treatment or texturing prosses that is done when they make the fibers that makes it wick, the weave has less to do with it. Nylon is the same way, but it is more elastic, transmitts infared, and is broke down by UV unless UV blockers are used(not usually the case), while polyester doesn't transmit much infared and is very tolerant of UV. The infared transmittence gives nylon a much cooler feel but also lets the suns infared in so I don't know if the net effect is when in the sun (nylon's definetly cooler in the shade).

redfooj

Aw man i went on a polyester search today but came up empty:

Wal-Mart: a vrey very small handful of shirts (Dristars)... ofcourse only sizes Medium and up and the Medium is a normal XL. really baggy and ugly
Academy: surprisingly, equally small selection of athletic polyester-blended shirts... plus a few skin-tight Under-Armour
Target: same
Local sport shop: a bunch of skin-tight Under-Armour weight lifting type shirts, few polyester soccer/tennis shirts with collar.


guess its hard to find a simple, slim fitting, simple cut (straight T or v-necked) polyester athletic shirt. im gonna try REI tomorrow

KonaSmoker

rugby jerseys. variety of sizes, and a variety of cuts. some manufacturers make tighter ones to avoid tackles easier. most modern ones all are moisture wicking.