Originally Posted by
Bekologist
i wear wool and for longer tours take two jerseys, three pairs cycling shorts. shorts washed every night if possible, dry night and next day on rack with the third set of fresh dry shorts in bag. jerseys washed every few days, experiences like NoGa biker with the wool. I wore ONE wool jersey five days straight once on a blitz tour as i was packing light. didn't smell too bad after 500 miles of desert and high mountain passes.
For what it is worth... A lot of people tout wool as being relatively odor free even after several days or more of wear and I assume that is true for them. That said I have not found that to be the case for me. Wool items I have worn tend to be the stinkiest things I have worn. Maybe my body chemistry is just different, but the love of wool is not universal. I find synthetic tech fabrics work better for me, but they do vary widely in how bad they hold odors. For tours I try to pick among my tech garments for the ones that are better in this regard.