Absolutely no beef with wool. I love the stuff. I own lots of wool items and wear it in all sorts of conditions from temps as high as a humid 26C down to a chilly -40C/F. I wear it for cycling. I wear it at work as office wear.

It just doesn't work particularly well as a base layer.

As mentioned earlier, I tried and tried to use it as the base layer, then polypro over it, then fleece ... no luck. I was soaked and uncomfortable. Then Rowan was the one who suggested I switch the polypro and wool, so that it was polypro as the base layer, then wool, then fleece, and it worked very well. I was dry and comfortable, even on my winter centuries.