Originally Posted by
MetalPedaler
Nothing is comfortable when wet...but the thing is: Wool retains it's insulative value when wet.

This is correct. If it starts raining and the temp drops as it usually does when it rains, you will be cold wearing a polyester jersey, this doesn't happen as dramatically with wool. Once it stops raining the polyester may dry about 5 to 10 minutes faster then the wool does. But wool doesn't stink as quickly or as badly as polyester, and then there's that pesky landfill problem.