Originally Posted by
demoncyclist
Cotton gets wet with sweat and stays wet (and smells). Wicking fabrics move the moisture away from your skin where it evaporates. The evaporative effect can actually keep you cooler, and you don't smell like wet dog when you reach your destination.
I don't agree. I think a cotton shirt is advantageous in hot weather. A wet shirt functions like a swamp cooler. How good would a swamp cooler function with a dry filter?
As an example: When wearing wick clothes at a red light you sweat and the wicking properties cant keep up. But when the light turns green and you take off you get refreshed as the breeze blows through your wet shirt. It doesn't last long though in polyester. You dry off quick. But with cotton ..... :>)
It's winter when you must have clothes with wicking properties; otherwise you'd freeze.
Matt