here is a quote from Skurka's article
"In order to avoid over-sweating while using VBL’s, I must be attentive to body heat generation and be willing to regulate it. This is fairly easy during steady, low aerobic activities like hiking, snowshoeing, mountaineering, ski touring, snowmobiling, ice fishing, etc. The task becomes more difficult for activities like alpine skiing and climbing, when periods of intense exercise are followed by periods of sedation, e.g. leading a pitch and then belaying a climbing partner up to the anchor. For high aerobic activities like running, skate skiing, or alpine touring (AT) racing, I find it almost impossible to avoid sweating and therefore VBL’s are probably inappropriate in this context."
I'm a heavy sweater, my bike riding is more on the 'high aerobic' side and only for a couple of hours....so I guess I'll pass for now on VBL