Wait, I thought bibs were supposed to be sooo comfortable.

What's the deal?


In "Bike for Life", John Sinibaldi was interviewed. He was raced in the '30s, & was riding daily at 90 when the book was published in 2004.

"I have one secret: wear a shirt under your jersey, no matter how hot it is, wool, anything. It'll get damp right away, and you will never use any sweat anymore. It'll keep you cool all summer, and you won't dehydrate. Like these runners that take everything off, the girls who have just a bra on, they dehydrate. They look dry. But they dehydrate , because the sun just dries them right up. If they were covered, they wouldn't have to drink.
Back when we rode a 100-mile race, who's going to give us water when we're riding from one city to another?
As a matter of fact, the old-timers all used a shirt under a shirt. When you see these guys today with a plastic jacket, they are dehydrating so fast. In other words, you go to Africa or Egypt, or any of these Arab countries, ask these guys to take that white shirt off-that sort of dress they wear-and they got a woolen shirt underneath it in the desert."

He did say that he didn't sweat much, but he lived in Florida.