Originally Posted by
easyupbug
It is amazing how different our bodies must be. I've been riding in the heat of Tucson (this time of year 100+) for nearly 60 years and can no longer imagine cotton anything even the with a super loose weave as the modern fabrics work so well at cooling, even modern wools like Icebreaker are fantastic. I love stopping at a traffic light, the sweat builds and it is like a cool breeze when you get started moving again.
Tucson Summer Relative humidity = 20%-40%, Yucatan = 70% to 90+% makes for a very big difference in evaporation rate. Don