Originally Posted by
Slightspeed
I have one merino wool jersey from Oregon Cycle wear.......
What I don't like is how stretchy and saggy it gets if you use the rear pockets. Even a cell phone or wallet will make it sag.......
Washing and flat drying it made the shape come back ... till next time. I was 235 lbs when I got it, got down just below 200, and it seemed really big. I washed it in the machine, and instead of flat drying, threw it in a hot dryer, and it came out sized perfectly...
Yeah, the Oregon Cyclewear jersey is sort of more like a fine-weave, medium/light sweater. Mine does seem to sag a little bit after wearing it a bunch, but shape comes back following a hand-washing/line or flat drying (though I try to wash my merino stuff as little as possible/only when really necessary). It's a really comfortable and nice jersey, though I was a little disappointed to see on the inside tag that it's made in China- I thought it was actually made in Oregon. I guess that explains how they can produce such a nice jersey at such an affordable cost..