Originally Posted by
downtube42
My wife hand knits a ton of socks, almost exclusively with wool but has used bamboo. I have a drawer full of colorful and warm wool socks I use for winter cycling.
Bamboo is a summer yarn. Cool, wicking, comfortable, strong. Honestly I just use store-bought cotton socks in the summer. If I lived in a hotter or humid climate I might use something else.
I wore bamboo socks throughout the winter. Not appreciably different from wool regarding warmth. I was using Mavic winter shoes, so maybe that made a difference, along with the socks being machine knit rather than hand knit.