You don't know whereof you speak. Wool can be either warm or cool, that's its beauty, depending upon its weight, texture, etc. And it is among the best-of-the-best for wicking moisture away from the skin, a most important characteristic of cycling clothes. Lightweight wool socks are intended to be worn year 'round in all climates whether they be for dress, casual wear or athletic. I have lived most of my life on the US Gulf Coast, the most humid part of the country and have always worn wool socks for dress. Look it up if you don't believe me.

You actually wash your skullcap? :)

If I'm going to wash the things that cover my feet every ride, I'm certainly going to wash the thing that covers my head. The removable pads in the helmet get washed weekly.

Of note, also a year-round wool sock wearer. My feet stay much more comfortable in wool socks, even on summer rides here where the ending temp is a good bit north of 100º. My wife was skeptical of wool socks until I bought her a pair, and she's now wool-only.

Finally, a topic I get get my teeth into - socks. Big fan of wool here in all seasons in weights appropriate for the temperature from -20 F to 100 F.

I wash my cycling clothing by hand. Warm water and some laundry detergent. Put into the washer and spin for 1-2 minutes and hang to dry. I don't like washing machine for two reasons. First, I don't have enough cycling clothing to do a full load on gentle cycle. Second, I won't put really stinky cycling clothing in with regular clothes as I have had the stink spread to other clothes. I have tossed cycling socks into the regular warm water wash since these aren't stinky and the machine is superior to hand washing. I wash my gloves and Halo headband. There's nothing like the stink of gloves; it's worse than the stink of a jersey.

Cold water wash, hang dry. Same for jerseys, shorts with chamois, wool base layers, synthetic running clothes, etc.

I remember a comedian saying "I'm never moving of my parent's house. One thing is that they have an amazing washer and dryer machine for my clothes. It cleans them, drys them, and folds them and puts the clean clothes on my bed."

For wool, cool wash setting, hang to dry. If you use an HE washer, remember that the key to those things is to NOT USE TOO MUCH DETERGENT(!!!!) I hang my normal cycling socks (DeFeet Aireater) to dry, too. I think they last longer that way. I use trouser hangers, the kind with the clips.

Nice,

I was jesting actually. This company had that on their tag and it stirred up quite a lot of carp.

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Indonesian clothes company sorry for 'sexist' labels - BBC News

inside out, cold water, low-heat dryer...use a soap safe for wool. enzymes don't know the difference between soiled wool and wool fibers.

3 ingredient hand soap mixed with water becomes nice laundry detergent. Same with baking soda. The later removes odors but not grease/oil though.

This topic not only had potential; its potential has now been realized.

I hand wash in cold water with Kookaburra Woolwash (now just called Kookaburra Wash). In the summer, I wash them in a sink. When I pull out the rest of my wool clothing, I normally just use put a 5 gal bucket in the bath tub. I don't rinse, as it isn't necessary with this product. I also tend to throw my biking gloves in as well, since they all say to hand wash.

+1 hand wash with athletic soap. I wash every couple days. they don't stink till about 3 or so days of riding. I hang everything up and let it air dry.

you are missing out. I wear them year round love them!