Recommendations for summer-weight wool?

[Brian]

Hello all,

I am looking to make the switch to wool. Looking for light-weight,
traditional shorts and jerseys. Would prefer the shorts to have thin/
light padding. Have to be available is smallish sizes. Thanks for the
help.

Brian

[Zack]

I love my ibex stuff.  

[Esteban]

Woolistic lightweight ss jersey works well. Smartwool and Icebreaker
t-shirts are tough to beat in the heat... but they're just t-shirts in
the best sense.

Esteban
San Diego, Calif.

[EricP]

The wool shirts on Rivendell's website under "specials" are good.
Been wearing mine in temps to the mid-80's. Otherwise, the Smartwool
and Icebreaker stuff is pretty lightweight. The larger sizes fit me
well.

No idea on shorts, though. I end up with MUSA shorts with REI pads
underneath.

Eric Platt
St. Paul, MN

[Michael_S]

I 2nd the Ibex input, especially the Indie model. I find them lighter weight and cooler in warm weather than the Woolistic models myself.

 

~mike

[bilb]

rapha lightweight jersey is totally awesome.

[hobie]

Brian. NYC just had a big heatwave pass through last week. I was riding the Riv wool t-shirt w. the back pocket in the web specials section of their site. The tee is is very well made. I found it to be a bit heavy for the high temps and humidity in this area. The Smartwool microweight t shirts work better for the type of weather I just described. Best to have different weights and layer. 

[malarz]

Well yeah, at a $175 it'd better be good!!!

How about something at a price point for the other 95% of us?

ken

[Zack]

Wool is expensive, the rapha jersey is only a bit more than the ibex ones.  It's worth the premium though.  (Living in Vermont, I have the benefit of going to the ibex tent sale, where I can pick up the year's wool on the cheap).

The 17.5 micron ibex shirts are my favorite for super hot weather.  

[Peter Pesce]

It's pretty common to find Ibex, Icebreaker and Smartwool stuff on sale with a bit of patience.
Probably easier in August!
Ibex quality is great, but their sizing and cut is often a bit odd, so it's important to try before you buy if possible.

[Brian]

Thanks for the input, folks.

Brian

[Michael_S]

hmmm, for my body shape the Ibex jerseys fit the best of all wool jerseys I've tried. They run trim in the waist area so if you're a little Large in that area then I'd look elsewhere. I think they fit the most like conventional (synthetic) jerseys of all I've tried.

 

~mike