Touring in hot weather

[Azisbest]

Forget nitrogen it's a waste of money.
Get a mesh (airflow) jacket.
Don't ware a cotton Tshirt, switch to the 'sports' material the stuff that wicks away moisture.

This desert dweller will take cotton every single time. You can have those "sports" materials, pfffft.

 

[Ishrub]

You have received MUCH good advice on this thread.
I also use simple scarf that I can wet and wear around my neck.
Air mesh jacket is a MUST!

Just don't do an Isadora Duncan on us Steve!

On September 14, 1927, dancer Isadora Duncan is strangled in Nice, France, when the enormous silk scarf she is wearing gets tangled in the rear hubcaps of her open car. (“Affectations,” said Gertrude Stein when she heard the news of Duncan’s death, “can be dangerous.”)

More re her motor vehicle accident prone life:

Isadora Duncan, the American dancer, was killed in an automobile accident at 9:40 o'clock tonight. She was trying out a new automobile on the Promenade Des Anglais, when a gust of wind blew a long scarf which she was wearing around her neck over the side of the car. It became entangled in one of the wheels and dragged the dancer out of the machine into the roadway. Her neck was broken.

A premonition of her doom was only too true. A French chauffeur was teaching her to drive the new car, which was speeding along, when the dancer met death.

Fate seemed to have caused automobiles to play no small part in the life of Isadora Duncan. On several occasions she was injured, sometimes seriously, in automobile accidents, and in 1913 her two children, Beatrice, 5 years of age, and Patrick, 3, were drowned in the Seine River, near Paris, when their automobile ran into the river.
Later in 1913 she was seriously injured in an automobile accident, and in May of 1924, was knocked unconscious when her car was in collision with another in Leningrad. On other occasions she narrowly escaped death from drowning and one of these accidents occurred at Nice, where she was killed.

From the Archives: Dancer Dies From Fall; Isadora Duncan Meets Fate

 

[BenchracerBob]

This desert dweller will take cotton every single time. You can have those "sports" materials, pfffft.

I used to think the same, but after trying one, I'll never ever go back to cotton.

 

[Azisbest]

I used to think the same, but after trying one, I'll never ever go back to cotton.

Me the reverse, but hey thats why bikes dont just come in black.

 

[rocketjohn]

My skin breaks out with anything BUT cotton or linen.....them plastic fibers are just nasty.

 

[BenchracerBob]

My skin breaks out with anything BUT cotton or linen.....them plastic fibers are just nasty.

The modern ones don't do that, same material used by cyclists. Breaths, keeps you dry, allows sweat to wick out, and if you get cought in a shower they dry under you mesh jacket. First time I tried one I never used cotton again, have a draw full of Tshirts now that will make great cleaning rags. Actually that one thing you can't beat the old cotton shirts for

 

[barbagris]

If I could find a good supply - I would wear knitted (not woven) silk T-shirts. They keep you dry and don't melt.

ime Cotton is almost as good if you will not be wearing anything like a "KewlVest". It will simply absorb sweat - but will not keep skin dry. So if you hit a cool zone - you'll feel it. The plus is they tend to stay nose-fresh longer. Kewlvest will simply soak Cotton - and fast.

Inside->outside Wicking gear (Usually Polyesther) keeps your skin dry - will also keep you a little warmer in a cold zone as a result. It does not absorb water so is an ABSOLUTE MUST with an evaporative vest. I find I have to change to a clean shirt almost immediately - the plus being they wash and dry fast.

BUT be aware - a lot of man made fibres do not react well to heat. I know of folk who have had "offs" and the clothing has melted onto their skin. No they were not wearing GOOD gear over the top. I keep meaning to buy some "Tank Crew" underwear - it's Kevlar - but Kevlar tends to be warm.