silk for sweating?

Quoted message said:

would it make any sense to have a silk layer
closest to your body to wick sweat?

Yup.
Phil Brown

Phil Brown said:

Quoted message said:

would it make any sense to have a silk layer
closest to your body to wick sweat?

Yup.

I was riding this morning and wondering if anyone makes silk jerseys.

--Blair
"Got to keep it real."

(wle) said:

would it make any sense to have a silk layer
closest to your body to wick sweat?

just wondering, i have some old silk shirts.

Why not. Synthetics still haven't matched it for comfort.

Ron

Ronsonic said:

(wle) said:

would it make any sense to have a silk layer
closest to your body to wick sweat?

just wondering, i have some old silk shirts.

Why not. Synthetics still haven't matched it for comfort.

Doesn't silk cling to the skin when wet? I wouldn't think it great for a
base layer in either hot OR cold weather.

Bill "super-models excepted" S.

Quoted message said:

Doesn't silk cling to the skin when wet? I wouldn't think it great for
a
base layer in either hot OR cold weather.

Nope. It's the best base layer. I have a couple of silk jerseys that I use as
undershirts on cold days. Works great.
Phil Brown

[email hidden] (wle) wrote in
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Quoted message said:

would it make any sense to have a silk layer
closest to your body to wick sweat?

just wondering, i have some old silk shirts.

wle.

Only if you don't mind severe overheating.
Silk won't let your body cool down and silk jersey could easily result in
heat stroke.
Check the Tour de France archives from the early/mid-thirties about this,
pretty self-evident stuff.

later

quote='Ronsonic'On 6 Oct 2004 21:01:44 -0700 said:

would it make any sense to have a silk layer
closest to your body to wick sweat?

just wondering, i have some old silk shirts.

Why not. Synthetics still haven't matched it for comfort.

Ron[/QUOTE]

It doesn't breath and is hot.
Even if it has good absorbing properties, I don't think you would want to wear something that further causes you to heat up in warm weather.

If it does have good wicking properties, maybe in cold rain conditions it might be good.

But for warm weather there are several synthetics that are both cool and have good wicking properties.