Touring Clothes

Peter Grange said:

Anyone have any recommendations for polo or T shirts which:

a) travel well in a pannier without excessive crumpling.

b) can be washed, by hand if necessary, and dried easily and don't need
ironing afterwards.

I'd recommend Marks & Spencers' travel t-shirts for general coolness,
packability, and ease of drying. I think the ones I use are from the
Blue Harbour range, and they may do other styles.

Downside is that they can get a bit smelly if worn while on the bike,
for roughly the same reason that certain jerseys can. For evening wear
they should be fine, though.

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Andrew Chadwick
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Peter Grange said:

Anyone have any recommendations for polo or T shirts which:

a) travel well in a pannier without excessive crumpling.

b) can be washed, by hand if necessary, and dried easily and don't need
ironing afterwards.

I'd recommend Marks & Spencers' travel t-shirts for general coolness,
packability, and ease of drying. I think the ones I use are from the
Blue Harbour range, and they may do other styles.

Downside is that they can get a bit smelly if worn while on the bike,
for roughly the same reason that certain jerseys can. For evening wear
they should be fine, though.

Thanks Andrew. I am normally dressed from head to foot in M&S clobber
(It's an age thing I think, or maybe just because I'm someone who lets
their wife buy their clothes), but for cycle touring I find their stuff
does crease up in the pannier.

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Peter Grange

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Peter Grange said:

Anyone have any recommendations for polo or T shirts which:

a) travel well in a pannier without excessive crumpling.

b) can be washed, by hand if necessary, and dried easily and don't need
ironing afterwards.

Rohan's "Polo Plus" are designed with exactly this in mind. Being
Rohan they are overpriced (normally £35) but they do come up in
their bargain bins every then and now and are /very/ good IME.
Since I got my first one I've added 4 more (all at substantially
less than RRP!) to the wardrobe because they're so comfy and work
so well, and they're my desfauly slumming about shirts all through
the year.

They also do the Jersey Polo which is made from a more T-shirty
weave. I prefer the standard model, but the jersey version has a
wee zip pocket and zip neck rather than a button neck and is a bit
lighter and a bit cheaper (though still a bit much out of the
bargain bin at £29), if any of those matter.

www.rohan.co.uk

Pete.

Thanks Pete, they look just what I'm looking for. Bum, I was in Covent
Garden last month. Probably will need to order off the net now.

Cheers,

pete
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Peter Grange