Re: SHIRTS: Which One Is Best ??

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On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 16:46:44 -0400, in rec.bicycles.tech "Maple Tree"
<none@none.com> wrote:

>Hi, for hot weather is there a particular company that is producing the best
>material and shirts for road racing/touring ?
>
>Thanks

I'm interested in the replies. I would add one constraint: it can't
look silly! I have to be able to wear it into lecture without feeling
like my students are all laughing at me.

Jones

On Jun 17, 8:00 am, !Jones <h...@there.org> wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 16:46:44 -0400, in rec.bicycles.tech "Maple Tree"
>
> <n...@none.com> wrote:
> >Hi, for hot weather is there a particular company that is producing the best
> >material and shirts for road racing/touring ?
>
> I'm interested in the replies. I would add one constraint: it can't
> look silly! I have to be able to wear it into lecture without feeling
> like my students are all laughing at me.

You must be new to the world of the Beau Brummels. Fashion is
_supposed_ to look silly. People are _supposed_ to laugh and point at
you. How else would you know they're watching?

Once you get over your shyness about fashionable shirts, you should,
ahem, branch out into fashionable trousers and pants. Here is one
bloke that would be quick on the poke due to his very fashionable
leggings.
http://www.amazing-planet.net/slike/underwear/codpiece.jpg

R
RBR Fashion Columnist and Fop

!Jones wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 16:46:44 -0400, in rec.bicycles.tech "Maple Tree"
> <none@none.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi, for hot weather is there a particular company that is producing the best
>> material and shirts for road racing/touring ?
>>
>> Thanks
>
> I'm interested in the replies. I would add one constraint: it can't
> look silly! I have to be able to wear it into lecture without feeling
> like my students are all laughing at me.
>
> Jones
>

The best material I have used is Coolmax. I typically just wear Coolmax
t-shirts. I have a drawer full of conventional jerseys that I stopped
wearing long ago. Coolmax t's used to be available for $10 or so, but
they last so long I haven't bought any new ones in years. I found a
Coolmax polo shirt at an outdoor store, looks like any other polo shirt
but doesn't get soggy like cotton ones.

In article <el9f54lndga2dldft5kk9j6c5gcdlgaibm@4ax.com>,
!Jones <hi@there.org> wrote:

> On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 16:46:44 -0400, in rec.bicycles.tech "Maple Tree"
> <none@none.com> wrote:
>
> >Hi, for hot weather is there a particular company that is producing the best
> >material and shirts for road racing/touring ?
> >
> >Thanks
>
> I'm interested in the replies. I would add one constraint: it can't
> look silly! I have to be able to wear it into lecture without feeling
> like my students are all laughing at me.

Remember Meg Ryan to Tom Hanks in Joe versus the Volcano?

"That outfit's wearing you, Felix"

Stand up straight.
Be comfortable in your own skin.
Wear clothes you like.
You will be in style.

Find a good tailor.
Have him fit your jackets and trousers for you,
including the ones you own now.
Do not allow the store fit your clothes.

--
Michael Press

In article
<9757bbc2-3e58-439e-b089-74b35d272ea3@27g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>,
RicodJour <ricodjour@worldemail.com> wrote:

> On Jun 17, 8:00 am, !Jones <h...@there.org> wrote:
> > On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 16:46:44 -0400, in rec.bicycles.tech "Maple Tree"
> >
> > <n...@none.com> wrote:
> > >Hi, for hot weather is there a particular company that is producing the best
> > >material and shirts for road racing/touring ?
> >
> > I'm interested in the replies. I would add one constraint: it can't
> > look silly! I have to be able to wear it into lecture without feeling
> > like my students are all laughing at me.
>
> You must be new to the world of the Beau Brummels. Fashion is
> _supposed_ to look silly. People are _supposed_ to laugh and point at
> you. How else would you know they're watching?
>
> Once you get over your shyness about fashionable shirts, you should,
> ahem, branch out into fashionable trousers and pants. Here is one
> bloke that would be quick on the poke due to his very fashionable
> leggings.
> http://www.amazing-planet.net/slike/underwear/codpiece.jpg
>
> R
> RBR Fashion Columnist and Fop

The damn things are made out of jute.

--
Michael Press