What's So Good About Merino Wool Cycling Jerseys?

Merino wool versus Lycra (or spandex) for cycling jerseys: which is better?

In this video I compare the two materials across a number of areas: performance, comfort, fit, cost and (importantly) how they look to the style-conscious road cyclist.

I also REVIEW the Vulpine Alpine jersey, a fine example of a well-made, performance-orientated merino wool cycling jersey*.

(*Disclaimer: sent to me for free to review; views are hopefully my own)

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[trick]

Good review, the more you wear merino the more you’ll find it your ‘go to’ particularly at less than 17°C. Should be worn in conjunction with a base layer. If there is wind around I just add a lightweight gilet, all way down to 4°C. At less than 9°C I wear a thicker merino base layer

[jeffparnell]

Fair, balanced assessment of merino. Although I will say, I've been caught out in some cool weather rainstorms, wearing a Rapha merino base layer, and it did keep a measure of the warmth in despite being soaked. Just my experience. Great record nonetheless.

[cheynisaville]

Love your video style and content. Personally as snazzy as modern Jerseys are I still love my marino Jerseys more from a pure fit and comfort point of view.

[FinelyChoppedHeaf]

Legend Mate, love the video style, doing some looking for wool kits and your review is great and very helpful.

[WildOutdoorLiving]

Just fyi Lycra is just called Lycra in the US. Love the review, as someone who now cares much more about comfort than speed, I have recently become very interested in wool clothing.

[daniflores]

I have a very unusual question!
I absolutely love how those glasses fit over your actual glasses. May I ask what they are called? also do you have a separate pair of glasses you bike with or are these your EDC glasses!? I don't bike at all and stumbled upon your channel searching for Merino wool opinions.
Great content! Hope you stay safe :)

[sheseltine]

Bike seems to be working well after the surgery! Nice jersey!

[mannyromero]

I ordered a Vulpino jersey and still waiting.. very long transit time to Australia compared to other UK suppliers ..tracking site is useless

[beachme]

Usually, I think you have great videos, but this just isn’t relevant to a S. Cal rider, it’s in the 90’s by the beach right now. I’ll have to wait for the next one.