Re: [CR]RE: Wool cycle clothing sale

(Example: Racing:Beryl Burton)

Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 16:58:32 -0700
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]RE: Wool cycle clothing sale
References: <34.2b923008.2a885238@aol.com>


Tom Donahue wrote:
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> Jim cole wrote: "The stuff is nice, but it's only 50% wool."
>
> I bought a pair of shorts from Longs in the spring that were 80% wool. Nice
> fabric and thin chamois; I like them very much.

Yes, things used to be either 100% wool (shrank without much provocation) or they were 80/20, that is 80% wool and 20% acrylic (worked like wool but no shrinkage problem).

Chuck Schmidt SoPas, SoCal

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