Before I was a cycling journalist I was an exploration geologist. My first job out of University was a winter on a drill rig on the side of a Norwegian mountainside. It was FREEZING. Before I flew out I spent a couple of hundred great British pounds on wool. Merino socks, and Merino base layers. I used the base layers every day for five months straight, and so good were they that, ten years later, I’m still using them each winter for riding.
No, I don’t mean I’ve replaced them like for like. I mean the same item of clothing. The same base layer that I’ve happily used every winter for the last ten years is still going strong and I can’t recommend it more highly.
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