Originally Posted by
livedarklions
Probably depends on a lot of things. Any latex, and I'm itching more than possibly could be caused by sweat.
I think there may be more than one group here--people who know they'll suffer, people who think they might suffer, and people who are fine without the special clothes. I also think there's a lot more riding being done by that third group than people on BF might suspect. We get stuck in our atypical sample of cyclists here.
The winter is what led me to wearing cycling clothig. I was commuting to work in street cloths. And even in winter I'd sweat some. I was wearing jeans or dockers....and then: the wind would come through, hit the sweat, and I'd be freezing extra. So I got some cycling tights. And they were a revelation. Next summer, I gave cycling shorts a try: and suddenly, despite all my previous desire to never wear them, felt liberated.