Originally Posted by
WhyFi
I'm not telling you that you're wrong about being comfortable in cotton. I'm telling you that your experiences with polyester don't match mine nor those of anyone that I've known that's worn a good quality jersey. Comfort is subjective, but the fact that my jerseys breathe and wick really, really well is not subjective - that I can sweat out liters and pull off a dry, salt-crusted jersey is a testament to that.
OK, I'm just not sure I'd find that's true for me if I went on a prolonged hunt for my perfect polyester.
Fabric doesn't "breathe" by the way. That's a metaphor.
Cotton wicks like crazy--that's why it gets wet. I don't know when this term came to mean its opposite.