RS-Taichi Cool Ride Inner Wear & Its Importance

One of the most effective kinds of gear, which can drastically improve your ride, is a kind of gear that usually gets overlooked!  I'm talking about inner wear, the stuff that goes under your jacket, suit, pants, helmet and even gloves.  Inner wear can be used to stay cool or keep warm depending on the conditions; in this post I will touch on just the keeping cool kind since this is actually the most effective in terms of being specific to that purpose.

So why is this kind of gear so important?  Well it all comes down to comfort; the more comfortable you are on your bike, the more you can enjoy the ride, maintain your focus on the road, and keep riding!  Let's say for example its a hot day out at the track, or on your favorite canyon road.  Of course since you are wearing all your protective gear you are going to get warm and sweat.  As you go on your ride, the sweat will start to build up and your jacket, suit or whatever you have on will begin to stick to your skin, reducing movement and creating a nasty damp feeling around you.   Your body temperature will rise, and you will begin to fatigue, at this point your focus is no longer 100% on the road since now you are fully conscious of your discomfort.   Needless to say, this is not the most ideal way to ride.

The great thing is that there is gear available to greatly reduce these effects of warm weather riding.   RS-Taichi has been an industry leader in performance inner wear with their Japanese made line of Cool Ride products.  RS-Taichi uses a special fabric called Technofine, which is much different than other kinds of inner wear you may have seen at sporting goods stores.   Technofine is made especially for wicking moisture away from your skin and creating a cooling effect as it evaporates away.  Its actually very impressive how quickly Technofine can dry off completely!  Furthermore, this elastic material is super soft to the touch and is stitched together using flat seams making it extremely comfortable to wear, its something you have to feel for yourself to appreciate.

Let's go back to that hot day but this time you are wearing RS-Taichi Cool Ride gear.   As you set off and begin to sweat, you are not even aware of moisture on you because its being absorbed and evaporated off your skin, and you actually begin feel a cooling sensation as air passes through your perforated gear.  The ultra soft Technofine material allows you to move freely in your suit or jacket because its sliding under your liner with hardly any friction.   You are cool, calm and collected, and realize you just passed a bunch of people who haven't yet discovered the benefits of Cool Ride.

I invite you to take a look at our RS-Taichi Inner Wear section at www.cyclesector.com and check out the Cool Ride gear.  We are confident you will absolutely love this stuff!  If you have any questions please contact me at diego@cyclesector.com.