The earth is our home and our responsibility — and we must do our part to protect it.
Cycling, reducing car travel, is not only good for the air and reducing carbon emissions, it’s also good for our health.
And riding clothes can better protect their body when riding.
Cycling wear refers to professional sportswear worn when riding a bicycle or motorcycle.
Cycling clothing can be divided into narrow sense “cycling clothing” and broad sense “cycling clothing”. Generally speaking, “cycling clothing” is bicycle clothing, excluding motorcycle clothing. Generally called motorcycle riding clothing “rider clothing” or “racing clothing”.
Motorcycle clothing and bicycle clothing have their own focus. The main purpose of motorcycle riding clothing is windproof and protection. The main purpose of cycling clothing is to be comfortable, focusing on the performance of quick drying, high elasticity, heat preservation and perspiration. The requirements for protective performance are weaker than motorcycle clothing.
The fabric is also very different, motorcycle riding clothes with fur, PU as the main materials, with sponge, silica gel as protective ingredients, relatively thick. Cycling clothes are made of polyester and lycra, which are light, fast drying and high elastic.
The cycling clothing fabric is characterized by functionality, protection, closeness and comfort. The improved polyester fiber is not only strong, elastic, extensibility, wear resistance and durable; And the use of capillary action, with good air permeability and perspiration, can quickly discharge a lot of sweat, keep dry body surface.
Due to the close-fitting wearing of cycling underwear, the comfort of the fabric is very high. When the weather is cold, polyester fabrics with good thermal insulation and good ventilation are usually selected. In warmer weather, lightweight fabrics that are sweaty, breathable, easy to wash and dry quickly become the preferred choice, such as mesh polyester fabric. Many companies also focus on sterilization and deodorization. In 2004, a cycling fabric company launched Effect, a deodorant fiber that adds invisible silver ions to polyester fibers to effectively reduce bacterial growth in underwear.
The biggest characteristic of road cycling clothing fabric is to pay attention to protection, close-fitting and comfort, and add some details of the design.
The improved polyester fabric not only has high strength, but also is good for capillary action.
Cool-max, developed by DuPont, is the most popular cycling clothing fabric. It is super moisture and breathable, and has many functions of quick drying, anti-wear and anti-uv. It can also regulate body temperature by rapidly draining hot and humid air out of the body. Experiments have proved that maintaining an appropriate body surface temperature can enhance the vitality of muscles and relieve fatigue. Ho-cooling, a high-skilled cD-type polyester fiber manufactured by Taiwan Ho-cooling, is a long fiber yarn modified into cross-sectional fiber. The fiber channel structure is used to achieve drainage effect. Not only can quickly absorb moisture and sweat on the skin surface, but also can immediately drain to the outer layer of evaporation, keeping the body surface dry and comfortable, with the effect of regulating body temperature.
When the weather is cold, cycling jackets should be made of fabrics with good perspiration, air permeability and warmth retention, usually with fleece fabric on the back. Such as: Revi company launched PaveFleece, flat front, suitable for thermal sublimation transfer printing; Fleece on the back, warm and comfortable, best for cold weather cycling.
The elastic lycra fabric adheres to the skin, reducing friction between legs and cycling pants and preventing chafing on the inner thighs. For example, the printable polyester/Lycra warp knitted fabric developed by Revi is suitable for heat transfer printing and integrates aerodynamic principles. It is very suitable for high-speed cycling and has good perspiration and air permeability. Revi’s heavy-duty nylon/Lycra warp knitted fabric, for example, also has good perspiration and air permeability, making it better for cold weather.
Due to the high risk of road cycling, reflective materials and reflective words are not only decoration, but also an indispensable “night vision identification” design for cycling sports equipment. To prevent injuries to cyclists by vehicles at night. Most of the traffic accidents in China happen at night, and more than 92% of the injuries caused by cars to cyclists are caused by cyclists not having night vision equipment. For example, the reflective materials used in the design of Dutch cycling clothes are “American 3M 500 bead vision Li” reflective series, the visual distance is more than 300 meters, which can effectively prevent the danger of riding.
The size of the biking suit is very important. Biking suit is a professional thing. It’s either watermelon or watermelon. So when choosing cycling clothes, be sure to choose professional ones. And professional cycling clothes in the version of the aspect of considerable research. It’s very detailed.