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title = "If You Wouldn’t Wear It to a Village Wedding, Don’t Wear It Bikepacking"
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date = 2025-04-28
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categories = ["Culture"]
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tags = ["bikepacking", "touring", "athlos", "gear", "merino-wool", "natural-fabrics", "bamboo"]
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slug = "ditch-the-lycra"
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image = "natural-fabrics-bikepacking.webp"
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description = "Why bikepackers should ditch Lycra for merino wool and bamboo. Natural fabrics breathe, wick, and ride better — and make you smell better too."
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keywords = ["bikepacking clothing India", "merino vs lycra cycling", "best fabrics for touring", "athlos clothing review", "natural fabrics for cycling"]
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Somewhere between the carbon bikes, the electrolyte gels, and the obsession with watts, cyclists forgot one simple truth:
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**Nobody wants to see your junk at 4000 meters.**
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Especially not a confused shepherd who’s just trying to mind his goats.
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You, standing there in head-to-toe neon, feel less like a traveler and more like a lost traffic cone.
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## Lycra Had Its Glory Days. Let’s Leave It There
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Lycra made sense when you needed to save half a second over 10 kilometers.
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It made sense when your enemies were headwinds and milliseconds.
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It makes *zero* sense when you're bikepacking across places where the closest thing to a podium is a rock and a curious yak.
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Rolling into a remote village dressed like a misfired superhero?
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Hard pass.
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## Natural Fabrics: Performance Without the Peacocking
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Turns out, nature was doing technical apparel before we invented marketing departments.
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### Why Merino Wins:
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- **Temperature Control:**
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Freezing descent? Sweaty climb? Merino adjusts faster than your Instagram feed.
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- **Wicks Like a Pro:**
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It pulls sweat off your skin, not traps it like synthetic sausage casings.
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- **No Funk:**
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Wear it three days in a row. Smell like a human, not a forgotten locker room.
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- **Soft As a Whisper:**
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Fine merino isn’t itchy. It’s so soft it might make your overpriced bib shorts cry.
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### Bamboo: Nature’s Secret Weapon for Bikepackers
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- **Natural Odour Resistance:**
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Forget daily laundry missions. Bamboo keeps you fresher, longer.
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- **Thermal Adaptability:**
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Hot days? Cool. Cold nights? Warm. Magic.
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- **Skin Feel:**
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Softer than polyester. Gentler than ego on a bad climb.
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## Bikepacking Isn’t a Race. Stop Dressing Like It
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When you’re on a loaded bike with 25 kilos of gear and an ambitious plan to cross three states, nobody cares about your aerodynamics.
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They care if you look like someone who belongs.
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Someone they can share tea with.
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Someone who doesn’t terrify the village children.
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Natural fabrics — merino, bamboo, organic cotton — let you blend in, breathe easy, and ride with actual dignity intact.
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We’ll be sharing more on bikepacking gear choices soon — stay tuned.
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## Riding Spiti with Athlos (Because We Also Have Standards)
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For our upcoming Spiti expedition, we're partnering with **Athlos** — because they understand that gear should work *with* the rider, not turn them into a mobile billboard.
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And importantly — the Athlos gear doesn’t just perform well. It *looks* right for the road too.
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Their muted colours, earthy tones, and subtle logos don’t scream for attention.
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They blend quietly into the landscapes we’re here to ride through — and respect.
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Learn more at [Athlos Gear](https://www.goathlos.com/).
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Merino baselayers, adventure shorts, convertible pants — designed to handle heat, cold, sweat, rain, and the occasional accidental nap in a roadside dhaba.
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Real clothes. Real roads. Real riding.
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## Final Word: Dress for the Ride You Actually Want
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Bikepacking isn’t about winning.
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It’s about arriving — a little dustier, a little wiser, a lot happier.
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Lycra? Great if you’re chasing KOMs.
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Out here?
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Choose fabrics that breathe, flex, and forgive.
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Choose clothes that work as hard as you do — without looking like you’re auditioning for a sci-fi movie.
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See you out there. Probably smelling a lot better.
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## Curious About Natural Fabrics?
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We're putting **Athlos** gear through the wringer in Spiti — from sweaty switchbacks to freezing nights under a thousand stars.
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**Stay tuned for the full lowdown. No sugarcoating. No performance charts. Just the truth, the gear, and the road.**
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*PS: No Lycra was harmed during the making of this article. Several egos might have been.*
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