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CYCLING BASE LAYERS

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Worn as the first layer next to the skin, a base layer should be worn all year and changed with the season, with the aim of properly regulating your temperature. From ascending snow capped mountains in scorching temperatures, to ploughing through wintry snow, a base layer is a ride essential.

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Man made or a natural fibre?

Popular models can be made from either highly technical man made fabrics which do perform extremely well, or from a light weight merino wool. However, their role is the same, to either keep you cool or warm depending on the conditions whilst pulling sweat away from your body. Within cycling there is much debate over which is the better option, but rather than getting involved in that, our advice would be to wear the material you have historically preferred, and which appeals to you as a cyclist and suits the conditions in which you ride.

A word about fit

If there is one item in your cycling wardrobe who's performance is drastically affected by fit, it is the cycling baselayer. It is simply essential that the baselayer sits directly against the rider's skin where it can work to move sweat away from the body in order to properly regulate core temperature. A baselayer that is loose will simply not function. Keep it fitted, keep it working!

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Craft Active Extreme Short Sleeve Base Layer 2013
Craft Active Extreme Short Sleeve Base Layer 2013
£31.66 £25.33
The Craft Active Extreme Short Sleeve Base Layer, made of a thin, lightweight and extremely elastic fabric, is a Craft staple and true rider favourite. Evolving from the Zero Extreme model, it features a hexa-channeled fiber which drives moisture transport. On the outside, a hollow fibre further enhances moisture movement, whilst CoolMax Extreme Fresh FX fabric keeps smell and odour away. Worn as the first layer on the bike, the Craft Active Extreme constantly works to balance your temperature. Whether you need a quick cool down after an exhaustive mountain ascent, or pure cool weather ...
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Craft Active Extreme Crew Neck Base Layer 2013
Craft Active Extreme Crew Neck Base Layer 2013
£35.00 £28.00
The Craft Active Extreme Crew Neck Base Layer is a proven rider favourite, and one that is designed to keep you dry and fresh throughout any ride in fair to cool conditions.Made from a thin, lightweight and extremely elastic fabric that is channel stitched with two high-tech polyester fibres, the Active Extreme provides a hexa-channeled fiber against the skin, and on the outside, a hollow fibre designed to promote transport of moisture to the next layer. For cool club runs, training rides or even activities off the bike where a warming, temperature adaptable first layer is called for, ...
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Craft Zero Extreme Long Sleeve - Women
Craft Zero Extreme Long Sleeve - Women
£25.00
Craft's Zero Extreme LS Base Layer for Women is renowned in both cycle and run circles for both incredible comfort and performance. It all starts on the inside with a hexa-channeled fiber construction that enhances moisture transport and which cools the body down. On the outside, a hollow fibre offers isolation as well as transport of moisture to the next layer, whilst CoolMax Extreme Fresh FX fabric keeps smell and odour away.Comforts your body in zones you need itSoft and breathable crewneckSeamless torsoErgonomic fit with long sleevesThin, lightweight and extremely elasticFlatlock ...
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Craft Warm Short Sleeve Base Layer
Craft Warm Short Sleeve Base Layer
£50.00 £45.00
Designed for the very coldest conditions, the Craft Warm collection is the range to choose from when cold rides in hostile environments are on the cards. Made from a very clever seamless 3D knit thermal yarn, the whole base layer is mapped to provide more fabric in places where it's needed, and less where it's not. Sounds simple of course, but the reality is that you don't need the same thermal protection under your arms as across your chest. The secondary benefit is cooling - even in cold conditions you can get pretty warm on the bike, and here, the mapping comes to the fore to cool ...
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Craft Warm Long Sleeve Base Layer
Craft Warm Long Sleeve Base Layer
£54.16 £48.74
Designed for the very coldest conditions, the Craft Warm Long Sleeve Base Layer is the model to choose when cold rides in hostile environments are on the cards.Made from a very clever seamless 3D knit thermal yarn, the whole base layer is mapped to provide more fabric in places where it's needed, and less where it's not. Sounds simple of course, but the reality is that you don't need the same thermal protection under your arms as across your chest. The secondary benefit is cooling - even in cold conditions you can get pretty warm on the bike, and here, the mapping comes ...
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