Everyone should start their dressing up for a mountain bike ride with a quality base layer.

The benefits of a technical top designed to be worn next to the skin are that a decent one will ‘wick’ away all your sweat, keeping your dry and therefore warm, especially handy in the winter but useful the year round.

We won’t go into the detail about the benefits of base layers, instead hop over to this article for our buyer’s guide. Then continue reading this article for six of the best currently available base layers.

dhb Corefit L/S Round Neck base layer £19.99

Proving that a base layer doesn’t have to be made from sheep wool to be effective, dhb’s value for money Corefit is made from a synthetic Nanobon fabric with good anti-bacterial and wicking properties.

The crew neck sits nicely below the collar line of any of our winter jerseys or jackets so not cause any chaffing on sensitive necks. All seams are flat-locked for comfort.

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