What Wet Suit
OSR3
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Hi all
This is my first post.
Been training for the last 6 Months and entered by first Duathlon last week it went very well.
However to move forward to Triathlons i need to buy a Wetsuit.
What do you suggest and the best place to buy one.
Dive shop or surf shop?
This is my first post.
Been training for the last 6 Months and entered by first Duathlon last week it went very well.
However to move forward to Triathlons i need to buy a Wetsuit.
What do you suggest and the best place to buy one.
Dive shop or surf shop?
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Your best bet is a tri shop as they will stock tri specific suits...both surf and dive suits have different proporties that will make it difficult to swim at your best
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All stock a range. If you can get to the shop its better because you can try it on first...
Sizes vary and you need to try them on to see what a correctly fitting one feels like.
Blue70 seem to be doing the rounds at lakes (were at heron lake last weekend) and events with loads of suits to try and i think (stand to be corrected) that you can try orca suits at datchet lake (south west london)
madnurse
Does anyone know the 'rule' concerning wetsuits? Can you wear a cut off one (think they're called a shorty)? Triuk sell 'long john' types with the arms cut off.... are these legal or will I get told to go home if I wear one? or will I just freeze to death?!!
madnurse
This is good info to know I was curious, as have a QR quickJohn (no arms, and cut just above the knee, and 5MM thick all over). Only raced in Canada till now.
The advantages to a suit like this are that :
a) they're like half the price of the full suits
b) Much better range of motion - so for good suimmers, I think you will probably have a better time in one of these up to an Olympic distance, beyond that, probably good to get the full
c) Much easier to get on and off. Will save tiem in transition, since after you unzipp from bhind it literally slips off!!
d) Much better for warmer swims, where the full will make you too hot
e) Less closterphobic!
The only real disadvantage is for cold water consitions and if you get cold easily.
Thanks for reading!
The buy back option is a good one too. My wife just bought her first wetsuit at Royles and the staff were v helpful. Royles offer a 50% buyback and gave 10% off for doing one of their sponsored events (Deva Triathlon). The guy in the shop reckoned they had sold several hundred suits last and only had seven back!!