At the TYR site is a short flash movie of the new TYR Tracer Light. According to the athletes on the video;Larsen Jensen, Amanda Weir, they hint that it is water proof since it dries so fast [Link]All of the above pimp it quite solidly with comments about how light, how smooth, how water repellent it is and fast. I am not paid to pimp TYR but the athletes on their payroll are. I wear TYR because their suits have proven demonstrably faster than Speedo for me. In fact, I am giving my Speedo leggings away after setting three personal bests in a TYR at the SPMA Bellmont SCM Championship meet this past weekend.
11 comments:
Where can you buy the Tracer Light Tyr racesuits? I have searched all over the internet and had no luck.
The TYR Tracer Light is not for sale yet. I don't know when it will be. You would think they would have it available for Christmas but that does not look to be the case.
The previous TYR Aquashift suit was a product designed by the "Center for Research and Education in Special Environments"(CRESE). CRESE has done work for the Navy Seals, NASA, the NIH, SONUS Pharmaceuticals and many other organizations.
The science is rock solid. So solid that FINA has declared the 'trip wires' on a swim suit unacceptable, hence TYR had to develop this new tracer light.
My opinion is that the Aquashift may be a faster suit than the Tracer Light. TYR will have to convince me that the technology is as rock solid as the Aquashift before I go out and buy.
Hmm...I think this Spring I'm going to take the plunge and buy one of those special speed suits. I was swimming with a Speedo Aquablade Brief suit but moved over to the Speedo Fastskin Brief for Nationals this past year. I keep seeing more and more people wearing at the least the pants so I think that is my next purchase
Joel, I am writing a post about your fly and I am including a photo of you as well.
I may buy an AquaShift long john since the USMS does not declare them illegal.
I wrote a piece on new swimsuit technology for school back in 2004. I put it up on the web here: http://www.merritr.com/article/index.html
It is a little outdated now as the manufacturers have some new suits available. However, if anything the technology has gone backwards from FINA's intervention since 2004 rather than forwards.
I believe I read this article when I was researching suits a while back.
If the white papers don't support the new TYR Trace Light, I am going to find an "old" Aquashift and buy one. The Aquashift is not illegal in the USMS, just FINA.
Currently I am using an Aquashift brief and Jammer. I am giving my Speedo Fastskin Leggings away.
This is my favrite quote: The application of a small roughness patch on a blunt body alters the pressure gradient and thus pushes the flow into turbulent behavior and reduces the pressure drag force (White 480). An example of adding roughness to a body can be observed on a golf ball. The dimples on a golf ball are there to ensure that the ball experiences a turbulent flow while it travels through air, thus ensuring a longer traveling distance due to the diminished drag force.
Coming at you from the multisport world here...
XTERRA http://www.xterrawetsuits.com
and
Blue Seventy http://blueseventy.com
Both have developed skinsuits/fastskins made with an outter coating of Nano-Scs Neoprene.
I am sponsored by XTERRA as well as TYR... i haven't been able to dig up anything on the new suit just yet (they're being mum) but I'd take a guess that since B70 has gained FINA approval for their suit for Bejing that TYR and Speedo will be releasing neoprene coated swim suits soon as well. I can say this... the neoprene suit is like a hot knife thru butter. Nothing out there that is currently FINA legal can even come close to comparing.
Cheers
Nano-Scs Neoprene has air bubbles in it, hence, FINA won't allow it.
My reference: "2xu v:1 wetsuit utilises nano scs giving the wetsuit an extra 4% buoyancy over the standard scs. The underwater coefficient of dynamic friction of the scs nanoskin. Less friction= more speed."
http://www.nice2tri.com/
2xu-the-theory.php
Any suit that adds buoyancy is illegal.
FINAs rule SW10.7 states: "No swimmer shall be permitted to use or wear any device that may aid his speed, buoyancy or endurance during a competition"
That includes a suit with scales neoprene, tripwires like the TYR Aquashift etc.
I should restate... the coating is Nano SCS which coats wetsuits... in these suits the neoprene is only .02 to .04 mm thick. Basically nothing. The buoyancy rule has been taken into effect. At the most recent Ironman World Championship all suits were tested to ensure that there was neutral or negative buouancy in the suit.
As for the neoprene suits receiving fina approval...
http://www.slowtwitch.com/Products/Blue_Seventy_s_pointzero3_swim_skin_gets_FINA_approval._108.html
http://www.trifuel.com/news/2007/11/06/blueseventy-s-pointzero3-swim-skin-approved-by-fina
At XTERRA we're not jumping on the 5k 10k Bejing open water swim wagon... our focus is still Triathlon. I eagerly await seeing what speedo and TYR have in store... as well as Adidas etc. Seems everyone is playing catch up now.
Looking to purchase the TYR aquashift legskin in 32 black and royal blue Any idea where I can get a few pairs? Thanks
Post a Comment