just got an email about preordering LZR's
for shipment around 6/30
the price list (below) seems too pricey for me
I think it would be good to figure out the ideal
performance vs value point for fastskins
I might order an FSII jammer and legskin
but hopefully it will make the others drop:
LZR Racer Male
Pre-order * LZR Racer Jammer - $290.00
Pre-order * LZR Racer Legskin - $350.00
Pre-order * LZR Racer High Neck Bodyskin - $550.00
LZR Racer Female
Pre-order * LZR Racer Recordbreaker Kneeskin - $425.00
Pre-order * LZR Racer Recordbreaker Bodyskin - $475.00
Pre-order * Female LZR Racer High Neck Bodyskin - $550.00
To accurately measure buoyancy, across different fabrics and designs, the material has to be saturated with water. If I throw my dry suit into the water, it floats initially. As it saturates, it sinks. Some fabrics retain air bubbles much more effectively than others. My Aquablade retains air bubbles for a minute or so after I jump in the water where my training suit saturates almost instantly. The buoyancy from air bubbles trapped in the fabric is fairly inconsequential compared with the buoyancy (or lack thereof) of the swimmer when you look at a jammer or a brief, but a whole body-suit with trapped air bubbles could indeed make a buoyancy difference.
I have a very difficult time believing that a technical suit reduces the drag over the bare skin of a swimmer in an amount significant enough for a .09 second drop. I don't know enough about human kinesiology and physiology to quantify the effects of compression on muscles. Perhaps that effect could make a difference that big. I know that I swim just as fast in my training suit as I do in my racing jammer. But that's probably because I'm not a great swimmer.
To accurately measure buoyancy, across different fabrics and designs, the material has to be saturated with water. If I throw my dry suit into the water, it floats initially. As it saturates, it sinks. Some fabrics retain air bubbles much more effectively than others. My Aquablade retains air bubbles for a minute or so after I jump in the water where my training suit saturates almost instantly. The buoyancy from air bubbles trapped in the fabric is fairly inconsequential compared with the buoyancy (or lack thereof) of the swimmer when you look at a jammer or a brief, but a whole body-suit with trapped air bubbles could indeed make a buoyancy difference.
I have a very difficult time believing that a technical suit reduces the drag over the bare skin of a swimmer in an amount significant enough for a .09 second drop. I don't know enough about human kinesiology and physiology to quantify the effects of compression on muscles. Perhaps that effect could make a difference that big. I know that I swim just as fast in my training suit as I do in my racing jammer. But that's probably because I'm not a great swimmer.
