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 - $550.00
Former Member
I wonder for just 120$ can you get a LZR racer brief?
Cause the seams do look pretty cool (the only feature I actually like)..
what a disaster
it sure would suck if a shoe-in-swimmer had an equipment failure at Olympic Trials and failed to make the olympic squad because of that.
legskins or jammers might be a safer bet than a body suit
maybe double sided tape
Ande
I heard that, in his 1500 in Missouri, Tom Koucheravy's LZR suit "blew up like a parachute" and he didn't finish the race. I heard something similar happened to VanderKaay's suit as well. Makes you wonder whether the suit technology is really perfected ...
I heard that, in his 1500 in Missouri, Tom Koucheravy's LZR suit "blew up like a parachute" and he didn't finish the race. I heard something similar happened to VanderKaay's suit as well. Makes you wonder whether the suit technology is really perfected ...
I would guess that the loaner LZR suits took a beating, after being repeatedly put on and taken off by many different swimmers.
Yuck. I think I'd stick with my "slow" suit rather than wear a suit several other people had used!
We can now get sprayed on tans, will we be able to wear sprayed on swim wear. I think it would be a great idea if it could be done and not be too revealing.
Sports Illustrated has been doing this for years in the annual swimsuit issue, although the suits are handpainted as opposed to sprayed on. Works for me. At least for the women. Guys, not so much.
I heard that, in his 1500 in Missouri, Tom Koucheravy's LZR suit "blew up like a parachute" and he didn't finish the race. I heard something similar happened to VanderKaay's suit as well. Makes you wonder whether the suit technology is really perfected ...
Keep in mind that the 1500 was during Session 7, the last session, of the meet. And that most of those LZR suits were "loaners." Speedo was loaning them to swimmers to wear during their races. I know this because one of my teammates has two daughters who both swam in the meet. They put themselves on the "loaner" list but I don't think they got lucky enough to actually wear one of the suits. At least they weren't wearing them the day I was at the meet.
I would guess that the loaner LZR suits took a beating, after being repeatedly put on and taken off by many different swimmers.
Anna Lea
We can now get sprayed on tans, will we be able to wear sprayed on swim wear. I think it would be a great idea if it could be done and not be too revealing.
Did any of these suits ever win a race without a great swimmer in the suit.
nice thought.
well i could see a horrible swimmer winning last night at our Last Chance Meet. their were 10 heats, top 2 in each heat medal. the slowest heat for the 50 yard free was won by a 34 and 35. they could win and be pathertic. Also i hate that style of relay because then you get the "B***h" spot where youd smoke the prior heat and get gold but instead you get last in your heat and look bad to the spectators as well.
many swimmers tried on LZR's at the meet
I noticed several swimmers had zipper issues on the hineck LZRs they wore
where they pulled the zipper slider up then
zipper chain came apart beneath the slider
www.zippersource.com/.../definitions.asp
I helped 2 swimmers who's zipper chains came apart,
I muscle the zipper slide back to the BRIDGE STOP
if you order one be careful on sizes
swimmers tended best fit smaller sizes
I put on a pair of LZR leg skins but couldn't pull them up high enough and felt water come between the suit and my backside when I dove in