True story: a triathlon friend of mine qualified for the biathlon (run-bike-run) world championships, or some such. Since he was "representing the US" in some sense, he had to wear their get-up. The "uniform" was a tri-kini made of the FS-II material.
Now, first of all, I think tri-kins are pretty darn funny-looking. But neither one of us could figure out why it had to be made of a swimming "high-tech" material for an event in which no one was swimming. He claimed it was pretty godawful-uncomfortable to ride in, too.
The only thing we could figure is that Speedo ponied up some money to be the team sponsor.
These FSII suits, or their material, have also been used in Olympic Bobsledding.
www.usatoday.com/.../2005-11-30-speedo-usat_x.htm
True story: a triathlon friend of mine qualified for the biathlon (run-bike-run) world championships, or some such. Since he was "representing the US" in some sense, he had to wear their get-up. The "uniform" was a tri-kini made of the FS-II material.
Now, first of all, I think tri-kins are pretty darn funny-looking. But neither one of us could figure out why it had to be made of a swimming "high-tech" material for an event in which no one was swimming. He claimed it was pretty godawful-uncomfortable to ride in, too.
The only thing we could figure is that Speedo ponied up some money to be the team sponsor.
These FSII suits, or their material, have also been used in Olympic Bobsledding.
www.usatoday.com/.../2005-11-30-speedo-usat_x.htm
