Skinsuits

smithaay

Just about to buy a club skinsuit but cant figure out if i should go for a short sleeved or a long sleeved?
so what do you wear??

oldwelshman

I wear short sleeve and arm warmers if weather cool.

SBezza

I prefer a long sleeve one, probably slightly more aero.

dru

I have a short sleeve version - but arm warmers made of the same material so any penalty is minimal

smithaay

Thanks for all your suggestions.
I think i might go for the short sleeve as then you have the option of buying some arm warmers on a colder day

Matt the Tester

go for a speedsuit

aye, good idea. last year i always wore short sleeved and went with arm warmers, generally unless it was stupidly hot kept armwarmers on. comfier

Monty Dog

Shave your arms if worrying about the need to go faster with short sleeves!

incog24

I think your skin will still tend to be slower than the material...The only reason to shave your arms would be to cool your arms down under a longsleeve suit!

sub55

I have a long sleeved assos skinsuit, fantastic bit of kit but surprisingly i find the sleeves bit cooler than my short sleeved ones. Probably all to do with the wicking effect.

oldwelshman

incog24 wrote:

I think your skin will still tend to be slower than the material...The only reason to shave your arms would be to cool your arms down under a longsleeve suit!

ffs you go that fast ? I shave my arms, nothing to do with speed more to do with crashing lol

briantrumpet

oldwelshman wrote:

I shave my arms, nothing to do with speed more to do with crashing

I don't shave my arms, because I'm sure I couldn't do it without crashing.

Mike67

briantrumpet wrote:

oldwelshman wrote:

I shave my arms, nothing to do with speed more to do with crashing

I don't shave my arms, because I'm sure I couldn't do it without crashing.

Try doing your legs..the b*ggers won't stop moving and the downhills aren't long enough

Seriously, am I going to get laughed off the track with my hairy limbs at my first race on Saturday?
Debating whether to have a hair removing exercise this afternoon or not.

To answer the OP, I prefer the long sleeve version, the short sleeves never feel quite right around my humungous (not) biceps

RideOnTime

briantrumpet wrote:

oldwelshman wrote:

I shave my arms, nothing to do with speed more to do with crashing

I don't shave my arms, because I'm sure I couldn't do it without crashing.

RideOnTime

SBezza wrote:

I prefer a long sleeve one, probably slightly more aero.

+1