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Rahzel
Nov 5, 09 12:21
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Why aren't wetsuits more colorful?
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Other than the
Promotion wetsuits
, it seems like most wetsuits are black black black. To me, I'd want my wetsuit to be colorful, both for visibility/safety concerns and vanity (e.g. so my friends/family can spot me more easily in the water at races, and so I can look cooler than everyone else).
Why is this? Are colored wetsuits more difficult to manufacture/maintain/market?
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desert dude
Nov 5, 09 12:27
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ahh the good old days of the Aleeda wet suit.
I think, if I remember correctly, it's bc they have to shave the top layer of the neoprene to get the colored dye to penetrate hence making it more porous.
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FJB
Nov 5, 09 12:59
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Maybe because there is too much colour in cycling jerseys that they want to balance things out.
djciii
Nov 5, 09 13:04
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because it is harder to cut the course, get your fins and swim the second lap with a colorful wetsuit...seems obvious to me
bermudabill
Nov 5, 09 13:12
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so when you are punching, clawing and swimming over someone it doesn't look like a person... more like a baby seal!
leavintown
Nov 5, 09 13:57
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go buy a surfing wetsuit! haha as long as you dont mind little to no mobility in your shoulders you can be anything from a zebra to a otter pop.
LazyEP
Nov 5, 09 17:26
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Why don't car tires come in color?
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runningfoo
Nov 5, 09 17:29
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A guy in the wave in front of me wore a wetsuit with red arms once. I kept mistaking him for the buoys and having to correct course.
cerveloguy
Nov 5, 09 17:52
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I don't get ti either. Everybody knows that red and yellow are the fastest colors.:-)
Darrell
Nov 5, 09 18:11
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The original DeSoto T1 was silver if I'm not mistaken.
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Titanflexr
Nov 5, 09 18:24
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The original DeSoto T1 was silver if I'm not mistaken.
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Yeah, it was offered in silver with pink lettering. It was great for helping my family spot me coming out of the swim.
QR also had one with a silver chest back in the day:
Fleck
Nov 5, 09 18:47
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We have added some very cool colours to the 2010 Nineteen wetsuit line. The suits are still for the most part black, but we have expanded the colour panels and accents in 2010 on both the Pipeline and Tsunami models. We are the only wetsuit company that offer a choice of two colours for men and women in wetsuits with our Pipeline model.
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desert dude
Nov 5, 09 19:04
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But now you've added a whole layer to the complexity of color coordinating your kit with your bike.
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snoots
Nov 5, 09 19:08
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Any customer can have any car painted any color they want, as long as it's black... Henry Ford.
Seriously, IMO, wetsuit manufacturers should resist the impulse to add multiple colours - it complicates the whole inventory system both at wholesale and at retail...
JoeO
Nov 5, 09 20:48
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At this point, I think I would actually prefer it (at least compared to the current situation) if all wetsuits, bikes and cycling/triathlon clothes were all one
dull
color. I will never understand why cyclists/triathletes need to dress up like superheroes.
(Or is it that the manufacturers feel the need to dress us up that way?)
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QRgirl
Nov 5, 09 21:31
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Who's that hottie?
MdotD
Nov 5, 09 22:02
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I watched a documentary on Great White sharks, and of all of the colors they baited, I think yellow got the most hits, so just make sure to keep away from that one and you'll be fine.
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bristri
Nov 5, 09 22:27
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I'm straight
, but this guy is kind'a the shit, eh? Rico suav'e, no:)
lhogben
Nov 5, 09 22:45
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We could start a movement...lunch counter sit in or maybe boycott a bus line.
QBall
Nov 6, 09 0:08
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IIRC - sharks are attracted to contrasting colors - so once you get the colored wetsuit, don't swim so close to me!;)
bmcmaster11
Nov 6, 09 3:39
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Just a guess: Black absorbs the most heat. The original point of a wet suit was to keep you warm. Then it changed to make you faster.
jaretj
Nov 6, 09 4:04
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I picked up a silver on off Ebay a year ago for something like $60.
I like the red Orca has in their suits. I think QR has Blue, Silver and Black in their suits, that looks really good to me.
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Boudreaux
Nov 6, 09 4:08
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hereyago....
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slowerthanslow
Nov 6, 09 4:27
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hereyago....
Is that Carrot Top on the far left? Had no idea he was in the sport!
snoots
Nov 6, 09 5:00
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hereyago....
The guy right in the middle CLEARLY has the coolest wetsuit - it's INVISIBLE... ;)
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