No. A couple of swims won't kill it (I use one in early season tris with pool swims), but regular swimming in it will kill the lycra. Rinse it in cold water after you're done.

Companies don't want you to swim in their trisuits in chlorinated pools because then people complain that their $200 trisuit died in a month.

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What he said. I swam in the pool in a tri suit I think about twice. And a wetsuit about two or three times. I rinsed them immediately. The tri suit I washed as soon as I came home because it stank of chlorine even after rinsing with fresh water. There were no obvious signs of damage or wear.

But do it 4 times a week for a few months and they'd get ruined.

Just got back home. Put it on for the last 20mins. Fits well and doesn't restrict my swim (yay!). Dried off freaky fast once I was out. Maybe 1-2sec faster per 100m than normal jammers.

very glad it worked out well.
and I confirm what the other guys were saying: an occasional exposure to chlorinated water is not going to harm the suit's qualities, as long as you rinse it off very well. our fabrics are extremely durable.
wish you a great racing season!

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For a second, I misread your post and thought that you were giving us details on exactly how fast it dried! haha

FDP = Functional Drying Power :)

I have used my ROKA swim skin in the pool a few times (just to get used to it). Same as others have stated, don't make a habit of it, make sure you rinse it out with cold water after, etc. Roka told me the same I believe.

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