It protects your head from sunburn.

Get the practicality of during a race, still looks dumb
Have a scroll here;

http://www.triathlete.com/...gas-contenders_61380

Looking dumb and not racing.

I LOVE oversized trucker hats.

  

1) Wide rims
2) Wide tires
3) Pressfit bottom brackets
4) "Recovery" anything -- boots, gloves, drinks......
5) Compression anything
6) Ceramic anything -- except coffee mugs
7) Dimpled anything

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minimalist shoes
maximalist shoes
arm coolers
brain doping
cortisol blocking mouthguard
aero pedals
base salt
Oakley thumps
oval chain rings
aero chain rings
short cranks
power cranks
rotor cranks
compact cranks
oversized derailleur pulleys
beam bikes
most coaches
most bike fitters
total immersion swimming

Good grief, no one has mentioned guys going shirtless while wearing Speedos on the bike and run (or even during the swim for that matter). Thank goodness those days are past.

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"Human existence is based upon two pillars: Compassion and knowledge. Compassion without knowledge is ineffective; Knowledge without compassion is inhuman." Victor Weisskopf.

Nope, and why? I continue to use multiple times per week. Sure has not hurt my run. I looking forward to seeing the new model they are working on and or have out.

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Lions don't lose sleep worrying about the sheep

people can hate on trucker hats all they want. but on a hot day, they are awesome.

i left my hat at home for a race last year. i was frequenting this awesome juice/organic food shop the week leading up to imchoo. i decided i wanted to support them and they only had "trucker" hats. i picked the lightest color one i could buy and realized it was a pretty good hat for racing. the back half was mesh, so i could actually get cold water onto my hair/head. the front 2 panels were a thin foam layer that would retain cold water.

i have since used that hat every race. at first, i was worried i would look stupid, then i thought about the "st hate" i would get. then i realized i don't give a rats ass what anyone on here thinks of me.

not everyone wears a trucker hat for the "look". i know i look stupid in mine, but on a hot day, i'll save 15 minutes or more because i can stay cool.

Ironman

Compression anything really, but they do make me look good

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how do you know that they have not hurt your run?

this is the trainwreck I was hoping for, carry on.

Now comes the inevitable post listing his USAT rankings and run accomplishments. You had to go there.

I'm too cheap to buy one of these so I just cover my mouth with my hand when I run and seem to get the same benefits...

https://www.trainingmask.com/how-training-mask-works

that must be the most aero trucker hat ever to save you 15 minutes on the run

Damn! You beat me to it.

How about (in no particular order):

Ironman tats
Kenny Glah or Kenny Souza (sorry, had to call you two out)
Tri Fed
JDiscs (although I still wish I had one)
Leon's QEM (the race was good, the QEM not so much)

HMMMMM, are you sure?! I sent my cranks back to them for repair in May. I have a confirmed receipt for May 15th. Crickets since then. Multiple emails and ST PM and nothing. Seems to me they are OUT OF BUSINESS or their customer service is worse than another MFG that I know.

Tuck in your ears so you don't get a sunburn

Hello Hydrosloth and All,

The word 'placebo' means .... I will ..... or I shall be .... I shall please ....

As Tug McGraw said ..... 'Ya gotta believe'

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK11141/

Excerpt:

"The reality of the effect is undisputed."

"The mechanisms of pain amelioration on the battlefield, in acupuncture anesthesia, and with hypnosis are presumably related. Although the mechanisms by which the brain affects the perception of pain are only beginning to be understood, the effect is neither magical nor a sign of a suggestible intellect. In short, the placebo effect is quite real."




So if you can believe in a fads or fraud you've got your game on .......

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Cheers, Neal

+1 mph Faster

Does Lance Armstrong count? Cause he was a triathlete first.

I have one very similar to that on my wrist right now.

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"They're made of latex, not nitroglycerin"

Kenny Glah? I would say he has stood the test of time pretty well.

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Slowtwitch

Carbo loading and Bee Pollen.

Seat shifter was a fad that worked, but was quickly out of favor once 80 degree bikes were the norm.

Rear bladders were around for a bit, until every figured out they were Petri dishes inside after holding all that drink shit leftover in your garage for a couple months.

Day glow clothing was quite the fad in the 80's

Altitude tents also were fashionable for a bit, until most realized that sleeping at 10k to15k feet hurt your recovery and sleep, and really didn't grow many more red blood cells.

Some of the biggest frauds were actual races like Bahamas triathlon and a few others that skipped out on paying prize money after the event was over. A few were not even held(sans refunds of course) I'm sure you all could start a list here on those races in your areas and decades.

But the single biggest fraud in the sport was the JDAVID triathlon team. A team in the 80's of a lot of the best pros of the time, fully funded, huge stipends, first class travel, and all built on the backs of unsuspecting investors who got caught up in one of the largest ever pyramid schemes of the times. Even a lot of the athletes being newly flush in $$ had money invested. Took 6 or 7 years, but the gig was finally up when it was in the 100's of millions. Of course many have now surpassed this fraud, but this one was big for its day, and had a huge triathlon component tied to it. If you can find the book, Captian Money and the Golden Girl, that lays out the whole story and timeline..