You asked for it Tai! Here it is! The first two are brand spankin’ new products!
SKIN COOLER™ HELMET BEANIE Click here Brand New Coming July 10, 2007
SKIN COOLER™ BASE LAYER Click here Brand New and now instock, but selling fast!
COOLWINGS™ Click here
FORZA™ TRI JERSEY Made of SKIN COOLER™ Click here
ARM COOLERS™ Click here
OR just click on each image below!
Emilio,
I’ve tried the CoolWings and like them very much. How about some shorts (with side pockets) made out of the Skin Cooler material?
I have tested this already last year. The fabric is simply not supportive enough (I am talking support of the family jewels), so it ain’t going to happen anytime soon with the Skin Cooler fabric as is now. I am however designing a new weave to see how that works for future garments.
Is the beanie available for pre-order? It looks perfect for my bald head to help keep from getting the dreaded waffle tan.
I just got my coolwings in the mail. I’m going on a 4 hour ride on Sunday, I’ll let you know how they perform. I have serious problems with sunburning, so hopefully this + the standard SPF 60 shellacing will do the trick.
I’ve still got my race # from 2 weeks ago cooked into my shoulder.
Yes, it is available for preorder. In fact we are almost done sewing them, so they will probably ship monday or tuesday.
Yep, wear that sunscreen under them!
I have tested this already last year. The fabric is simply not supportive enough (I am talking support of the family jewels), so it ain’t going to happen anytime soon with the Skin Cooler fabric as is now. I am however designing a new weave to see how that works for future garments.
What if you made side panels out of it? and had the front/back panels of the short out of the cooler material?
Thought of that too. Again, the fabric is great for tops and sleeves and helmet beanies. Mixing fabrics of different stretch characteristics gets tricky and if it is not done properly, you get a garment that looks cheap and that wears out faster in the part that is more fragile. I think you will find that our Forza Tri Shorts are quite cool (temperature-wise) already.
Emilio - I own and like the length of the 400 mile bike short. Would the length of the 400 mile bike short be closer to the Forza or Vuelo?
Please send some of your innovative, forward thinking items to TTT for next year. My nipples still have not healed from that jersey we wore this year!!
Stuff looks great.
Closer to the Forza on the left.
definately going to have to get the coolwings or the arm coolers
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In fact we are almost done sewing them
I have this picture in my head of you frantically sewing with one hand and posting on Slowtwitch with the other. 
Pretty close. I do all that and I have a smile on my face at the same time. Life is good.
As always Emilio, you are the best!! Great products. I’ll be ordering a few things this evening when I get home.
Now here’s an idea for you. Can you combine your helmet beanie (both your Skin Cooler™ and your winter beanie) with this product for good protection from other hazards besides just UV radiation?
http://zapatopi.net/afdb/
Thanks for your kind words. If I make something like that, maybe it will double as a Dutch oven so I can bake cookies on my camping stove.