Here’s a fun one that more people should know. What triathlete simultaneously brought the tilted forearms (back) and sleeved tri suits to the masses? He wasn’t the first to use either, by the way.
Luke McKenzie and his second place finish at Kona in 2013?
Yep! Luke and his green suit, the making of which is a great story unto itself I should tell on this forum someday. Sleeves have been a necessary piece of kit ever since. Sorry about that everyone.
That was such a great example of the power of aero. Luke came out of the water with Faris Al-Sultan, they left T1 together, rode the exact same watts per kilo throughout, but Luke rode 7 minutes faster. He was just more aero. I got lucky with weather that day, so predicted his bike split to within 46 seconds. Haven’t been that close since at that distance.