SWIMSKINS
ZIPPER
A swimskin’s zip is located on the back of the suit, and should be swift to unleash and free from chafing.
SLEEVE CHOICES
Swimskins are either vested or have elbow-length sleeves. The former should be freer of restriction, the latter more hydrodynamic.
CROTCH
Swimskins lack any form of bike pad like a tri-suit, but they can be worn over a tri-suit for short-course races on the bike and run.
appropriate for most UK races with an open-water start, a swimskin is for times when the water is too warm to be wetsuit-legal. Most likely this will affect those who race abroad, where there’s a much higher chance water temps will creep above the max legal limit for wetsuits (22°C for 1.5km swims and
