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03-03-07, 08:07 PM
Okay, Okay, you've got me! I don't even know who "Baby" is, but now that I have your attention, I do have a rather newbie question that involves my back (yes, my real back). Coming from a cycling background, I'm used to a jersey that has pockets big enough to store food and drink for the ride, perhaps some winter provisions, a spare snack or two for 10 of my best riding buddies, a spare pump, Webster's dictionary, etc...and then in preparation for my first tri I buy tri specific apparel....
I feel underdressed here. Well, I don my new tri top and head out for an official training ride. Not sure how this thing is supposed to fit, but the folks where I bought it told me to go a size smaller than I would usually, to be sure I had a snug fit in the water, just be sure it doesn't hamper the breathing they said.
Anyway, here I go in my sleeveless-leave nothing to the imagination-top, and I realize that the small of my back is exposed. Now this in itself does not bother me, I feel secure in the small of my back, though I rarely see it I assume it is nice as smalls of the back go, and I trust none are terribly offended by it's visibility. But I digress, my question is - should a tri top fit like this?
I feel underdressed here. Well, I don my new tri top and head out for an official training ride. Not sure how this thing is supposed to fit, but the folks where I bought it told me to go a size smaller than I would usually, to be sure I had a snug fit in the water, just be sure it doesn't hamper the breathing they said.
Anyway, here I go in my sleeveless-leave nothing to the imagination-top, and I realize that the small of my back is exposed. Now this in itself does not bother me, I feel secure in the small of my back, though I rarely see it I assume it is nice as smalls of the back go, and I trust none are terribly offended by it's visibility. But I digress, my question is - should a tri top fit like this?