recommend your tri top

[shorewife]

The one I have is too short and shows skin around my middle which I don't like and the other is baggy and if I don't wear a wetsuit in the swim I think it will create too much drag.  So if you wear a 2 piece tri suit that is form fitting but has decent coverage can you recommend it to me, and also where you bought it?

Thanks!!

[naldridge]

I have no real experience with tris or tri apparel but I noticed that there were tri tops at Kohl's last night. I have no idea about the quality of measurements but thought I'd make the public service announcement.

[kams]

I ADORE Soas kits. I also have a tyr top that is long. I think they just call it the competition top - it's got the accent color starting at the ribs and angling down to the bottoms.

[kams]

Ok - just double checked on tyr.com - it used to be the fitted tankini, and now it looks like the update is the carbon tank.

Every top I actually like I bought online (makes no sense). My others (craft & desoto) are both too short.

[trigal]

I have a DeSoto tri top that is long enough. I don't wear it much since I'm usually wearing my club kit (from Champion Systems, which is also longer), but I do like it!

[shorewife]

Thank you! The one I have that is too short is DeSoto and the one that's too baggy is Athleta. Maybe I'll try TYR next....

[Susie]

I have this TYR top:
www.swimoutlet.com/product_p/34834.htm#color=31554

It's long (as tri tops go) and snug.  I have a S; I am usually a S or M.  I am comfortable swimming in it w/o a wetsuit over it (and I am picky about drag), but I wish it was a little shorter.  I have a short torso and when I wear long tops they bunch at my middle.

I tried on but did not keep this Pearl Izumi top:
www.swimoutlet.com/product_p/45330.htm

It is about as long as the TYR, nicer fabric (IMO).  I have not swum in it, so I can't say how it does in the water.  I returned it because I was looking for something shorter than my TYR and this was not it.

I also have this Louis Garneau top:
www.swimoutlet.com/product_p/32960.htm#color=210

It is shorter, which I like.  But it BALLOONS in the water on me.  I would not rec it for swimming w/o a wetsuit over it.  I wore it for my HIM, because it was my most comfortable top for other reasons for the bike & run, but it annoyed me on the swim.  I have it in a M, not sure if S would've been better.  (It feels like it fits, it's just not quite snug enough at the top.)

[kams]

Yes - the first one Susie linked is the TYR one I was talking about.

And I have an Athleta one that is super cute, but way too baggy in the stomach for the swim (coconutbug has it & feels the same way, too). It's so cute, I usually wear it for paddling or swim lessons w/DD w/ a bikini bottom.