Description
Description
The Athlex Flex V2 is Orca's most flexible women's triathlon suit, in Yamamoto neoprene with medium buoyancy - for swimmers who already hold a flat position on their own and want the suit to get out of the way of the stroke.
Who it's for
Every race where you want the suit to disappear. The Athlex Flex V2 is built around freedom of movement - it goes on, it stops mattering, and you get on with swimming.
Take this one if your stroke is already settled and what you want is a suit that does not fight it. If your legs drag and you want lifting, the Float is the better buy.
Buoyancy and flexibility
The priority here is a shoulder that moves with your catch and recovery instead of pulling against it. Shoulder restriction is what turns a 1500 m swim into an arm-burning grind, and it is the single most common complaint about a badly chosen suit.
Built from 95% neoprene with a 5% polyamide face - light, quick to get into, and slick enough through the water that you feel it off the start line.
Getting the size right
This is the decision that makes or breaks a wetsuit, so take your time over it.
Orca size on height and weight together, not on the shirt size you usually buy.
Snug everywhere is the target, with no slack pockets at the lower back or behind the knees. Getting into it on dry land should be a wrestle - that is what correct feels like, and it lets go the moment you start swimming. Between two sizes, take the smaller one: neoprene gives with wear, and a suit that starts loose flushes water through, which is what makes you cold rather than the water itself.
Water temperature range
As a guide, a full-sleeve triathlon suit like this is comfortable from about 15°C to 22°C - which is the water most Australian racing is held in, from early-season events through to the warmer end of summer.
Above roughly 22°C most races go non-wetsuit anyway, and a swimskin is the tool. Below 15°C, add a neoprene cap.
Looking after neoprene
Rinse it in fresh water after every swim - salt and chlorine both attack neoprene, and neither forgives being left on. Dry it in the shade or somewhere airy inside. Never in the sun: UV is what turns good neoprene hard and brittle, and one Australian summer on a fence will do it.
Hang it over something wide or fold it loosely, and never wring it out.
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