- Are pulling out the wetsuit cement!
(whooshing)
- Serious talks about our relationship.
(whooshing)
Evening ride, I see trophies.
(whooshing)
Good morning Trainiacs!
After a long swim yesterday, the patch job
that I did on the ol' ROKA wetsuit,
it didn't hold up very much.
So, today
we are pulling out the wetsuit cement.
Okay, I'm gonna show you something now
and you might want to put the kids away for this,
because it's quite graphic.
Are you seeing how this wetsuit looks?
You see all of these holes here?
That's basically like a wind scoop,
well, a water scoop, so it ends up creating drag,
you end up carrying more water
in your wetsuit than you should be,
which ends up slowing you down.
So, when you start getting holes in your wetsuit,
you wanna plug those up.
So the way to plug up a wetsuit
is get yourself some seal cement.
Lay out the wetsuit perfectly flat,
because this cement is gonna come out like a liquid.
Basically, what you do with the liquid,
is you fill up the holes,
and that's if there's still a membrane on the inside
and it's not a hole the entire way through,
but assuming that that membrane
on the inside is still intact,
you just fill up the hole
and let it bubble over the sides of the hole
so that it comes over the edge.
If there's any additional bubbling,
and it doesn't seem even,
you get yourself this nice little brush
that you brush into the side so that it's smooth
and as you're going and rubbing,
it's not going to rub off so instantly.
(upbeat jazz music)
Oh, she's coming out quick!
Wipe off the little tip of this,
so that it doesn't dry up and seal on you,
and then brush the edges smooth.
So once you've got that first coat on,
you've gotta let it dry for about five to 10 minutes,
and what's gonna happen is it's
all gonna settle in to all the cracks.
And because it's settled in,
it's gonna be a really, really thin layer
and then we want to put another layer
overtop to seal that first layer in.
If there had been a cut the entire way through,
what you want to do is get a little bit of membrane,
a little bit of membrane that
you tack on with the cement on
the inside of the wetsuit first.
So that you don't have this harsh cement
digging in and cutting your skin,
and then you flip it inside-out and then do this process.
Dry time.
Still just a little damp, but while we do that,
there's a cut in the knee that I also want to fix.
See, its tiny little fingernail cuts like this
happen when you're pulling on the wetsuit
and you dig your fingernail in.
I recommend that you either pull
the wetsuit on from the inside of the wetsuit,
so that you're not tearing at the rubber,
or you grab the wetsuit with your fingertips
and make sure that you don't grab it with your fingernails.
But if you do end up getting a little
fingernail-sized cut like this,
take the rubber and open up
and just put a little dab in,
put it back down and let it squeeze out,
and again, smooth it over.
You want as few edges on your suit as possible,
'cause edges are what catch,
edges are what get sharp, edges are what rubs.
There we go, nice and smooth.
By now it's been about seven minutes
that we've let this sit,
so it's starting to settle into
the holes that you can see.
What we're gonna do is just top that up,
so that it gets to the top of the hole
and you can't se the edge of the hole.
You're not gonna have to squeeze the tube very much,
because it is such a liquid substance
that it basically just falls out.
And if you start squeezing right from the start,
you're gonna have a whole lotta rubber coming out.
Okay, there you go.
Two applications,
grand total of about 50 minutes of work.
And while your wetsuit isn't gonna look beautiful,
and brand spanking new like the day
you brought it off the showroom floor,
it's at least gonna function better.
Keep that water out of your wetsuit
by sealing up all those holes.
Take a look at your suit every single swim
and see if there are any little holes building up
that you can attend to with something
as simple as this, with small little cuts.
And hopefully if you can address them early,
they're not gonna become big cuts.
There we go.
Now I think it's new jeans day.
Can you tell by my face
how much I like shopping for clothes?
Where on my list of most liked things
that I do is clothes shopping?
- Bottom.
- Bottom?
What would it be similar to?
- Serious talks about our relationship.
- Do you wanna go have one now?
Instead of going clothes shopping?
So this is stop one, at this point
I'm kind of, I'm excited.
- No your not. That's a lie.
- No, that's typical.
But it only lasts about three minutes.
- It lasts one pair of pant.
(upbeat energizing music)
- Alright.
Stop one. Total bust.
In and out in five minutes.
If there's anything I've learned
about myself and clothes shopping,
it's that we gotta be quick.
If I'm not getting gratification right away,
I gotta get out.
'Cause I've got maybe a one hour
window before I lose total patience.
Seems reasonable.
Stop number two, Sargent Blue Jeans.
I've never been in here.
Bye.
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
- Thank you, we'll see you again.
- Well I'll be damned.
Start to finish, 45 minutes,
jeans, hemmed, Sargent Blue Jeans.
Who knew?
Well I am gonna call this jean-buying
experience a massive success.
They're stretchy,
they're reinforced in the crotch,
they fit really well,
they've got a loop for my bike lock.
Big fan. Huge fan.
I've taken two naps today
and I think just to end off the day,
I'm gonna,
I'm gonna take that bike out and go Strava hunting.
Alright, let's see what I got.
Alright, I just did
about four openers
at five to 10 second bursts.
And then just gave it my first crack at this section.
That might be close.
It'll be tough to beat my best,
'cause I know that when I did it, I was with a group
and those boys that I was with were fast.
We'll give it one more shot.
I'll check in with you back at home.
(wind rustling)
(bike wheels turning)
Oh, Trainiacs, that was a 48 minute ride.
Let's get it synced up!
(beep)
Syncing, syncing, syncing, syncing.
I'm actually more optimistic about that
first crack at it than the second one.
Activities, one, Strava, hide that.
Evening ride, I see trophies.
Home stretch sprint on Wellington, all time!
Second!
Thank you slight wind in behind me.
Let's analyze that!
Average 51.4 kilometers an hour over 36 seconds.
That's a half a K.
And I am second to
(laughs) somebody I am never gonna catch.
He is 31 seconds.
Five seconds ahead of me and everyone else.
Whooh!
Second place out of 1,288 riders all time?
I'll take,
(loud crash) whoa!
That's a good way to end a day.
Later Trainiacs.
(loud clanging)
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