I don’t know why but I’ve seen on the UK scene that short sleeved skinsuits are banned. Ive had a few TT’s in excess of 80F and you are glad of the thin layer (long sleeved) giving you sun protection.
I don’t think that’s quite right. Sleeveless are banned (except for in smaller events) but short sleeves are absolutely fine.
From CTT:
16. Competitor’s Clothing
Competitors must be clothed from the neck to at least mid-thigh. Sleeves shall be at least mid upper arm length. Notwithstanding the above, when competing in Type B Events, triathlon style sleeveless tops are permitted. Swimming type suits and running vests are not allowed.
To be allowed to start all clothing shall be clean and tidy.
No competitor may carry advertising or the name of a commercial business on their race clothing except:…
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There’s probably a lot of info around long sleeves being faster than short sleeves, probably not much about the other way round.
Cooling is definately a thing but i would guess you need to find a balance between what length of time/how hard are you going vs balance of aero
Remco always wears short sleeves though and he’s ok at TT’s 
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Sleeveless are rightly not permitted cos they look bad (and are slow unless you have Remco’s magic “fast skin”)
Short sleeve can be quicker than long sleeve if there are wrinkles.
Remco does have aero skin…according to belgian media who right 15 articles a day on him
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I thought I’d seen it before, its maybe something to do with advertising on arms (club skin suit) or maybe I’m jus mis remembering 
Sorry, my reply above sounded like I was being sarcastic. I actually wrote mine at the same time as yours and I was referencing the same articles, coincidentally at the same time as you. He does indeed have fast skin so we can all look forward to shorter and shorter sleeves and shorts
Looks like Remco hat a custom visor on his TT5 helmet for worlds, potentially to alow him to get his head better tucked in / lower without banging the visor on his forearms.
Any other things you spotted? I sadly couldn’t watch the world’s ITT live.
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Definitely looks like a cool color way, but Met Drone to my eye.
Interesting video of Remco testing in a velodrome. Even more interesting, there is apparently a second version of the TT5 helmet that he got, can anyone spot the difference? If you continue watching from that timestamp he mentions that “I am actually almost sitting with this [second version of the TT5] here against my handlebars”, so I guess the front of the helmet is extended?
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I watched that last week too. I found it very interesting. Good watch, especially while on the trainer.
This guy is definitely worth following when it comes to TT related updates: Cycling Spy (@cyclingspy) • Instagram photos and videos
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It’s definitely a new helmet, my coach works in uae, I sent it to him the day I saw pogacar wearing it.
Does anyone have any idea when the new s works tt 5 will be available to the public? I would like to test 
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Got to ride the Scottish roads on the Gran Fondo iTT World Champs. Agree that they could have definitely showcased the country better with another course, but a fun race never the less. And got to see the countryside on the road race. 
It did provide some good pictures though. Started thinking that I could raise the extensions-bar a bit to close the gap between hand and head. Tried today, what do you think?
After raise:
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Yes, i though pogi normally wears the codatronica. This one looks like it almost has ridges in it though that could be the colour scheme. Brandan McNulty also was wearing it.
Not quite as long a tail as the drone, longer than the codatronica
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can’t you tilt them more? By the way, you are tall, reminds me of a pro who is good at tt, he even broke the 10 km and 30k record this week, maybe it will help you with the position.
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No, I’m at my max allowed 12cm raise. Would need to do the “Ganna-solution” och raising the elbow support further up the arms/extensions, and that is not really supported by my extensions.
You are correct, I’m 188 tall.
Not quite sure where to put this, but really interesting behind-the-scenes geekiness of Dan Bigham’s hour record:
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