What do you do with your swim caps? (Page 2)

Originally posted by Socks

Ditto.......guess we can be tools together....why buy them when you get a new one at every race !!!

Originally posted by lisac957

I use them for training.
But on BT that probably makes me a tool looking for attention since they have race distances on them...

 

Originally posted by noelle1230

x2, what else would you do with them honestly?  Unless your framing them like LB's kids....but those are signed caps.  I'd say most of us have a drawer full of NOT signed caps.  I figure, who cares what it says on it.  I could be wearing an IM branded cap but that doesn't mean I've done one.  None of mine say "finisher".

One thing to note is that I always keep TWO caps on hand for training.  Last year I was popping a cap on in the locker room and it tore clean in half.  It wasn't even an old cap.  For a second I thought I'd have to change back into my clothes to go back out to the gym's cafe/shop and PURCHASE a cap for probably $5 when I have a drawer full at home.  Luckily the lifeguard had an extra one in his office.  From that point on I always packed two!

Originally posted by Moonrocket

I do find that wearing a tri cap to the pool often results in talking to random people at the expense of training time.

Originally posted by tabbs

I use them for training and keep a few spares around for my friends.

Originally posted by DanielG



Put them in a gallon ziplock
shake a bunch of corn starch or baby powder on them
shake the baggie up really good so the caps won't anneal to one another as they will do if you don't do that step.

Mail them to Yanti.

Originally posted by StaceyK

seriously does Yanti have a use for them? I would be happy to pass mine on to someone who has a use for them.

Originally posted by DanielG Apparently they're not so easy to come by in Indonesia. She was griping about it and I realized I had a stack of them I'll never wear again. Just seemed like the proper thing to do. I must admit to getting a chuckle out of someone hauling the mail, seeing white powder trickle out, opening it and seeing a dozen or so swim caps in talcum powder

Originally posted by Hot Runner Not very original, but I swim with them! Despite the baby powder approach, they don't seem to last very long. I think it's a combo of strong pool chemicals (school pool that's used by kids all day) and tropical heat/humidity. I'm lucky if a cap lasts a few months. Half the time I have the pool to myself so there's no one to impress with the cap. In the US, I sometimes wear the more interesting caps to practice; can't imagine that wearing a Singapore Sprint or Vietnam Tri cap is being such a tool when others have Ironman, Escape from Alcatraz, etc, I'm only guilty of being a tool in running, flaunting an Olympic Trials shoelace as a hair tie, and I haven't done that in 20 years. Have neither the speed nor the hair to pull that off anymore.

Originally posted by TriAya

Whoa whoa whoa. That was powder? I've been snorting that stuff for months and it's done wonders for my training!

Yeah, seriously, it's really hard to get latex caps here and they're the only kind that "stick" to my head/hair ... silicone alone will slide right off. I go through them like candy--the heat and humidity no matter how well I care for them eats them too--and will need even more as I'm transitioning to (nutso) marathon open-water swimming after this year.

I would LOVE LOVE LOVE any spare swim caps ... and anyone who sends them gets {MELON PRESS} for life.

Originally posted by pilot_e

I wear them to spin class.

Originally posted by stilgarnaib I fasten them together with duct tape and shape them into a big balloon. Then I fit a lawn chair to the bottom it with string creating a harness. Then I hold a hair dryer up the hole to inflate and I then I escape over the prison wall. I then do a race, get caught and repeat.

Originally posted by Mattkuch

I do keep some in my training bag to have for group OWS sessions, but I have also found out they make a great saddle protector from the rain.
I race a couple races each year that have a bike racking the night prior to the race, and I will stretch one over my saddle to protect it overnight. Works better than a shopping bag (which alot of races have banned due to the trash left behind).

Originally posted by StaceyK No worries Yanti I will see how many I can get together before you get here. I have a bit of a nagging feeling that I did a bit of a clean out at the end of summer so I might not be that helpful until next year.

Originally posted by Mattkuch

I do keep some in my training bag to have for group OWS sessions, but I have also found out they make a great saddle protector from the rain.
I race a couple races each year that have a bike racking the night prior to the race, and I will stretch one over my saddle to protect it overnight. Works better than a shopping bag (which alot of races have banned due to the trash left behind).

Originally posted by Hot Runner

Off the subject of swim caps but....Congrats Yanti on the size change! I'm guessing Singapore or Indonesian large.....it's a rare day that I can squeeze myself into Vietnamese large. Some of my local stuff (swimsuits, shorts) is L, and some XL (tops). And I am usually a US size 2! With anyone "bigger" than I am, if you go into a local-oriented shop, particularly for swimsuits, they just giggle and shake their heads. Plus the height thing--at 5'7" and change I'm used to towering over people. Visiting Amsterdam this summer was traumatic--realized that by Dutch standards, I'm short.