{"id":207,"date":"2011-05-28T19:18:32","date_gmt":"2011-05-29T00:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tomheller.com\/?p=207"},"modified":"2011-05-28T19:18:32","modified_gmt":"2011-05-29T00:18:32","slug":"pearly-izumi-sun-sleeves-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomheller.com\/?p=207","title":{"rendered":"Pearly Izumi Sun Sleeves Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I bought the <a title=\"Shop Pearl Izumi\" href=\"http:\/\/shop.pearlizumi.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pearl Izumi Sun Sleeves<\/a> after seeing them in a magazine.\u00a0 The idea is that they provide UPF 40+ sun protection and help to keep you cool.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve worn them twice on long (5+ hour) bike rides and love them!\u00a0 I don&#8217;t have to put sunscreen on my arms and they do seem to keep me cooler.<\/p>\n<p>One thing I have not figured out is how to wear them properly.\u00a0 What I mean is that one is for the left arm and the other is for the right arm, but I don&#8217;t see a difference.<\/p>\n<p>Also, they come in different sizes based on arm length and girth.\u00a0 I bought the medium size and they seem a tad too long, even after one washing.\u00a0 I have a feeling that the small size would be too small though.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m still trying to figure out how to put them on in transition without losing a lot of time.\u00a0 Rolling them up first doesn&#8217;t help at all.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, I think it&#8217;s the best $20 I have ever spent.<\/p>\n<p>Pros: Inexpensive, sun protection, keeps you cooler.<\/p>\n<p>Cons: People who don&#8217;t know what they are think you look dorky.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I bought the Pearl Izumi Sun Sleeves after seeing them in a magazine.\u00a0 The idea is that they provide UPF 40+ sun protection and help to keep you cool.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve worn them twice on long (5+ hour) bike rides and<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomheller.com\/?p=207\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,5,6,7,8],"tags":[215,216,210,213,214,211,212],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomheller.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomheller.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomheller.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomheller.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomheller.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=207"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomheller.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":208,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomheller.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207\/revisions\/208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomheller.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomheller.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomheller.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}