Shaved Legs

Oleg177
Oleg177 Posts: 9
edited August 2007 in Road beginners
So after winning my wife round, and getting permission to get a road bike, with a glint in her eye she said "so can I shave your legs??!?"

Now I know this is pretty standard in the pro's but what about you guys? I must admit my legs are pretty wooly which is probably not the most aesthetically pleasing when combined with tight shorts but the changing room ridicule I'd receive at cricket would be extreme....

Does any guy on here shave?
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  • Tiv
    Tiv Posts: 3
    edited July 2007
    I shave my legs... but then I'm a girl.

    I'd be horrified if my guy shaved his, and he has pretty furry legs.
    So from my point of view - don't do it. Just one step from lacy pants imo. :wink:
  • spasypaddy
    spasypaddy Posts: 5,180
    not for me thanks, i like my manliness
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  • AndyGates
    AndyGates Posts: 8,467
    Sure, back too. But I'm a troglodyte otherwise :)

    Look, the wife fondling your slippery legs has *got* to be worth the risk, right?
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  • domtyler
    domtyler Posts: 2,648
    edited March 2011
    I've been shaving mine for years, lycra shorts and hairy legs just looks shit I think.
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  • john ponting
    john ponting Posts: 491
    However, the lacy pants sound a good idea!!!!
  • McBain_v1
    McBain_v1 Posts: 5,237
    I don't know, when your legs are as white as mine, the last thing you want is for them to look like a depilated chicken :oops: As for that, what about when the damn stuff starts to grow back and snags on your trousers while you're at work? I think I'd need a serious application of fake tan, followed by the Veet in the shower and then hope that the two didn't kick of a terrible chemical reaction that would turn my skin transparent or something :shock:
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  • JustRidecp
    JustRidecp Posts: 302
    Hairy legs and lycra rule! Especially when you're stopped at lights and can see your thigh hairs poking through! 8)
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  • Fab Foodie
    Fab Foodie Posts: 5,155
    I've been shaving my legs for over a year now...because I can!

    Agree with domtyler, it just looks so much better and feels soooooo much nicer, especially swimming.
    I've gotten used to it now it feels weird when the hair grows back a bit in the winter.

    If the Mrs is up for it give it a go! What's there to loose? Well apart from some hair...

    Put some Johnson's baby lotion or baby oil on afterwards...fantastic... :oops:
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  • wastelander
    wastelander Posts: 557
    I find myself now faced with the same dilema...g/f thinks baggies and hairy legs look cool but lycra short and the Wookie look don't cut it. She's all up for booking me a visit to the waxing table though...yeah or nay guys and gals?
  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    I wouldn't shave my legs, the hairs hide all my scars picked up from my many years of tumbles in various sports and activities.

    However if you have smooth legs why not show them.
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  • J2R2
    J2R2 Posts: 850
    Yes, of course I do. I would look a right muppet turning up at a time trial with hairy legs! :lol:

    Having loads of hair sticking out from under a skinsuit looks SOOO wrong! :roll:
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  • McBain_v1
    McBain_v1 Posts: 5,237
    Skin suits - unless you sport a stomach like an alligator's back and have killer lats and delts, just don't wear them!
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  • Stwutter
    Stwutter Posts: 362
    Been shaving mine a while now. Just felt like it. No excuses. Doesn't make you go any faster, but it feels faster...
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  • shockedsoshocked
    shockedsoshocked Posts: 4,021
    Stwutter wrote:
    Been shaving mine a while now. Just felt like it. No excuses. Doesn't make you go any faster, but it feels faster...

    It makes you look fast, even when stood still :lol:
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  • BeaconRuth
    BeaconRuth Posts: 2,086
    wastelander wrote:
    I find myself now faced with the same dilema...g/f thinks baggies and hairy legs look cool but lycra short and the Wookie look don't cut it. She's all up for booking me a visit to the waxing table though...yeah or nay guys and gals?
    Yeah! Nothing looks more stupid than hairy legs on a road cyclist. (Except dark coloured socks.) :wink:
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  • Stwutter
    Stwutter Posts: 362
    I bought a pair of fairly expensive Pearl Izumi black sox when I started cycling a couple of years back. Never seen the light of day, because it's apparently such a heinous crime. :shock:

    Is there any basis for this, or did someone just declare it one day, and it stuck?
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  • whyamihere
    whyamihere Posts: 7,700
    Just started to shave them, girlfriend loves it. They won't be going hairy again.
  • Felix-da-house-mouse
    Felix-da-house-mouse Posts: 801
    mine arent really hairy but might visit Tesco and buy some veet give it a go, under arms, brazilian the lot!!! lol
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  • fluff.
    fluff. Posts: 771
    Stwutter wrote:
    I bought a pair of fairly expensive Pearl Izumi black sox when I started cycling a couple of years back. Never seen the light of day, because it's apparently such a heinous crime. :shock:

    Is there any basis for this, or did someone just declare it one day, and it stuck?

    I have some black socks, and wear them too, i have no shame :) Admittedly they're only ankle length, not Lance-alike knee stockings. I don't wear them as much as white though, the black means they keep getting mixed up in my normal socks for a start.
  • The Mechanic
    The Mechanic Posts: 1,277
    OK, so shave your legs - but where do you stop? Not a problem with cycling shorts but what about swimming etc?

    :?:
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  • domtyler
    domtyler Posts: 2,648
    edited March 2011
    The Mechanic wrote:
    OK, so shave your legs - but where do you stop? Not a problem with cycling shorts but what about swimming etc?

    :?:

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  • Oleg177
    Oleg177 Posts: 9
    domtyler wrote:
    The Mechanic wrote:
    OK, so shave your legs - but where do you stop? Not a problem with cycling shorts but what about swimming etc?

    :?:

    If you reach your bollox you've gone too far! :wink:

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  • saif
    saif Posts: 100
    if it pleases both of you , then why not ..
  • beastofackworth
    beastofackworth Posts: 7
    man with shaved legs equal much wrongness!!!
  • gavintc
    gavintc Posts: 3,009
    beastofackworth wrote:
    man with shaved legs equal much wrongness!!!

    It makes an amusing event in a cafe, with a group of male roadies comparing the closeness of their latest shave.
  • jibi
    jibi Posts: 857
    edited August 2007
    Took a lady to the club dinner and she just thought it was the biggest turn on that most of the men there had shaven legs.

    As I have a beard I had to buy some razors the next day . :D

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  • MattBlackBigBoysBMX
    MattBlackBigBoysBMX Posts: 398
    I thought the reason behind shaved legs was to make it easier for the masseur/masseuse to work your muscles? :?

    So I guess I am in the company of a bunch of fetishists then, as I doubt many of you have your own personal masseurs! :shock:
    :lol:

    Having said that, I did shave my balls once.
    There's 'owt like the feeling of peeling a sweating scrotum away from the inner thigh.
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  • overmars
    overmars Posts: 430
    I thought you shaved so when you had a spill and had to take off the plaster you wouldn't take a clump of hair with it!!
  • duckiciao
    duckiciao Posts: 96
    MattBlackBigBoysBMX wrote:
    I thought the reason behind shaved legs was to make it easier for the masseur/masseuse to work your muscles? :?

    So I guess I am in the company of a bunch of fetishists then, as I doubt many of you have your own personal masseurs! :shock:
    :lol:
    Having said that, I did shave my balls once.
    There's 'owt like the feeling of peeling a sweating scrotum away from the inner thigh.
    :wink:

    My bold.

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  • gavintc
    gavintc Posts: 3,009
    MattBlackBigBoysBMX wrote:
    I thought the reason behind shaved legs was to make it easier for the masseur/masseuse to work your muscles? :?

    So I guess I am in the company of a bunch of fetishists then, as I doubt many of you have your own personal masseurs! :shock:
    :lol:

    Having said that, I did shave my balls once.
    There's 'owt like the feeling of peeling a sweating scrotum away from the inner thigh.
    :wink:

    Nothing wrong with a little fetish.

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