Warmer with shaved legs ?
I was wondering about the insulating effect of longs on hairy or shaved legs.
As a shaving virgin this last "summer", the surprise practical benefit I found was that it seem to make my legs stay warmer when they were wet. I think they dried off faster or something rather than staying clammy.
So what's the view in winter ? Would closer contact between legs and longs make a better system than having a fuzzy layer in between ? Or is that hairy bit just free insulation ?
As a shaving virgin this last "summer", the surprise practical benefit I found was that it seem to make my legs stay warmer when they were wet. I think they dried off faster or something rather than staying clammy.
So what's the view in winter ? Would closer contact between legs and longs make a better system than having a fuzzy layer in between ? Or is that hairy bit just free insulation ?
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lol, you're really thinking about this to much........
Personally, can't be bothered doing mine over the winter months, my legs never come out, I'll get the razor out in the spring when I flash my legs again....0 -
I would think hair would give good insulation - thats what its there for ?
Cant be arsed shaving legs in the winter.
Or in the summer for that matter.....0 -
Well, in the spirit of scientific debate here's a couple of thoughts:
- hair works as an insulating layer because of the air it traps. When you squish it down under a tight layer of clothing, that benefit's lost
- technical clothing partly keeps you warm by keeping you dry and wicking moisture away from the skin. With a layer of clammy hair there, that benefit's lost as well.0 -
Since someone has raised the spectre of science, is there not a simple experiment the OP could undertake to answer his own question? Assuming, of course, that you have 2 legs sloboy... :twisted:0
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That's the kind of thinking we like - although I believe I might need to go for a harlequin effect, to test the difference in being hairy on the front and back separately.0
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IMHO...
I once read that shaving of the legs was to prevent the hair from dragging dirt and other ground debris into the wound when 'the rubber side is up'
, so I let the leg-hair grow when I start donning the tights. I don't shave for the Spring-Fall season, just buzz them with the hair clippers...
Found this: http://jeffwerner.ca/2005/02/_nary_a_hair_wh.html
In the Spring-Fall season, I also buzz my forearms (& rest of arms so as not to have buzzed/non-buzzed arms :shock: )
Merry Christmas & Cheers to all!Cajun0 -
sloboy wrote:I was wondering about the insulating effect of longs on hairy or shaved legs.
As a shaving virgin this last "summer", the surprise practical benefit I found was that it seem to make my legs stay warmer when they were wet. I think they dried off faster or something rather than staying clammy.
So what's the view in winter ? Would closer contact between legs and longs make a better system than having a fuzzy layer in between ? Or is that hairy bit just free insulation ?
I also find this as the water runs off.
As stated in other posts I also shave during winter. On a cold day I mix deep heat and olive oil whick keeps legs very warm under tights and if it rains it has added benefit of repelling water, as they say, like water off a ducks back
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as mentioned in this thread...is it the case of shaving to eleviate the hair/dirt into any form of graze/cut the reason behind the shave??0
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No it's because pros get regular massages, and shaved legs helps with that (and easier to clean off the oil). Meanwhile everybody who doesn't get regular massages just does it for fashion :twisted:0
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really?it makes it easier to massage a muscle if the leg is shaved?0
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A racer is so so right hahahahah... So what do people think when they see guys with Hairy legs in the summer... 80% of guys don't need the deep massage after racing hundered of k's so why do we do it??
To experiment, why not shave one leg! 0
