Leg waxing...

2Fast4Love

...yet another thread on this favourite topic, but I can't seem to find the answer to this anywhere. I've decided to take the plunge (90% sure anyway) and get this done. I have a number of events that I could do with being properly hairless for, one is the weekend of Saturday 5th July, another the following weekend, and for a week beginning Weds 23rd July.

If I get waxed on say... Friday 4th, will I still be hair-free by the end of July? I guess my question is really how long will it take for the re-growth to start to show, and also how long until it's long enough to get it wripped out again??

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intim8ed

You should be, waxing does me for about five/ six
weeks . I get mine waxed then just shave them from
then onwards. Much better than just shaving from the start.

Gr.uB

Waxing lasts for a good 6 weeks for me.
I go back about then as my beautician is so lovely I really enjoy it when she lingers when moisturising me afterwards.

2Fast4Love

Thanks for the reply - is that 5/6 weeks till hair starts to show again? How long does the hair have to be before u can wax it again? I seem to remember hearing 5mm from some girlfriends of mine...

Grub - that sounds promising. Another question - how far up the leg do they wax??

Gr.uB

I pay for 3/4 ( £18 total ) but she goes right up to the base of my Next boxers that I wear to the session. The reason I do this is because the leg of the boxers finishes level with my gonads and she doesn't have to look at unsightly bikini line hair that I am not touching and nor is she.

My hair is about 1 cm long at this time, in general but others will be shorter. I was told that hair grows in cycles and some will be longer than others.

I honestly don't care though as she is so lovely.

over-the-hill

Why do cyclists do this?

Mog Uk

http://davesbikeblog.blogspot.com/2008/ ... -only.html

jrduquemin

Because it makes the legs easier to massage and clean after a crash. I had my legs waxed for the first time on Sunday and it didn't bother me in the slightest having all that hair ripped out by the roots. I was told it should last for 4-5 weeks before any real growth comes back. I'll just get them waxed again then.

jrduquemin

oh, and its traditional

MIsterGoof

pah just shaving /waxing your legs.

when I were a lad I used to swim, before the days of those fancy flipper the dolphin suites, you know, just speedos and goggles.

Before big competitions it was time to shave. SO I would get into the bath lather up and away I would go.

1 hour later having lost several pints of blood I'd leave the Psycho set with silky smooth (but scared), legs arms chest, stomach, back , arm pits but not the under carriage.

After the competition I'd return to the hotel for 2 hours of unblocking the bat, unless my room mate did it.

Now that is shaving

and it was traditional

boybiker

I thought for a moment that 'unblocking the bat' was a euphemism for some bizare sexual practice but then realized rather boringly,its a typo.

boybiker

My legs are naturaly hairless so I don't have to worry about it, I would show you all but you would only get excited. :roll:

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aracer

jrduquemin wrote:

Because it makes the legs easier to massage and clean after a crash.

How often do you have massages and/or crash?

dennisn

I do it because my wife tells me not to and I'll be damned if she can run my life on that
level. I have to at least excercize a little manly manness, although shaving your legs
may or may not be all that manly depending on what circles of people you run with.
None the less, Arnold shaved his whole body and we all know he was no girly man.

Dennis Noward

aarw

aracer wrote:

jrduquemin wrote:

Because it makes the legs easier to massage and clean after a crash.

How often do you have massages and/or crash?

massage: often enough

crash: well, it's just a lot easier to shave before the road rash...

andrewgturnbull

dennisn wrote:

I do it because my wife tells me not to and I'll be damned if she can run my life on that
level. I have to at least excercize a little manly manness, although shaving your legs
may or may not be all that manly depending on what circles of people you run with.
None the less, Arnold shaved his whole body and we all know he was no girly man.

Dennis Noward

I'm with Dennis 100% on this one!

The real reason racers shave their legs is because everyone else does - and fitting in is a big part of racing. Oh and don't forget the vanity thing.

I started shaving my legs when I realised I was the only one in the scratch group of my midweek chain gang with hairy legs.

I let it grow back over the winter even though I'm more likely to crash racing cross then at any other time of the year - so the crashing excuse doesn't work. When they build the velodrome in Glasgow I'll probably sign up for a winter league and keep the Gillettes going all year round.

Cheers, Andy

ps As a triathlete it also makes getting out of your wetsuit in a hurry much slicker.

Gr.uB

over-the-hill wrote:

Why do cyclists do this?

Because once done, it looks nicer and feels better. Pure and simple.

MrT

This is all getting a bit poncey........shaving...because if you do crash and you've oiled your legs and (we used to anyway) applied embrocation then it's easy to clean up the road rash and avoid infections. Massaging...if you're well oiled then it's largely irrelevant. And yes of course it's traditional. if you're under 35 and still racing hard good for you...if you're not........!!!!!!

andrewgturnbull

MrT wrote:

This is all getting a bit poncey........shaving...because if you do crash and you've oiled your legs and (we used to anyway) applied embrocation then it's easy to clean up the road rash and avoid infections. Massaging...if you're well oiled then it's largely irrelevant. And yes of course it's traditional. if you're under 35 and still racing hard good for you...if you're not........!!!!!!

Hi there.

I turn 35 in 3 months... What's going to happen to me then? Should I just pack it all in then?

Cheers, Andy

Gr.uB

What does it matter to you if we do it or we don't?

I am more than happy with my waxed legs.

Mrs G doesn't complain either.

aracer

andrewgturnbull wrote:

I started shaving my legs when I realised I was the only one in the scratch group of my midweek chain gang with hairy legs.

Meanwhile I justify my hairy legs despite being a cyclist due to the inverse snobbery of beating people with shaved legs (I have other reasons - apart from that I can't be bothered any more - but that's the most appropriately superficial to match the reason other people shave theirs).

oldwelshman

aracer wrote:

jrduquemin wrote:

Because it makes the legs easier to massage and clean after a crash.

How often do you have massages and/or crash?

Unfortunately I did both last weekend.
You will not convince me that you do not use less embrocation on shaved legs than hairy.
That is a fact.
Another fact is that after my crash, my cuts and gravel rash were very easy to clean ( although hurt like fxxk when I used soap in shower to clean them)
No cuts that were jagged due to ripping caused by hair, and all cuts now nearly healed and no infection, and the dressing I had to put on one large wound was easily removed due to no hair, maybe I am a wuss and do not like ripping dressings off a hairy leg?
It is a pity that shaving legs does not prevent all the bruising and aches I still have in my leg, shoulder and neck though
To shave or not to shave is up to individual and should not have to be justified anyhow, otherwise everyone would be asking why do you shave your face?

Funny thing is I shave my legs more often than my face

aracer

I find my legs don't itch like my face does :roll:

I'm still very unconvinced by the crashing thing, given I get plenty of cuts and gashes with what I do, but haven't ever noticed the hair being a problem. Anyway I'm not suggesting anybody has to justify what they do - I just find it very amusing when people attempt to do so because they seem to be embarrassed

Gr.uB

After my last crash, aside from the cleaning aspect, due to my hairy legs it hurt like fook when the scabs started to heal and the trapped hairs were pulling in all sorts of directions.
That alone justifies waxing.

over-the-hill

I asked the question why do cyclists shave/wax their legs. I don't care if they do or don't but I was expecting a really convincing reason and there hasn't been one. I wanted to know partly so that when people ask me "why do cyclists shave their legs" I can give them a good answer but I still can't. I think it is to do with looks and vanity, it simply looks better. Cyclists seem to be very into the way they look and the way their bikes look and it is an extension of that – man and machine in perfect harmony. Perhaps that is a good reason.

steve_pushbiker

Reasons (that I have heard):
1. It feels like you're going faster.
2. Looks better than furry legs poking out from smooth lycra.
3. Lets others know that you're a serious cyclist or at least a bit more dedicated (the "fitting in" aspect).

Maybe these aren't convincing enough reasons for you or for the people that ask...

the flying hernia

A couple of thoughts to add to this fascinating discussion...

1.I buy the cleaner / easier to treat crashes idea...so why have I never seen a shaved-legged mountainbiker?...

2. thinking about boundary layers and laminar flow - might not hairy legs be more aerodynamic than smooth ones? The underside of racing yachts are rough, after all.

robbie the roadie

the flying hernia wrote:

1.I buy the cleaner / easier to treat crashes idea...so why have I never seen a shaved-legged mountainbiker?....

Depends on what type of mountain bikers you know. If you mainly know the 'type A' mtber who rather than ride their bikes to get fitter and faster, much prefering to spend large amounts of cash on them so theycan look flash in the trail centre car park* then you probably won't have seen many shaved legs.

If you know mtber type B who spends their weekends travelling up and down the motorway to cross country races then you will see plenty of shaved legged mtbers.

*tounge in cheek

dennisn

Here's something that hasn't been mentioned. If you don't really have some good looking legs(you know who you are) maybe you could do us all a favor by not shaving.
Some things just aren't meant to be seen clearly.

Dennis Noward

aracer

robbie - you seem to have missed off type C, who comprise most of the people I know who ride mountain bikes - those who just go out and ride their bikes, rather than spending more time driving than riding in order to go round and round in circles on a course that's not actually very interesting or demanding. Or even type D who are the people who go out and compete in races or events which don't involve riding round in circles, but riding stuff far more interesting - some of the people I know in this group would rip the legs off most people on here (one I know is an ex international roadie). Neither of these types shave their legs either, and there are a huge amount more of them than your type B who do.

Strictly speaking I'm also a type D mountain biker rather than a roadie.