Shaving legs

r.gilling121

I am new to cycling and and not sure if this post should be here. when did you start shaving your legs? i want to race in the summer but my girlfriend doesnt like the idea of me shaving my legs so i wont for the first few races but what level do most or all people shave thier legs? Thanks

danowat

I didn't start, and never will!!!

weapons

Get them waxed then!

jibberjim

If you turn up to a 4th cat evening crit without a DI2 equipped 3000 pound frameset with lightweight wheels then you'll look completely out of place anyway that no-one will notice your legs.

Shave if you want to, don't if you don't. No-one looks at your legs.

r.gilling121

i wish there was a chance of me turning up on a bike like that. ok just i read on here some people give advice of staying away from people with hairy legs

danowat

r.gilling121 wrote:

just i read on here some people give advice of staying away from people with hairy legs

Lol, what?

SBezza

As above, don't worry about it.

For what it is worth, I shave mine as soon as I start wearing shorts again.

DavidBelcher

SBezza wrote:

For what it is worth, I shave mine as soon as I start wearing shorts again.

Same here; leg-warmers all the way at most of the racing I've done recently so no need to "keep up appearances". Plus every little bit of extra insulation has been necessary over the last few weeks!

David

SBezza

DavidBelcher wrote:

SBezza wrote:

For what it is worth, I shave mine as soon as I start wearing shorts again.

Same here; leg-warmers all the way at most of the racing I've done recently so no need to "keep up appearances". Plus every little bit of extra insulation has been necessary over the last few weeks!

David

Then again I raced on NYD in shorts and I hadn't shaved them. I will admit I hadn't planned on riding in just shorts, but once I was warming up, I realised it was going to get warm, so took leg warmers off.

jonmack

I started shaving mine completely a few weeks before I got my calves tattooed (didn't want to look stupid with two shaved patches on my legs and figured I could use cycling as an excuse to do the rest). That was last summer and I now shave them weekly.

Why doesn't your girlfriend want you to shave your legs? Is she worried you'll start menstruating and eventually turn into a woman?

r.gilling121

ok Thanks.

Why doesn't your girlfriend want you to shave your legs? Is she worried you'll start menstruating and eventually turn into a woman? I think that could well be it she looked very funnily at me the firsat time i turned up in my tight cycling gear

bikelover

i recommend not doing it! the woman will always win!!!! and punish u somehow haha

Theomerchant

I Started riding about a year ago and eventually took the blades to my legs late summer as I didnt like the look of unsightly hairs sprouting through in the summer..plus the fact I have quite hairy legs got me to lop off the hair as well!, during the winter I dont as agreeing with an earlier post about extra insualtion as well as my bib longs...Im a sucker to athetics!!

x8swift9x

Shave! You will not regret it! The feeling of jeans on fresh shaved legs is odd, but I like it!

You will get alot of attention/banter from mates and even strangers when wearing non-cycling shorts in summer etc but who cares!!

dennisn

One aspect of shaving your legs that is rarely brought up is "do your legs look good enough to shave?". Do you have the muscle to show or will you be drawing attention to legs that aren't really up to the task of looking good? Me, not that I'm trying to brag but, I've got somewhat short legs and muscle comes pretty easily to them. This is a trait of
short legs and or short people. They get bigger muscles than taller people. Even at 62 I still get comments like "Jesus, where did you get those thighs and calf's". Seems like lately though that the muscles have become incased in a bit of unwanted fat so I've quit shaving for the moment. In any case it's something to consider. Just how will they look shaved? :oops: :oops:

celbianchi

For what it's worth I shave mine year round, you very rarely see hairy legs on the start line of races. I also think it looks better, especially when tanned and vanity is part of it.

What I don't get though is - you're a grown man, if you want to shave them do so, if you don't don't. It's nobody else decision (other half included) but yours.
If you want to do it, just man up and do it, no need to involve her in the decision making. Does she ask for your input into keeping her bikini line and armpits tidy?

ozzzyosborn206

i will shave mine again the day before i leave for a training camp in Lanzarote, shaved legs tan better and therefore look better, also trying to apply warm up balm to hairy legs is a nightmare, i say do it your girlfriend may be surprised but alos more i annoyed that your legs are smoother than hers, my mates wife won't let him grow his hair back as she thinks it looks weird

danowat

Fuck me, you lot are properly metro-sexual!!!

Tanning?, shaved legs?, ffs, this isn't bloody loose women you know!

you very rarely see hairy legs on the start line of races.

To be perfectly, honest, I can't say I've ever paid much attention, well, not that much to notice if matey bollocks over there has hairy legs or not!

Tom Butcher

r.gilling121 wrote:

i wish there was a chance of me turning up on a bike like that. ok just i read on here some people give advice of staying away from people with hairy legs

Best piece of advice mother ever gave me.

cyco2

r.gilling121 wrote:

I am new to cycling and and not sure if this post should be here. when did you start shaving your legs? I want to race in the summer but my girlfriend doesn't like the idea of me shaving my legs so I willn't for the first few races but what level do most or all people shave their legs? Thanks

When you get in to a race with your hairy legs and they are dropping you, you'll be thinking it must be my hairy legs, dammit.
I used to think they didn't want to shave their legs because they were scared of what there mums or girlfriends, neighbours, friends would say, wife's don't count.
In the wet the road dirt makes your legs look like dead tree trunks if they are hairy.
In the wet I used baby oil and au de cologne to clean it off. Much better when shaved.
When you've done it once you willn't want them back. Tough it out with comments
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peejay78

turning up to a race with hairy legs is a bit like turning up in fancy dress when it isn't actually a fancy dress party.

there will always be those who don't shave the legs. fair play to them. it's a personal choice. if you want to be treated akin to a medieval leper, it's fine.

(insert jokey wink face here)

dave milne

I converted last year but have let it grow out over winter. I will shave them for my first race.

Is it vain and bit homo-erotic? sure but it certainly looks shitloads better

meanredspider

I'm lucky in that all my leg hair fell out at some point (no idea when exactly - in my teens) - no idea why and it is all there elsewhere...

Ladies are always very jealous

P_Tucker

dave milne wrote:

Is it vain and bit homo-erotic?

Yes. Not that there's anything wrong with this.

rozzer32

I shaved mine for the first time during the winter last week. When you can start to see your leg hair poking through your lycra then you know they need to be done

But I always keep mine shaved during the summer.

paddlemyowncanoe

When I got 2nd cat. Turning up for 3rd cat races with hair and without carbon is OK. Not for an E1/2 lineup it seems. It's kind of a mark of commitment maybe - not mandatory or even talked about but just seems to be expected.

DavidBelcher

dave milne wrote:

Is it vain and bit homo-erotic?

<Al Murray>

I was never confused!

</Al Murray>



David

v.e.e

Shave your legs. They look soo much nicer. It doesn't matter what shape legs you have they defo look better shaved.

Once your girlfriend gets over the shock she will end up thinking that your legs look horrid hairy. Trust me I am a woman.

Shaved cyclists legs are the best ever!!

a_n_t

v.e.e wrote:

Trust me I am a woman.

:shock:

Lion-O

no offence but trust me you will wish you shaved thwm if you crash and it will happen at some point. ive been doing it sice i was 16 and will always shave my legs as now i think hairy legs look weird. also if you ever have a leg massage smooth legs are a lot less painful

plankton_brain

Surely most of the leg shave arguments are just as relevant for arms (and heads pre-helmet days), so why dont you all shave your arms as well? and head, eyebrows etc?