personal grooming

pmcoops
pmcoops Posts: 20
edited March 2011 in Road beginners
to shave or not to shave that is the question? :?
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  • JackPozzi
    JackPozzi Posts: 1,191
    Where?
  • RDB66
    RDB66 Posts: 492
    All depends if you want a Beard or Not !! :lol:

    But if you mean Legs, then Yes.
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  • Peddle Up!
    Peddle Up! Posts: 2,040
    Hairy legs don't look quite right, but (blokes) shaving legs doesn't seem right either. :)

    So, no.
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  • curium
    curium Posts: 815
    no, i leave that for the girlies
  • AndyF16
    AndyF16 Posts: 506
    I detest shaving my ugly face twice a week - no way am I starting on my legs!

    As an aside, anyone tried the new Gillette ProGlide Power? Always sceptical about all these claims in adverts, but these really are bloody good
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    AndyF16 wrote:
    I detest shaving my ugly face twice a week - no way am I starting on my legs!

    As an aside, anyone tried the new Gillette ProGlide Power? Always sceptical about all these claims in adverts, but these really are bloody good

    Only twice a week?!

    I object to the proglide on the basis that they can't simply sell it as a "sharper razor". Instead, they give me this bulllsh!t about thinner blades and less pull.
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  • antlaff
    antlaff Posts: 583
    AndyF16 wrote:
    I detest shaving my ugly face twice a week - no way am I starting on my legs!

    As an aside, anyone tried the new Gillette ProGlide Power? Always sceptical about all these claims in adverts, but these really are bloody good


    tried it and like it - gets really close - get away with every other day now for work!! magic

    As for legs not a mission - can understand pro's needing it but not club riders - and also the wife would ridicule me if i did!!
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  • curium
    curium Posts: 815
    has anyone ever lost a race by the hairs on their legs?
  • Bar Shaker
    Bar Shaker Posts: 2,313
    I would have to take myself outside for a good kicking, just for considering it.
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  • springtide9
    springtide9 Posts: 1,731
    pmcoops wrote:
    to shave or not to shave that is the question? :?

    Yes, yes - we all do it... didn't anyone tell you at the bike shop?

    As part of the process and entry into the personal grooming club, you have to upload the before, during and after videos to YouTube :lol:
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  • Scrumple
    Scrumple Posts: 2,665
    I pity the fools...

    Few of us are good enough for it to matter. If you like TT's or race competitively then I can understand it.

    For me, it wont hurt my club runs, commutes, or sportives. My leg minge grows wild.
  • AndyF16
    AndyF16 Posts: 506
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Only twice a week?!

    yup, once if i can get away with it - always been a scruffy git and see no reason to change now :lol:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    I object to the proglide on the basis that they can't simply sell it as a "sharper razor". Instead, they give me this bulllsh!t about thinner blades and less pull.

    As I said, pretty much my usual thoughts, but they really are a world apart from even their previous top of the range razor - virtually no pull with a decent shave gel added
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  • Usually_Lurking
    Usually_Lurking Posts: 67
    Shaving the legs... yes of course, but then I am a girl (an actual girl, not just a girlie bloke).
  • springtide9
    springtide9 Posts: 1,731
    AndyF16 wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Only twice a week?!

    yup, once if i can get away with it - always been a scruffy git and see no reason to change now :lol:
    ..
    As I said, pretty much my usual thoughts, but they really are a world apart from even their previous top of the range razor - virtually no pull with a decent shave gel added

    OMG, I'm generations behind!

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    I thought my 'Fusion Razor' was still the most up-to-date. That will be supermarket shopping online I guess!
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  • Stuy-b
    Stuy-b Posts: 248
    legs - yes at least once a week

    face - not till the summer bike comes out
  • guy.spartacus
    guy.spartacus Posts: 321
    Isn't it more so cuts and scrapes are easier to clean and plasters stick better than for any aerodynamic reason?
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  • SBezza
    SBezza Posts: 2,173
    guy.spartacus wrote:
    Isn't it more so cuts and scrapes are easier to clean and plasters stick better than for any aerodynamic reason?

    Don't be silly, it just looks loads better, and feels nicer as well. Also far better when you get a legs massage, hairs and a deep massage don't go together so well.

    Also shows off the muscles better :lol:
  • Paul E
    Paul E Posts: 2,052
    No way I am doing mine, if I showed off anymore awesomess it might cause an accident anyway so I had better stay covered ;-)
  • hopper1
    hopper1 Posts: 4,389
    Just shave...
    You know you want to, or you wouldn't be contemplating it on a forum!...

    No need to start a thread, when you could have joined the thread in the Amateur Racing section...
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  • danowat
    danowat Posts: 2,877
    As un-PC as it might be, there is only one word that comes to mind when I see, or hear about mens shaven legs........GAY!!!!!
  • rozzer32
    rozzer32 Posts: 3,923
    Shave them! You get used to doing it and you keep on top of it.

    Top tip is to shave them in the bath, makes it a lot easier than the shower.
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  • rozzer32
    rozzer32 Posts: 3,923
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  • brin
    brin Posts: 1,122
    danowat wrote:
    As un-PC as it might be, there is only one word that comes to mind when I see, or hear about mens shaven legs........GAY!!!!!

    mmmm, does the fact i 'wax' mine exclude me from your opinion :wink:
  • Teach
    Teach Posts: 386
    Whether you shave or not, my favourite comment on a previous thread on this subject was the man who became cross because when he came to use his imac (the cream not a computer) it was empty because his wife had used it. There is something just a bit ironic about that statement. :shock:
  • arthur_scrimshaw
    arthur_scrimshaw Posts: 2,596
    After three years of cycling I've only just got the bottle (and I mean last Saturday) to go out in bibs without a pair of mtb shorts over the top. Now I find I'm expected to shave as well?
  • mattshrops
    mattshrops Posts: 1,134
    Arthur Scrimshaw wrote:
    After three years of cycling I've only just got the bottle (and I mean last Saturday) to go out in bibs without a pair of mtb shorts over the top. Now I find I'm expected to shave as well?

    now youre going to notice the hairs on your thighs poking through the lycra :roll:
    and getting pulled the wrong way by the silicone strip.

    it does feel weird shaving the legs but get over it girlfriend :D
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  • Surfr
    Surfr Posts: 243
    I think a lot of cyclists go through this dilemma but few ever look back. You have many options available.

    Clippers - quick but not very close and regrowth occurs very quickly

    Wet razor - quickish and lasts a little longer than clippers and gets a much smoother closer shave

    Veet - not tried this. Some worry about 'chemical burns'. I'll probably give it a try some time

    Wax - not done this either but watched friends have it done. Don't think it's as bad as people make out and seems to last much longer than a shave (month+ ?)

    DO Nothing - sport a lesser tufted crotch porcupine and associated thigh undergrowth making a break through the lycra every time you go out on the bike.

    Embrace the awesome looking legs, easier tanning, nicer massages, feel of your own legs in bed and in clothes.

    Warning: It's catching and can lead to other areas ;)
  • Velonutter
    Velonutter Posts: 2,437
    Did mine when I used to race many years ago, do it now and your legs feel great, the missus likes it, they are easier to tan, easier to massage, and it feels so clean.

    As long as I ride a bike my legs will be shaved.
  • Phate
    Phate Posts: 121
    Only time a razor ever goes near my legs is about 30 seconds before the tattooist gets started on my next design!

    Wear shorts far too often off the bike to be going about with shaved legs!
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  • s25scd
    s25scd Posts: 84
    shave em!!! so much better, hate the silicone strip pulling on the hairs and hairy legs in lycra is not a good look. Funny how the topic of shaving legs always goes hand in hand with cyclists. What about bodybuilders, footballers, tennis players? Ive got sky HD I can tell :D I even know hard as fook rugby players who shave their legs just to save the hairs getting pulled, massage etc, infact I think the only sport they dont shave is maybe snooker but then again they maybe shave their wrist just to produce less drag on the stroke :D

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