Im gonna shave them

wayne1978

Right lads, been a roadie for nearly a year now, have awesome calf muscles, have nice kit nice bike. But hairy legs. I am gonna shave em, I wanna look like a pro I wanna feel faster and I wanna look cool.
Who gonna take the pledge and join me?

thinbo

body hair is a secondary sexual characteristic to display to the opposite sex that you are ready for mating

you might find your love-life suffers

T-Rekster

Can I just say, I am a man, I wear lycra shorts & I have Hairy legs and I'm proud of them....


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Anonymous

Don't forget the 'tinted' moisturiser

Secteur

"look cool"???!!

Don't be daft - leave them hairy you silly bloke.

PS, ever heard of shaving folliculitis?

Anonymous

Secteur wrote:

PS, ever heard of shaving folliculitis?

Yes, I get it on my face. Never had it on my legs though...

springtide9

Go for it. Think it looks best with the orange look oops, meant San Tropez

Robbie1958

It's the thin end of the wedge you know..today the legs, tomorrow the nether regions, i'm sure they have counselling for this type of thing.

Secteur

I haven't shaved (my face) in about 10 years* due to terrible regrowth folliculitis, so I cant imagine the horror of two entire red, spotty, itchy legs when it regrows!

If you're dead set on it, then maybe get them waxed?

Having said all that, it just seems so unnatural for a man to do this, unless you're an elite athlete!

* I use a trimmer to trim it to a fraction of a millimetre above skin level, thus avoiding regrowth problems. I don't look like Gandalf with a massive beard!!

pastey_boy

i shaved my legs once but didnt know where to stop so ended up doing my entire body including pubes and arms. one big advantage was it was easy to get dry after a shower but the bum crease pimples were an unwanted side effect.

gaddster

Why do you have to fully shave them? Just give them a trim with one of those beard/body hair shaver things! A number 2 should do it.

d87heaven

pastey_boy wrote:

i shaved my legs once but didnt know where to stop so ended up doing my entire body including pubes and arms. one big advantage was it was easy to get dry after a shower but the bum crease pimples were an unwanted side effect.

Funny and stomach turning in equal measures. What did the missus make of it?

willowthewhite

Do it, I did mine the other day, they feel great :oops: the only problem is the speed that the hair starts to grow back, within 24hrs they've got stubble (plus I've cut myself more times in the two times I've done my legs than the 18 years I've been shaving my face), so waxing is the next step as I don't think the Veet will be much better than the razor

pastey_boy

d87heaven wrote:

pastey_boy wrote:

i shaved my legs once but didnt know where to stop so ended up doing my entire body including pubes and arms. one big advantage was it was easy to get dry after a shower but the bum crease pimples were an unwanted side effect.

Funny and stomach turning in equal measures. What did the missus make of it?

she was totally jealous, i could see the envy in her eyes as she tweezered her tash.

aripallaris

you should probably wax them if your going down that route. shaving will lead to thicker hair growth and possibility of stubble. waxing will help thin the hair in time and wont cause stubble.

id say leave the hair be mate. catch as many flies as you an in them!

Dodger747

You should be shaving everything/hairless from the beard downwards anyway! 8)

[apart from arms...]

lemoncurd

Shave one leg first, leave for a couple of weeks and see whether you like it before fully committing to the lady look.

briantrumpet

I'd rather be still hairy and sail past people with shaved legs, just to disprove the 'better aerodynamics' myth. Of course the most fun is to be had wearing long jeans and sailing past lycra-clad, shaved-leg racers, whilst waving a cheery "hello". Simple pleasures. Childish too, but I do make a living by blowing raspberries down a brass tube, so I should be excused.

Anonymous

It's nowt to do with aerodynamics.

It's 90% Vanity, 10% Road Rash help (in my case)

For the pros it helps with massage too.

Brian I'm disappointed in you! Should I be gleaning pleasure sailing past you on your Supersix while I'm on my heavy alloy bike?

briantrumpet

NapoleonD wrote:

Brian I'm disappointed in you! Should I be gleaning pleasure sailing past you on your Supersix while I'm on my heavy alloy bike?

Yes.

martincashman

How fast are you? Not gonna look very pro trying to suck in the atmosphere at 15mph up a 4% incline when a hippy on a mountain bike with a Gandalf beard cruises past you.

Surely the only reason to add the hassle to your routine, is if they are earning you money, whether that's as a regular cat race winner or a street walking ladyboy turning tricks to pay for your carbon habit.

wayne1978

I never laughed so much guys, thanks for all the posts.
Each to their own, we live once so why not enjoy what we have left on this crazy planet and do crazy things once in a while.
I did feel the odd one out when I cycled the 20 miles to work and all eight roadies I saw also cycling to work had theirs shave too.
Even the more for me to go and do it.
Will keep you posted. (now where is the wifes razor)

rc856

Do it.
With it being a cycling forum, I was quite surprised to see that most of your replies seemed to be 'no'.
I don't race and my club are about 60/40 for shaving but it makes me feel the part more and just don't like the look of hairy legs with cycling shorts.
For the first time get some clippers before getting the razor or Veet out

Juttzman

Wax or wet shave? I dont know what to do haha

rc856

I started with clippers minus the guard and then Veet but I've now gone to shaving.
I think waxing will last longer.

briantrumpet

RC856 wrote:

With it being a cycling forum, I was quite surprised to see that most of your replies seemed to be 'no'.

I prefer cycling to shaving. I shave my face reluctantly, so I'm not going to do anything to increase the workload. I'd rather be on the bike.

bam49

one practical reason for shaving is that it makes application of sun block etc a whole lot easier, the stuff rubs in really quick when your hair free ...and you don't get loads of dead flies in your hairs..
On the vanity side though it just looks so much better - when the sun started to appear in April I shaved legs for 1st time this year - and when I went out on a nice day, on my good bike in the sun it was just the icing on the cake... After a while, hairy legs on a roadie just looks wrong...

briantrumpet

bam49 wrote:

...and you don't get loads of dead flies in your hairs..

Ah, I've realised the reason to shave - the flies both increase your drag AND add weight. What's the point in having carbon bottle cages if you weigh yourself down with extra animals? Add that to the weight of the suncream, and it's amazing anyone with hairy legs can get up a hill.

Zoomer37

If the ''they need to be shaved to make it easier to clean if i fall off'' thing is not working with your mates, just get a tattoo on your calf and try ''whats the point of having a tat if you can't see if properly?'' If that fails then perhaps you could just call yourself Tracy and switch sides.

Anonymous

I just reply with an over the top "WTF?!? You don't shave your legs? You freaking gorilla!" Basically try and assert it as the norm amongst my fellow men.

Anyhoo, got to go, got a coffee date with the boys at M+S Food.

ThatBikeGuy

I don't shave my legs as it acts as the insulating layer during the winter. I live up north see, where real men wear shorts all year round!