Im gonna shave them

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  • willowthewhite
    willowthewhite Posts: 89
    ThatBikeGuy wrote:
    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! :lol:

    Yes but how is anyone going to know you're wearing shorts when all that leg hair makes you look like you're wearing tights :twisted: :wink::lol:
  • MrBibble
    MrBibble Posts: 79
    It does distress me looking at some* of my leg hair "poking throo" my shorts, but as of yet i cant bring myself to wax/shave.

    I also wear shorts at my garage and i think they may taketh the piss somewhat :D







    * Dont want to portray myself as a Yeti!
  • Legshaver
    Legshaver Posts: 75
    I shave my legs because I like matching things up. Not much on top so not much on me legs. :roll:
  • Jolly Swagman
    Jolly Swagman Posts: 100
    Don't forget to wax your eyebrows too. I was never confused. :lol:
  • HTL
    HTL Posts: 23
    Well, have you done it yet?
    Not done it myself but keep them real short with clippers.
  • Butterd2
    Butterd2 Posts: 937
    Not done my legs but did get the missus to wax my sac and surrounding areas last year before going on a weeks tour. Hurt like hell but the benefits were considerable, no discomfort/rash etc after a 7 full days riding.
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  • AlainR
    AlainR Posts: 88
    I wouldn't play golf in jeans, just like I wouldn't ride in lycra with hairy legs.

    It's just tradition as far as I am concerned (and vanity)...
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  • thinbo
    thinbo Posts: 93
    Dodger747 wrote:
    You should be shaving everything/hairless from the beard downwards anyway! 8)

    [apart from arms...]

    why do the arms get left out?
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  • Pigeons in flight
    Pigeons in flight Posts: 282
    I have shaved my legs and agree - it' looks better (presuming you havent got a porky Ullrich thing going on...then a WTAF reaction would be required). But if you look the part, but do 15mph average on a good day, IMHO it can be a bit embarrassing. I did the Lakeland Loop this year and it was very satisfying to cruise past the 2 guys with the smooth waxed st tropez legs wearing matching his and his black Rapha as they attempted to walk in cleats up the Wrynose!
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  • wayne1978
    wayne1978 Posts: 56
    I have finally plucked the courage lads.
    I have done it.
    I shaved them
    Well I used the wife's veet, got bored with the razor.
    What a difference, all my hard training and my awesome toned leg muscles been hidden by a matt of hair.
  • slip210
    slip210 Posts: 18
    i would have started road riding earlier, it was just that i thought if i did i would get the urge to shave my legs... finally reassured myself i wouldnt have to, then i have witnessed this, a man suffering the agonies of vanity and peer pressure to finally be driven to shave his legs. Im now worried, will this affect me too....its a concern, im 18 stone and its not packed muscle its not a pleasant thought.
    please reassure me that resistance is not futile

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  • Secteur
    Secteur Posts: 1,971
    what does your boyfriend think of them?

    ;-)
  • wayne1978
    wayne1978 Posts: 56
    do it do it do it
    It does grow back and you live once only.
    Who give a toss what others think.
    Did get a whistle from a couple of young ladies when went out earlier.
  • jonsi
    jonsi Posts: 44
    What intrigues me is where do you stop shaving/waxing?

    Just above the knee? Top of your leg? Armpits? :?
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    briantrumpet wrote:
    I'd rather be still hairy and sail past people with shaved legs, just to disprove the 'better aerodynamics' myth.

    I have never once heard anyone, seriously, talk about aerodynamics. Its always been about road rash if it happens to occur.
  • klep
    klep Posts: 158
    jonsi wrote:
    What intrigues me is where do you stop shaving/waxing?

    Just above the knee? Top of your leg? Armpits? :?
    I once shaved up untill my sack, when I realised that I couldnt shave my ass hair. That would be so gay... So I left a square block of hair cover my ass and it looked VERY VERY bad. Since then I shave just a little further than where my bibshorts start.
  • k-dog
    k-dog Posts: 1,652
    klep wrote:
    jonsi wrote:
    What intrigues me is where do you stop shaving/waxing?

    Just above the knee? Top of your leg? Armpits? :?
    I once shaved up untill my sack, when I realised that I couldnt shave my ass hair. That would be so gay... So I left a square block of hair cover my ass and it looked VERY VERY bad. Since then I shave just a little further than where my bibshorts start.

    Well you can - http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/lax/35274458.html

    Probably NSFW.
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  • sancho1983
    sancho1983 Posts: 76
    I can't be bothered to shave my face more than twice a month so legs aren't going to happen
  • navrig
    navrig Posts: 1,352
    I cycle with a mate who shaves arms and legs. Interestingly when he takes off his top it is Planet of the Apes time.

    Now I would never ever say this in public, I should imagine that in a state of nakedness in the bedroom it must look JUST WRONG, REALLY WRONG.

    I would rather maintain somesort of decorum in front of the missus than trim a fraction of a second off a ride time. It is hard enough keeping that decorum when heading for a shower after an icy winter ride. Normally she has several non-humerous comments to be made.

    Stay hairy and proud.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    I had a rather lovely lady tell me she enjoyed my shaven legs last week, she even offered to do the backs of my calfs. haha. It adds to the look for me.
  • giant_man
    giant_man Posts: 6,878
    I shaved mine at the weekend for the first time, I'm bloody hairy everywhere so they took a whole hour to do. Still getting used to that smooth feeling, very strange I have to say. I like it though ....
  • lemon63
    lemon63 Posts: 253
    If you shave it just grows back even thicker :(


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  • kaptainscoot
    kaptainscoot Posts: 30
    I could never shave my legs my hair is my secret tan lol.
  • Duffer65
    Duffer65 Posts: 341
    I shaved mine a few months ago,because I was curious. I didn't mind it but the missus went mental :shock: I was quite taken aback at how vehemently abhorred she was by my lovely smooth legs. So, it's hairy legs (they're not that hairy anyway) for me if I want to keep her sweet :wink:
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  • dodgy
    dodgy Posts: 2,890
    Navrig wrote:
    I would rather maintain somesort of decorum in front of the missus than trim a fraction of a second off a ride time.

    For crying out loud! It's nothing to do with aerodynamics. That's the kind of tosh spouted by non cyclists in pub conversations.
  • klep
    klep Posts: 158
    I told my girl on our first date that I shave my guns. She's gotta live with it because that's not gonna change!
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    lemon63 wrote:
    If you shave it just grows back even thicker :(


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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,765
    Duffer65 wrote:
    I shaved mine a few months ago,because I was curious. I didn't mind it but the missus went mental :shock: I was quite taken aback at how vehemently abhorred she was by my lovely smooth legs. So, it's hairy legs (they're not that hairy anyway) for me if I want to keep her sweet :wink:

    Don't succumb to her, it's just jealousy that your's were smoother than hers.
  • Duffer65
    Duffer65 Posts: 341
    Hmmm, I think I'll leave it I don't want to have to sleep in chainmail underpants for the rest of my life.
    Where would you be if you fell down a hole?.. Stuck down a hole... in the fog... Stuck down a hole, in the fog, at night... WITH AN OWL!
  • klep
    klep Posts: 158
    BTW I reccomend you guys not to use depilation cream to rid your legs of hair. I once burnt my ballsack because I didnt notice it bungling against my creamed leg. After about 10 minutes I noticed but I was late. Burnt balls in combination with having to work 6 days a week in superhot trousers on Mallorca in 35+degree sun and wanting to cycle as much as possible is not so fun. The salty sweat dripping by my balls were such a pain, I can almost feel it thinking back about it.

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