Crossing the Rubicon

asprilla

Riding in this morning and it occurred to me that now I'm all svelte(-er) and that I should shave my legs for aerodynamic reasons.

My issue is that I already get grief from the wife and kids for not shaving my face more than every two weeks. If I shave my legs it's going to raise the pressure on face shaving.

Anyone got any good reasoned arguments, or any that may work with women?

menthel

We all understand that keeping the face fuzz keeps your SCR number 1 higher, but I am not sure women understand such important facts.

Perhaps show hep piccies of rugged, handsome men and point out their manly facial hair as a good example?

DrLex

I wish to take issue with your Classical allusion - shaving is more a Sisyphean task; you can chalk up a leg strip to a whim or caprice and the fur will spring forth again. Just tell your partner that you need to maintain a stubbly visage to fend off unwanted advances at work.

keyser__soze

menthel wrote:

We all understand that keeping the face fuzz keeps your SCR number 1 higher, but I am not sure women understand such important facts.

Surely this would be offset by the -1 for the shaved legs?

menthel

Keyser__Soze wrote:

menthel wrote:

We all understand that keeping the face fuzz keeps your SCR number 1 higher, but I am not sure women understand such important facts.

Surely this would be offset by the -1 for the shaved legs?

But shaved face and legs would be -2!

Anonymous

What do you look like asprilla? Think I saw you last night......just stick up a selfie

asprilla

coriordan wrote:

What do you look like asprilla? Think I saw you last night......just stick up a selfie

Only if you were on a black langster heading for Weybridge. I was on my blue Pug SS.

mpdouglas

Don't shave them - wax them! It's not nearly as painful as others make out. I crossed that bridge last year for my inaugural trip to the Dolomites for the Maratona - you just look a bit wrong with Chewbacca legs in a sea of Italian roadies!

The big benefit is that it takes much longer for the hair to come back and when it does, it's new soft hair rather than stubble. X-It in Soho are good and cater for blokes. http://www.xit-soho.com/

msmancunia

Ministry of Waxing in Covent Garden or South Moulton St are the experts if you're going to go down the waxing route and do loads of blokes. They don't even bat an eyelid at a back/crack/whatever apparently because they do so many.

Tip if you're going to wax, wherever you go - take two Nurofen half an hour beforehand. Takes the edge off the pain

rjsterry

you just look a bit wrong with Chewbacca legs in a sea of Italian roadies!

Difficult to argue with this, but then the hair would partially conceal the blueish hue of my northern European skintype.

bigmat

Hairy legs mark you out as a chopper and a dangerous liability, thereby gaining you valuable room in the peloton. Personally I can't be bothered to shave my face, never mind my legs - life is too short. And I know it wouldn't stop there, the wife would end up making me have a full body wax. No thanks.

MrSweary

What he said. Life is too short unless you're a pro-cyclist or pro-poseur.

asprilla

MrSweary wrote:

What he said. Life is too short unless you're a pro-cyclist or pro-poseur.

Well I was dressed head to toe in Rapha when the thought entered my head....

rjsterry

BigMat wrote:

And I know it wouldn't stop there, the wife would end up making me have a full body wax. No thanks.

Odd, the precise opposite for me. It's been made abundantly clear that any below-the-neck depilation will result in me sleeping on the sofa at best. Fine by me