Shaved Legs

[numbnuts]

I've been doing it for years and now I can't stand hairy legs and I'm nearly 60.
I don't do it for cycling or for anybody else I do it for me, and strange as it maybe I shave from the neck down, excluding my arms.

 

[the_mikey]

Hairy legs & lycra shorts are just wrong IMO.

Exactly, also I swim more than I ride a bike so I shave a bit more than my legs..

 

[Fab Foodie]

Ladyshave for initial de-foliation, then wet razor with conditioner.
Just waiting for the start of the shorts/light-bike season.
Looks good, but most of all ... it feels good

 

[steve52]

one advantage of shaveing aside from all the cycling things is that ya legs dont loont quite so silly when you try your wifes tights on ,and ina a certain light ,,,,,, erm mmmm cough did anyone see the match last night!!

 

[Candaules]

Why just your legs?

I shave everywhere, except my head!

 

[iAmiAdam]

If you crash, bandages are easier to apply and take off. Massage cream doesn't get clogged up etc.

It's not for aerodynamic effect, that's an urban myth.

 

[Chris S]

I'd have thought hair would have provided some protection against clothing chafing against your skin?

 

[Toeclip]

I shave my legs have been doing it for the past 30 years, I`m now nearly 62 years young and I ain`t going to stop shaving now.

 

[ramses]

Not for me, it doesn't make you go faster, so what's the point!

If you come off and get beaten up a bit, a little extra hair pulling by some medical tape really isn't that bad!

My wife laughs at the shaved legs, think she would have a fit if I shaved mine. She thinks that leg shavers should man up! LOL!

I do explain that it is a personal choice, but she won't have it!

If you're happy shaving your legs and perhaps having a back sack and crack at the same time, then go for it!

It's just something I would never contemplate doing.

 

[palinurus]

she would have a fit if I shaved mine.

Ms P is mostly fine with my cycling. I get to go touring when I want, keep three bikes in the flat. A while ago we were in the LBS and she said, while looking at a nice red carbon road bike -ooh, this one is nice- why don't you get one of these?

She doesn't like the shaved legs though.

 

[ChristinaJL]

I definately shave my legs, but then I'm female. It's much easier to wash/treat any road rash or other cuts.

 

[the_mikey]

Why just your legs?

I shave everywhere, except my head!

I shave that too!

 

[Sambu]

im proud of my hairy man legs! also i dont intend to fall of so the idea of shaving in case i do seems daft!

 

[Wardy]

You've all got it completely wrong. You ought to know that at speeds of 9mph and upwards, the hairs on one's legs each oscillate at a certain frequency, and studies at the Herr Soot University of Herrybum-on-Thames have shown that this provides additional lift, thereby reducing the effects of body weight on cycling.

 

[Holdsworth]

I don't think I'll be shaving my legs any time soon, even if the hair does poke through the lycra of my longs in a rather strange looking way!!!