Shaving your legs

[SportMonkey]

I'm thinking I may be able to get an extra mile per hour due to decreased wind resistance. How high do I shave, do I shave or wax, etc.? All the usual questions...

 

[Angelfishsolo]

I'm thinking I may be able to get an extra mile per hour due to decreased wind resistance. How high do I shave, do I shave or wax, etc.? All the usual questions...

All the way up and back down again. Waxing is far better

 

[Beebo]

I'm thinking I may be able to get an extra mile per hour due to decreased wind resistance.

That must be some thick hair!

You say you are a sport monkey, but you sound like an orangutan?

 

[Dan B]

For cycling purposes you can stop at the bottom of the shorts. Any higher than that is personal preference.

 

[numbnuts]

You won't go any faster by shaving your legs, but you will save a lot of money on sun cream as it doesn't get matted up in your hairy legs.
As to how high, for me from the neck down

 

[BSRU]

Or wear some 3/4 tights so you do not have to worry about shaving or showing your bare legs in public.

 

[Little yellow Brompton]

I'm thinking I may be able to get an extra mile per hour due to decreased wind resistance. How high do I shave, do I shave or wax, etc.? All the usual questions...

Stop at the eyebrows.

 

[What's that clunking?]

Stop at the eyebrows.

You shave your eyelashes??

 

[cyberknight]

Serious cyclists shave the legs as it makes it easier to clean road rash, there are no other benefits from a sporting point of view.

Of course you might like like it

 

[gaz]

Serious cyclists shave the legs as it makes it easier to clean road rash, there are no other benefits from a sporting point of view.

Of course you might like like it

Wrong!
Massages are so much better without hair. Pro's have a massage after each race.

 

[cyberknight]

Wrong!
Massages are so much better without hair. Pro's have a massage after each race.

Fair enough i forgot about that , i meant from a performance enhancing side for aerodynamics etc , of course massage helps you recover

 

[Fiona N]

Wrong!
Massages are so much better without hair. Pro's have a massage after each race.

You're not wrong - I used to do sports massage and working on a hairy squash player was a whole different experience from the smoothly shaved cyclists I was used to. Mind you, the worst of all, was a semi-grown out shave - like trying to massage velcro

 

[NormanD]

Maybe a pink blouse and a thong on your next cycle ride too ... "REAL MEN" don't shave their legs unless it has a sporting value such as in swimming for the Olympic team.

 

[Angelfishsolo]

Maybe a pink blouse and a thong on your next cycle ride too ... "REAL MEN" don't shave their legs unless it has a sporting value such as in swimming for the Olympic team.

I thought that this post was a joke but I am not so sure now.

 

[SportMonkey]

I thought that this post was a joke but I am not so sure now.

And you thought this thread was serious?