Leg shaving time

[screenman]

We should all shave our chests like the Nivia for men advert.

Some of us do shave our chests, never seen the advert though.

 

[Tim Hall]

Being made "of skin and essence" as my chum Charlie would put it, my legs are mostly smooth and gorgeous anyway. Some years ago I was out on my bike and met up with some friends. A young woman of my acquaintance leaned across, lowered her voice and said could she ask me something rather personal. My mind did a quick boggle, as I ran through the possible questions. She leaned closer, lowered her voice to conspiratorial levels:
"Do you shave your legs?"
Phew. It wasn't any of the other possibilities.

 

[Speicher]

The best results come from shaving all of the legs, aside from a 1cm strip down the outside, so that you agitate the air enough to minimise drag on the trailing side of the leg.

You shave all your legs. How many legs have you got?

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

I can't believe I'm reading a thread on a cycling forum about grown men shaving their legs!.
What's next, a poll on the best moisturiser or your favourite brand of man bag?

 

[Tim Hall]

I can't believe I'm reading a thread on a cycling forum about grown men shaving their legs!.
What's next, a poll on the best moisturiser or your favourite brand of man bag?

Why not?

 

[numbnuts]

I can't believe I'm reading a thread on a cycling forum about grown men shaving their legs!.
What's next, a poll on the best moisturiser or your favourite brand of man bag?

 

[screenman]

I can't believe I'm reading a thread on a cycling forum about grown men shaving their legs!.
What's next, a poll on the best moisturiser or your favourite brand of man bag?

Clarins for the face, or Nivea. Working Hands for the hands.

 

[screenman]

The In-shower after every swim.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Bloody computers ...not save, friggin shave !!!

It's that bloody autoneglect feature, gets you every time.

 

[PaulSB]

Some years ago I was out on my bike and met up with some friends. A young woman of my acquaintance leaned across, lowered her voice and said could she ask me something rather personal.

Ha. Ha! You’ve never ridden with our group. I’m constantly amazed by what gets discussed. Yesterday one of the female riders raised the subject of how ridiculous men look when they put on leg warmers before putting on bib shorts!!

Again yesterday stood in the queue for the toilet. A total female stranger spoke to me saying her husband was doing a charity ride and asking how do leg warmers stay up? I pulled up my shorts leg and showed her.

Still in queue a couple of friends join us and said lady’s husband comes out of loo. At which point she pulls up my shorts leg and says “look this is what you need!!” My fellow riders were agog!

 

[Lavender Rose]

To be fair, I go mid thigh....but that was not an option

 

[hoopdriver]

Leg shaving and cycling reminds me of that hilarious scene in that movie Breaking Away when the gobsmacked father steps into the bathroom to find his cycling obsessed son shaving...his legs!

 

[bpsmith]

You shave all your legs How many legs have you got?

Lol

It did say leg when I first typed it, but that read weird too.

 

[Fab Foodie]

I can't believe I'm reading a thread on a cycling forum about grown men shaving their legs!.
What's next, a poll on the best moisturiser or your favourite brand of man bag?

Usually I get my moisturiser from hotels. My man bags come from Army surplusssss.
HTH.

 

[lazybloke]

There's no evidence of any aerodynamic benefit to shaving your legs, so there's that. I've never understood the need to shave legs, I'm not sure what it's supposed to accomplish for most riders.

For Pro riders I can see there might be an argument that it helps with road rash, or when they are having post ride massages, but given that I try to avoid the former, and Mrs C refuses to do the latter...

Am sure I've seen a video of wind tunnel testing that DID show a surprising aerodynamic benefit. Marginal gains I should think, or it was April 1st.

Not that I bother to shave mine.