Shaving legs re-visit.

[Ian H]

I did when I was racing (semi-)seriously. Older riders of my acquaintance tend to take it more seriously. Road-rash is easier to deal with if there isn't hair all over the place. Plus it's part of the mystique, a bit like shaving body-hair if you're a body-builder.

 

[ColinJ]

I'd need to grow some leg hair so I could shave it off!

My legs 'shaved' themselves! I don't know if was due to old age, illness, medication, or genetics, but I looked down one day and they were practically bald.

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[Once a Wheeler]

Refer compulsive shavers here.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Why do you shave your legs @Milzy ?

 

[Sunny Portrush]

Shave my legs and save 20 grams or lost 2 st to be faster on the bike - where's that razor.....

 

[HLaB]

The group I ride with are fairly strong riders and shave their legs all summer long.
They never put a number on their back and about one of them gets a massage now and again. I’m fed up of doing it myself personally. It itches and people take the urine at work etc. I think I’ll stop this practice and sacrifice 1 watt aero advantage. Doing it just to look pro when you won’t race is a bit sad really.
What do you think?

I don't shave my legs but its supposed to be 1 w which probably shows on my results my best results have come when I've been wearing UV leg skins or knee skins. A beard is ony supposed to cost you 1w hence Brad Wiggins kept his for most TTs but when he was looking for that very marginal gain for the hour record he did.

https://velo.outsideonline.com/news/news-wind-tunnel-data-shows-shaved-legs-faster/

My reason for not shaving is that post chemo I've got poor circulation and I need every bit of heat to my lower legs/ feet.

 

[Milzy]

Why do you shave your legs @Milzy ?

So I’m not the odd one out. However I’m getting sick and tired of it. It reminds me of all these 50 something year old weekend warriors you end up been around in the cycling social circles. Granted some are very fit but we are just MAMIL’s at the end of the day. Maybe I just need a break from it all.

 

[vickster]

Get some aero socks instead as long socks don’t look at all silly with shorts

 

[Ming the Merciless]

So I’m not the odd one out. However I’m getting sick and tired of it. It reminds me of all these 50 something year old weekend warriors you end up been around in the cycling social circles. Granted some are very fit but we are just MAMIL’s at the end of the day. Maybe I just need a break from it all.

Ah so peer pressure to conform to the weird fetish.

 

[figbat]

Ah so peer pressure to conform to the weird fetish.

Known in other circles as "fashion".

 

[Fab Foodie]

people come up with all sorts of 'logic' to justify what is essentially a cycling tradition and/or their personal preference.

it doesn't make you faster.
it doesn't help roadrash heal.
it doesn't make for a more efficient massage.
etc.

Maybe - but it IS ever so nice

 

[C R]

you have to be doing pro speed, at 50 km/h aka around 30 mph you can save a minute over an hour apparantly

I rarely manage more than a minute at 30mph, let alone a whole hour

 

[vickster]

I rarely manage more than a minute at 30mph, let alone a whole hour

Depends how long the downhill is and how brave I’m feeling!

 

[Gwylan]

Maybe - but it IS ever so nice

Worrying

 

[youngoldbloke]

Known in other circles as "fashion".

- it's been 'fashion' for a hell of a long time then. Still shave mine at 75. Looks and feels better. Only once shorts-wearing time comes around. I once tried wearing thin summer tights before leg shaving started for the summer, only to see hairs finding their way through the fabric - hairy tights are not a good look.