It’s one of those eternal questions that divide cyclists, or at least those who choose to shave their legs – just how high should you go with the razor?
Well, a member of the Imgur image-sharing community has added fuel to the debate by posting a picture entitled ‘How to make a pair of summer shorts’ – the ‘shorts’ in question in fact being the hair on someone’s thighs above the point he (or she) stopped shaving.
The arresting image has attracted plenty of comments on the site.
It’s not clear whether the picture is of the person who posted it, and opinion seems split on whether the image depicts a man or a woman.
“Spoiler alert,” said one user, “That’s not a dude” – but another countered, “As a woman, this is what my legs look like during my Spring shave.”
While some people were into the whole look, others felt – not to put too fine a point on it – repulsed.
“That just looks awful – for the sake of humanity, shave it all!” was one user’s opinion, but another said: “Is it weird as a girl to find hairy legs in a guy sexy?”
We’re assuming the person in the picture is a bike rider – as one reply said, “Some cyclists call those ‘hamster pants’.”
Some have commented by referencing fantasy books/movies. “Hobbit, that’s a hobbit,” wrote one, while another asked, “Narnia?”
> VecchioJo waxes lyrical about the joys of shaving
Do you shave your legs? And if so, how high is too high … or how low is too low? Let us know in the comments.
25 thoughts on “How high should you shave your legs? ‘Shorts’ sculpted with razor”
Gran used to say always
Gran used to say always change your underwear daily in case you ended up in hospital (morbid drunks in denial are bags of fun).
Reckon the same applies to the hamster pants. Whack it all off, cos you never know
If its leg, shave it!
If its leg, shave it!
When it stops being leg, stop!
I used to say that when I go
I used to say that when I go from 95kgs to 85kgs then I’d shave my legs.
I’m now 83kgs and I’m not shaving them until I get to 75kgs.
To be honest, I don’t hink I’ll ever shave them.
All the way.
All the way.
DavidC wrote:
From head to toe?
Point wrote:
Aero – nobody on here wants to wear helmets anyway.
If you go the shaved route,
If you go the shaved route, do you have to be a completist and go all the way to the waist?
I’ve considered shaving the full leg area mainly for easier massage and foam rolling but it’d still look daft to have a great hairy arse as well?
Yorkshire wallet wrote:
For the love of God, think of the stubble!
I tried it when I was 17 and had a BC coach. I did the whole leg. At first I kept noticing how cold my legs were outdoors, even wearing jeans, but of far more concern is a day or two later when the stubble appears and and forms an, ahem, abrasive relationship with your ballsack.
On both sides.
Its ok though, provided you have no objection to walking like John Wayne, sitting in a ‘manspread’ and sleeping like a starfish until you either shave again (every 24 hours?!) or let it grow to a softer length, then by avoiding a repeat performance, proceed to cultivate what can only be described as Wiggo’s sideburns on the inside of each thigh.
the same thing on your backside would, I imagine, be quite the pain in the arse when trying to sit down and you get a Velcro-like sensation against your undies.
There’s a reason Chewbacca isn’t a cyclist, and Teenwolf was about Basketball!
My legs are not shaved and
My legs are not shaved and the hair stops growing at the tanline, so basically the inverse of the photo.
Anyone else thinking of Mr
Anyone else thinking of Mr Tumnus?
Dr_Lex wrote:
Yes, over on imgur. Also here (where I had assumed the original image came from):
https://twitter.com/UKCycleChat/status/767773467827638272
Out of interest, why do you
Out of interest, why do you non-pros shave your legs? I don’t personally and have no reason to.
srchar wrote:
Same reasons pros do it.
srchar wrote:
To show off them muscles.
srchar wrote:
Because pros shave their legs.
tarquin_foxglove wrote:
cf. Rule 40
srchar wrote:
Because putting a wetsuit on with my hairy legs hurts.
Yes I’m one of those occasionally.
The only true answer to the
The only true answer to the question “Why do cyclists shave their legs?” is…
..Because.
For men, I have no opinion on
For men, I have no opinion on shaved or not, except to say that white shaved legs look like two bottles of sterilised milk. Please wait until they are tanned.
That was either a *very*
That was either a *very* hairy pair of legs, or else they’ve just glued extra hair onto their thighs for effect…
That was either a *very*
(edit- duplicate post)
For the intimidation factor
Why? For the intimidation factor of course.
Taper, taper, dude.
Taper, taper, dude.
As a recent convert to shaved
As a recent convert to shaved legs, my comments would be legs only. Be aware that hair has anti friction properties which can be very useful on a bike, stubble has the opposite!
Overall im now keen on the whole leg shaving thing, though I’d possibly say that you should be sporting defined muscles of sorts and a cycle tan.
That’s definitely Mr Tumnus!
That’s definitely Mr Tumnus!