Shaved legs

In general, prolific body
In general, prolific body hair just doesn’t look right on an athlete, it looks a bit neolithic.

more to the point, as
more to the point, as triathletes don’t usually wear cycling-shorts when do they know where to take it easy with the Bic? do they keep going past the Speedos and stop at the nipples, or is the natural nap of body-hair handy for aquadynamics?

i remembered i’ve had [url=http://road.cc/content/blog/4029-shave]some thoughts[/url] about shaving before.

Nope, it’s a fairing – so I’m
Nope, it’s a fairing – so I’m probably not UCI legal.

Anyway I have been know to ride a recumbent occasionally and it’s important to look the part – quite the done thing in fact B)

Fringe wrote:if you ‘race’ i

Fringe wrote:

if you ‘race’ i can understand shaving as it seems to be the done thing..but if you dont is it just vanity? i only ask because i often consider it…(i dont race btw)

That’s pretty much my feelings on the subject. I don’t race and I’m not interested in doing the done thing, I’m interested in riding my bike, end of. I certainly resent the inference that because I don’t shave my legs I’m somehow a lesser rider.

I feel I have taken this
I feel I have taken this conversation to a place nobody wants to go….I apologise!

My wife was mortified when I
My wife was mortified when I first started shaving my legs…

She now ranks cyclists in order of serious-ness by shaved legs first, tan second and finally lack of nodding head.

I’ve trained her well…

Just above the shorts line is
Just above the shorts line is standard, but I do shave further up the front, back and outside of my thighs too.

Just leave the insides of your thighs well alone, stuble there is not a good thing…