Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - bald patch on your calves?

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ink1373
03-09-06, 07:58 AM
well?

dolface
03-09-06, 08:01 AM
mine are shaved...
ink1373
03-09-06, 08:03 AM
hmm...i can't edit the poll to add that option, can i?

Wambat
03-09-06, 08:04 AM
I blame my long undies.
mattface
03-09-06, 08:05 AM
I don't roll my pants, my jeans won't even roll past my calves, and I've had a bald patch on the back of my calves since... well probably about as long as I've had hair on my legs.
chimblysweep
03-09-06, 08:08 AM
your pants can rub your hair off. it's not that odd.
$0.00/Gal
03-09-06, 08:13 AM
mine are shaved...

+1

and even when they weren't I have been wearing tights under my rolled jeans since October.
lala
03-09-06, 08:26 AM
hmm...i can't edit the poll to add that option, can i?


I can.
zelah
03-09-06, 08:26 AM
spent the summer with both legs rolled past the calf and no problems
onetwentyeight
03-09-06, 08:28 AM
You tight pants wearing hipsters.
mattface
03-09-06, 08:32 AM
You tight pants wearing hipsters.

I wear 550s I just have big calves.
onetwentyeight
03-09-06, 08:38 AM
I know. We've been over this before. :D
jaypee
03-09-06, 08:42 AM
I never could figure out what the hell caused this. I don't know why I never made the connection.

Oh, yeah, probably 'cause I'm an idiot.
useless127
03-09-06, 08:47 AM
the hair rubs off the top of my thighs. i guess it's b/c of my tight hipster pants.
oharescrubs
03-09-06, 08:52 AM
i wear bike shorts under my pants everyday for 10+ hours for work n such, and then not taking them off afterwards when hanging out etc... and my hair on my bum and upper thigh is non existant now.
mattface
03-09-06, 09:02 AM
i wear bike shorts under my pants everyday for 10+ hours for work n such, and then not taking them off afterwards when hanging out etc... and my hair on my bum and upper thigh is non existant now.

OK... THAT was more info than I needed...
cardstock
03-09-06, 09:31 AM
tops of the knees as well.
noisebeam
03-09-06, 09:45 AM
Nope. I've never worn long pants while cycling.
Al
juvi-kyle
03-09-06, 10:18 AM
You tight pants wearing hipsters.

+1
morbot
03-09-06, 10:24 AM
You tight pants wearing hipsters.+1+1^2
Rev.Chuck
03-09-06, 10:32 AM
I have two bald spots. One is from a third degree burn, backed into a low BBQ grill, and the other is from a poor drop in off of a brick ledge. I raked ny shin down the brick and peeled a couple of layers of meat off, no more hair growth. But I shave them anyway.
baxtefer
03-09-06, 10:57 AM
mine are shaved...
+1
well, waxed actually
WithNail
03-09-06, 11:06 AM
My legs get kind of dry and itchy in the winter so I just attribute the bald patch to scratching all the hair off.
yarr
03-09-06, 11:10 AM
back of my calves and top of my thighs feel like a stubbly face, i think its mostly attributed to skating but now that i think about it biking probably isnt helping either.
oh well
efarrar
03-09-06, 11:27 AM
Thank god I was wondering if I was going bald in a very weird way....hehe I kinda figured it was due to rubbage on my jeans since it is at the widest part of my calf...but still thought it was weird.
Mouton
03-09-06, 11:34 AM
I get it more on my left leg where my pants aren't rolled. but yeah! weird!
@adams tight pants comment, I wore some looser jeans yesterday and I have to say, I will gladly take the hipster ridicule if it keeps my pants out of my chain. Even rolled up, baggier pants get in the way.
ink1373
03-09-06, 12:28 PM
tight? carhartts are not tight. i still have the bald.

thanks for adding the 'shaved' option, lala. who knew some of us were so...hygenic? aerodynamic?
wearyourtruth
03-09-06, 12:37 PM
it's early march and i'm already in shorts. so no bald patches here. yay texas.
shankton
03-09-06, 06:47 PM
I don't roll my pants, my jeans won't even roll past my calves, and I've had a bald patch on the back of my calves since... well probably about as long as I've had hair on my legs.

My calves have been bald longer than mattface's.
MLPROJECT
03-09-06, 07:43 PM
i don't roll my pants up, but i still have it.. rolling your pants up is for ******bags and shants
sherbert tights
03-09-06, 07:47 PM
my legs are shaved like a proper lady
eddiebrannan
03-09-06, 07:47 PM
i have one on my head
Ready to Ruck
03-09-06, 08:08 PM
I don't get what part of pedaling destroys your hair on the calves. the upstroke?
i understand that it happens but it seems silly considering all the other activity I go through. And I dont even wear tight pants.
soyboy
03-09-06, 08:12 PM
i've got the outside of the calves which i've had as long as my legs have been hairy, also there's the stubble where the roll sits, further more there's a patch on the bottom of my chin where i had an accident involving a broomstick(fake ninja bo) and walking on cracked sidewalk
soyboy
03-09-06, 08:16 PM
i was very young at the time of the scrapping lots of skin off my neck incident
Matthew A Brown
03-09-06, 09:18 PM
http://myspace-513.vo.llnwd.net/00106/31/52/106012513_l.jpg


I really bust this guy out at every possible oppurtunity, don't I....
arevalo
03-09-06, 09:33 PM
Weird.

My GF swore that I shaved that part ... I will now show her this thread.
bobdanger
03-10-06, 11:44 PM
yes knees and top of thighs- goes great w/some exczema and winter- it happens.
arevalo
03-11-06, 01:17 AM
Wee ninja!
marcelinyc
03-11-06, 09:35 AM
I just shaved legs last night, now i don't know :(
Fixed-Like-Dog
03-11-06, 09:37 AM
You have to shave all the way up the back, go above the plumbers crack, cycling shorts will stay on better when it starts to grow back. get your girlfriend to help you in the crack