Fifty Plus (50+) - Do whiskers grow faster when you cycle/exercise???

Mine seem much heavier today after clocking 5-6 hours on the bike today.

Oh wait, I think I just forgot to shave this morning-I guess we can add it to the list.

do like many others on this page-- grow it out, then you don't have to worry about it growing in faster or slower...

train safe-

...then you can qualify for a recumbent.

Hmmm.

I'm contemplating buying a recumbent so I've been lurking a lot on the recumbent forum. They keep telling me that recombents are more comfortable to ride so they ride more. Do you suppose that's what makes their beards grow out?

Hmmm.

I'm contemplating buying a recumbent so I've been lurking a lot on the recumbent forum. They keep telling me that recombents are more comfortable to ride so they ride more. Do you suppose that's what makes their beards grow out?

Could be all that fertilizer.

We only gather fertilizer when we're stuck behind roadies :roflmao:

I think my beard (as required for all male 'bent riders) gets thicker when I ride, but I also think it's because sweat (as is also required, I'm......stout and sweat a lot) gathers. Kind of like your hair feels dirtier after a workout.

:fred: + :50: + :ride: = :recum:

The math speaks for itself!

Could be all that fertilizer.

Brutal!:D:lol::roflmao2::roflmao:




:popcorn

I get the feeling that it is the reverse. Only took up riding 20 years ago and since then- my beard has got thinner- My scalp started showing through my hair aswell but nasal and ear hair has got darker and more prolific.

Mine seem much heavier today after clocking 5-6 hours on the bike today.

Yes! Especially if you have been eating pizza. :thumb:
It's a well know fact that the polypeptides and peptones generated by the mixture of melted cheese and pepperoni are conducive to the growth of hair, bacteria and various fungi. :50:

I get the feeling that it is the reverse. Only took up riding 20 years ago and since then- my beard has got thinner- My scalp started showing through my hair aswell but nasal and ear hair has got darker and more prolific.

Me too. I'm thinking that I have the same amount of hair that I always did. It just grows in different places.

It can appear that way from dehydration. I would think "5-6 hours on the bike" may qualify. :)

Could be all that fertilizer.

Do you suppose that's why you don't see many recumbent mountain bikes? I mean, if you are sharing trails that are also used by horses some of that mud isn't mud and a recumbent puts the rider down closer to where the action is.

... Kind of like your hair feels dirtier after a workout.



what hair?!?!?!?!?!?!?

It can appear that way from dehydration. I would think "5-6 hours on the bike" may qualify. :)

Bingo. Dehydration can also make you look thinner. Unfortunately it doesn't last.

Hate to take this too far afield....but when I was younger I had the distinct impression that my beard grew quicker within 24 hours of having sex. Always wondered if it had something to do with testosterone production, etc. Now that I've been married for 38 years well uh....nevermind.

Hate to take this too far afield....but when I was younger I had the distinct impression that my beard grew quicker within 24 hours of having sex. Always wondered if it had something to do with testosterone production, etc. Now that I've been married for 38 years well uh....nevermind.

Now he never has to shave!

cue rimshot

Blood supply to the skin increases during exercise. Also to body peripheral body parts, like fingernails, toenails, and hair follicles.
That's why they all seem to grow faster in the summer.
How's that for a hypothesis?

It's an illusion, like hair growing after you die- only looks that way because after death the body dehydrates, and the skin shrinks back, but whiskers, nails and hair don't, giving the illusion of growth.

When riding, the wind pushes your facial skin back, stretching it taught, and making the whiskers stick out more, giving the illusion of growth. Slow down, man!

Seriously, I've often wondered the same thing- beard seems heavier day after a good ride/training session.

I've never noticed the effect, myself. And I tend to ride pretty hard.

Do you suppose that's why you don't see many recumbent mountain bikes? I mean, if you are sharing trails that are also used by horses some of that mud isn't mud and a recumbent puts the rider down closer to where the action is.

A recumbent mtb. Now that would be something to see.

I don't think that the matter has ever been investigated. There was a researcher who lived for 5 days per week out in the boonies by his lonesome. On the weekends, he would go into town and stay with his significant other. He had an electric razor. So he started weighing his beard clippings on a daily basis. He found that the beard clippings weight increased signficantly on the weekends. He attributed this to a rising level of testosterone. This was the first documentation of fluctuation of testorsterone levels in human males. I think he published the resulfs in Science (which is a REAL BIG DEAL). You could try it yourself.

A recumbent mtb. Now that would be something to see.

I have one of those. It has a spring suspension built into the frame, single track rims, disc brakes, very low gearing, and came with knobby tread tires. Not for highly technical trails, because you can't hop it over an obstacle, but it can handle a lot of bumps.

I don't think that the matter has ever been investigated. There was a researcher who lived for 5 days per week out in the boonies by his lonesome. On the weekends, he would go into town and stay with his significant other. He had an electric razor. So he started weighing his beard clippings on a daily basis. He found that the beard clippings weight increased signficantly on the weekends. He attributed this to a rising level of testosterone. This was the first documentation of fluctuation of testorsterone levels in human males. I think he published the resulfs in Science (which is a REAL BIG DEAL). You could try it yourself.


So I should tell my wife "this is for the sake of science"? Well....I've used every other excuse. :)

I'm thinking that I have the same amount of hair that I always did. It just grows in different places.

Yep. It stops growing out of the top of your head and starts growing everywhere else. It's my eyebrows now that start blowing in the wind.

It's an illusion, like hair growing after you die- only looks that way because after death the body dehydrates, and the skin shrinks back, but whiskers, nails and hair don't, giving the illusion of growth.

When riding, the wind pushes your facial skin back, stretching it taught, and making the whiskers stick out more, giving the illusion of growth. Slow down, man!

Seriously, I've often wondered the same thing- beard seems heavier day after a good ride/training session.

Darn, thought the OP was on to something. Could start a Rogaine style bike company. Just think how many bikes you could sell if you could claim that cycling made your hair grow!!!!

Definitely. Here are pictures of me before and after a 3 hour bike ride

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t13/rbrtn/OLD%20PICS/Bob7-30-09_red.jpg

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t13/rbrtn/OLD%20PICS/beard.jpg

My beard grows a bit faster, but my leg har completely disappears.

I found that all my hair grew faster after stopping chemotherapy. ;)

But the effects of radiation on my beard seem to be permanent. I have not needed to shave my neck and about halfway up onto my cheeks for over a year. I am experimenting with growing a Van **** type beard now. I think it will work, though the beard stops sharply at my chin line, about a 1/4 inch higher than I would have chosen to end it. We'll see. I don't see myself as the clean shaven type, but growing a full beard is no longer an option.

I found that all my hair grew faster after stopping chemotherapy. ;)

But the effects of radiation on my beard seem to be permanent. I have not needed to shave my neck and about halfway up onto my cheeks for over a year. I am experimenting with growing a Van **** type beard now. I think it will work, though the beard stops sharply at my chin line, about a 1/4 inch higher than I would have chosen to end it. We'll see. I don't see myself as the clean shaven type, but growing a full beard is no longer an option.

You are a natural trend setter! Sounds like new fashion statement. Heck, it would take ms so long to grow a beard mine would probably fall off before it was really noticeable. However if I could, I could be a natural Santa.

You are a natural trend setter! Sounds like new fashion statement. Heck, it would take ms so long to grow a beard mine would probably fall off before it was really noticeable. However if I could, I could be a natural Santa.

With a beard like that, you'd need to buy a recumbent.:D

Beards grow faster in warm weather (I forget where I read that, but trust me). Guys tend to ride more when it is warm. Hence, the confounding variable leads to a misleading conclusion about the correlation.

It makes no sense, really. You would think that a beard should grow faster when it is cold, as a natural mechanism of the body to provide protection from the cold.

But wait, if you think about it, it's all about reproductive success. Women tend to go for guys who are clean shaven, so they are more likely to produce offspring. So shaving is a successful adaptation, and those whose beards grow slower are more likely to find mates (the women don't notice on the days the guy forgets to shave because the beard grows so slow).

Yes, clean shaven is a real chick magnet, take it from me!

L.

Women tend to go for guys who are clean shaven...

...Yes, clean shaven is a real chick magnet, take it from me!


Not the girls I knew - and not the one I stuck with.