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Old 09-12-08, 11:19 AM
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Do you shave your legs?

Do you, fgss riders, shave your legs? I'm sure most roadies do it. What about us?
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Most roadies do not shave their legs.

Hipsters don't shave their legs, either. The tight girlie pants rubs the hair right off.
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I do. I'm a roadie. It just happens that one of my road bikes has only a single gear.
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i like the pace i ride at now...i don't shave my face so...yeah i don't

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Oh Hail no!
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Yes. Crashing in a Cat A cross race sucks enough without an infection due to hair.
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Efff no!!!
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Yeah I just recently started doing this, mostly so I could check out how my legs looked without the forest on, see how my tan actually was, etc.

Now I think I'll keep it up, just a bit of a pain to keep having to deal with it every week (as often as I can be bothered).

Any tips on good/easy/low maintenance techniques? I've been using my razor and wet shaving, I've tried nair-type stuff to no good use and I was donated an epilator (like a sanding disc thing that's supposed to pull the hair out) - nothing seems to work like the wet shave, though I've not tried waxing.
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I do. Also a pretty serious roadie, too. Ride my fixed as my commuter/around town/have fun in parking lots bike.
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Originally Posted by caloso
I do. I'm a roadie. It just happens that one of my road bikes has only a single gear.
ditto
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Nothing like a well muscled calf with a network of veins showing to keep the tools at bay.
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Originally Posted by Sinn
Do you, fgss riders, shave your legs? I'm sure most roadies do it. What about us?
I am becoming a roadie today (I guess). I will pick up my 08 Ridley Damocles today (just nobody tell my Bareknuckle!). Finally I can ride with the group rides around here without seeming pretentious. I can't wait to ride it.

But I've shaved my legs for a while now.
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Well, I should say, I won't seem "FG pretentious". Now i just have to worry about the national champions in the group rides around here who want to stomp the ass of the new poser with the cool bike.

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No. If I were to start shaving my legs, I'd pretty much have to start shaving my chest, stomach, ass, crotch and taint or I'd end up with a rather unsightly "hair line," which would be a hair's breadth (GET IT?!?!?!?!?!) more unsightly than my sasquatchian countenance.
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I do, but I also occassionally race my road bike

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I actually "buzz". It seems that I naturally have 3 inch pubes growing on my legs, so I use an electric razor, with a #2 or 3 guard on it and kind of trim it up. I leave it long enough for it not to be perpetual stubble. Its totally not bike related though, I just think it looks better, and it feels better in during the hot summer here.
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I am neither woman nor olympic swimmer so no, I do not.
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i wax. Although i also wax my bikini line and my eyebrows. I'll claim it's in the name of cycling.
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Originally Posted by SSarah
i wax. Although i also wax my bikini line and my eyebrows. I'll claim it's in the name of cycling.
More aero, more sexy. Women rule.
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Originally Posted by Sinn
I am becoming a roadie today (I guess). I will pick up my 08 Ridley Damocles today (just nobody tell my Bareknuckle!). Finally I can ride with the group rides around here without seeming pretentious. I can't wait to ride it.

But I've shaved my legs for a while now.
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Well, I should say, I won't seem "FG pretentious". Now i just have to worry about the national champions in the group rides around here who want to stomp the ass of the new poser with the cool bike.

A bit of a hijack here, how is FG pretentious? I would think that a uber-expensive geared roadie bike and shaved legs would be more pretentious than anything. I have nothing against shaved legs, I did it while I was racing on the road and running triathlons. I don't do it now, it's a pain in the ass....
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Originally Posted by garythenuke
A bit of a hijack here, how is FG pretentious? I would think that a uber-expensive geared roadie bike and shaved legs would be more pretentious than anything. I have nothing against shaved legs, I did it while I was racing on the road and running triathlons. I don't do it now, it's a pain in the ass....
I guess that it is not pretentious per se, it just won't work; and to think that it would is pretentious. I can't ride in a fast-moving group on my FG without messing up the pace, which really annoys people.
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Originally Posted by Sinn
More aero, more sexy. Women rule.
amen.
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nope. i just try not to fall. lol
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Nope, I ride in jeans so there's no real benefit to be had. I'm not opposed to the idea, I just don't do it
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