Originally Posted by timcupery
You have lots of hairs on your hip? Or hips? That's a bit different than hair on the legs, isn't it? The only time I've crashed since I've been riding good bikes, I didn't scrape up my legs, but I did my hip. And despite not shaving, there was no hair to gum things up on my hip.
I've had a couple particularly long road rashes that started at my thigh and gone up to my hip. Fun in Crash 5. I've also gotten numerous scrapes from mtbing on my shins that healed twice as fast as when I didn't shave. It just depends on how hairy your legs are really. For myself, shaving is a helluva a lot better, but I ride with quite a few people who don't really need to.