Who shaved first?
11-29-03, 09:16 PM
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Who shaved first?
Any idea when shaving became a part of cyling. People ask me all the time if it really makes me faster and I have to explain it does'nt blah blah blah! but I did wonder who and how long ago the tradition started, anyone know? 
11-30-03, 04:18 AM
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Faster?
Ever had road rash with hairy legs?
I always offer to drag my friends along behind my car at 60km/h for a while and then see if they would have shaved their legs first. No one has taken up the offer yet... and I get very few negative comments on my hairless legs. Two birds, one stone
Ever had road rash with hairy legs?
I always offer to drag my friends along behind my car at 60km/h for a while and then see if they would have shaved their legs first. No one has taken up the offer yet... and I get very few negative comments on my hairless legs. Two birds, one stone
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me thinks it started as a bar bet. hahaha
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A lot of European men shave their legs, and a lot of them cycle, I guess that's how it started?
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Originally Posted by Croak
Faster?
Ever had road rash with hairy legs?
I always offer to drag my friends along behind my car at 60km/h for a while and then see if they would have shaved their legs first. No one has taken up the offer yet... and I get very few negative comments on my hairless legs. Two birds, one stone
Ever had road rash with hairy legs?
I always offer to drag my friends along behind my car at 60km/h for a while and then see if they would have shaved their legs first. No one has taken up the offer yet... and I get very few negative comments on my hairless legs. Two birds, one stone
I also offer to do that to people who tell me that bike racing's not a "real" sport..but for different reasons...
