Question for you who wax your calves
03-25-20, 06:07 PM
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Question for you who wax your calves
How many watts saved? Or, alternatively.. gain in avg mph?
03-25-20, 06:21 PM
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No idea. It makes a lot of PT easier, though. And looks better.
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03-25-20, 06:38 PM
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Specialized has a video on this from their Win Tunnel. It’s not insignificant relative to the gains made from equipment.
03-25-20, 06:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Bah Humbug
No idea. It makes a lot of PT easier, though. And looks better.
Originally Posted by smashndash
Specialized has a video on this from their Win Tunnel. It’s not insignificant relative to the gains made from equipment.
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03-25-20, 06:43 PM
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Originally Posted by noodle soup
The ladies like it. Well, the ones I care about do.
Oh and crazy faster when swimming.
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Originally Posted by Bah Humbug
Mine doesn't care, or claims not to... but it makes things with her feel better even on my end. So it's wins all around.
Oh and crazy faster when swimming.
Oh and crazy faster when swimming.
she likes the beard though
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03-25-20, 07:18 PM
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Mine have gone bald naturally. Wife used to hate the one-way sharkskin feeling when I shaved my legs.
Now who’s gotten silicone implants to beef their calves up?
Now who’s gotten silicone implants to beef their calves up?
03-26-20, 08:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Sy Reene
How many watts saved? Or, alternatively.. gain in avg mph?
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03-26-20, 08:37 AM
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Originally Posted by MoAlpha
Mine have gone bald naturally. Wife used to hate the one-way sharkskin feeling when I shaved my legs.
Now who’s gotten silicone implants to beef their calves up?
Now who’s gotten silicone implants to beef their calves up?
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03-26-20, 08:47 AM
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I don't know if it's the robustness of my hair follicles or what, but I need a ratchet strap to yank the wax off of my legs. Then I look like a freshly plucked turkey afterwards.
Shaving, FTW.
Shaving, FTW.
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Originally Posted by Bah Humbug
Mine are so big I literally don’t fit into Lululemon’s men’s pants - they fit like leggings.
03-26-20, 08:59 AM
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Originally Posted by noodle soup
I had no idea those even existed.
03-26-20, 10:00 AM
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Originally Posted by noodle soup
If I shave everyday, she has no excuses.
she likes the beard though
she likes the beard though
. Not sure which is worst though; a long beard or patched tube.
03-26-20, 07:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Bah Humbug
They do. I tried to get a pair for the Rome trip last year (how surreal that sounds now) to have lightweight long pants for the churches in the heat. They’re supposed to be loose, but not on me. One of the few clothing items for me that AG vetoed, not that I would have gotten them anyway.
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Originally Posted by AdkMtnMonster
Repent a little bit and the churches won’t feel as hot.
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03-26-20, 07:23 PM
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Originally Posted by eduskator
It seems like it would be less than patching your tubes. It's a big thing nowadays. To patch or not to patch?
03-26-20, 08:37 PM
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Originally Posted by eduskator
This is so not aerodynamic! You must lose lots of watts when riding. . Not sure which is worst though; a long beard or patched tube.
. Not sure which is worst though; a long beard or patched tube.
When I was training for a 40km TT, I actually had a chance to do a wind tunnel analysis of my position. In my TT position, beard or no beard would make very little difference.
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Originally Posted by noodle soup
When I was training for a 40km TT, I actually had a chance to do a wind tunnel analysis of my position. In my TT position, beard or no beard would make very little difference.
I hypothesized that leg fur makes more difference than face fur because your legs are moving around at maybe 80 rpm while your face isn't.
03-27-20, 01:40 AM
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Originally Posted by eduskator
This is so not aerodynamic! You must lose lots of watts when riding. . Not sure which is worst though; a long beard or patched tube.
. Not sure which is worst though; a long beard or patched tube.
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Originally Posted by RChung
I bet it'd be different if you had a ZZ Top kinda beard or a trim little Robert Downey as Tony Stark beard.
I hypothesized that leg fur makes more difference than face fur because your legs are moving around at maybe 80 rpm while your face isn't.
I hypothesized that leg fur makes more difference than face fur because your legs are moving around at maybe 80 rpm while your face isn't.
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Originally Posted by Rollfast
He gets all the looks. And stop abusing baby cattle. Word.
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You guys roasting my thread 😬
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