My wife thinks I am a girly man for shaving legs
02-23-07, 04:58 PM
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Originally Posted by GuitarWizard
Meh...I just use my gf's Venus razor. After cutting my legs up (always behind the knee) with my regular razor, and even trying an electric razor.....I finally decided to use the gf's razor one day. Man....what a difference. Granted, she hates it because her blades don't last for **** now 
And yeah, I get constantly heckled about it.
And yeah, I get constantly heckled about it.
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02-23-07, 05:00 PM
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I did make the comment though of how "nice" it felt wearing jeans after a fresh shave. Yeah, she had a field day with that one.
02-23-07, 05:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Indolent58
If he shaves he's a girly man - if he doesn't he's a whipped husband. There's a win-win
Seriously he should just go with the wife on this. If he were to grow a pair and oppose her, he would have to shave them too.
Seriously he should just go with the wife on this. If he were to grow a pair and oppose her, he would have to shave them too.
02-23-07, 05:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr.Mavic
Try being twenty and living in a house with 7 other alcoholic college students in a redneck town...
Yeah, I get alot of crap for doing it but it doesn't really bother me. Having drunk kids laugh at ya because you ride a bike just makes you realize how pathetic they really are...Not to mention my ex loved it. My parents on the other hand...different story all together.
Yeah, I get alot of crap for doing it but it doesn't really bother me. Having drunk kids laugh at ya because you ride a bike just makes you realize how pathetic they really are...Not to mention my ex loved it. My parents on the other hand...different story all together.
02-23-07, 05:04 PM
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Originally Posted by DrPete
Yeah, I guess it's the shape of the blade or something, but MrsDrPete's Venus was a much better shave than my Fusion. I didn't tell her.
funny to me how some wives would complain about smooooooth muscular legs.
02-23-07, 05:05 PM
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Originally Posted by DrPete
Yeah, I guess it's the shape of the blade or something, but MrsDrPete's Venus was a much better shave than my Fusion. I didn't tell her.
02-23-07, 05:05 PM
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Theres an easy answer to this after you shave your legs for the first time let the hair grow out and every night in bed make sure to rub your stubbly legs all over your wifes legs. Yes let her feel the burn. Either she will kick you out of bed or you will get to keep shaving your legs. So good luck.
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02-23-07, 05:06 PM
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No idea what you mean by offers but umm...yeah, doesn't fly so well here.
02-23-07, 05:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr.Mavic
No idea what you mean by offers but umm...yeah, doesn't fly so well here.
02-23-07, 05:08 PM
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It's funny--I had never been approached by a woman at the gym prior to shaving my legs. After doing it, two women came up and started conversations with me. So I guess I really should've started BEFORE I got married.
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Originally Posted by SSP
It's not about crashing...it's a "tribal ritual" of passage into the ranks of "real cyclists".
02-23-07, 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by DrPete
It's funny--I had never been approached by a woman at the gym prior to shaving my legs. After doing it, two women came up and started conversations with me. So I guess I really should've started BEFORE I got married.
I had a girl in my ex. phy. class sit down next to me, study for 2 minutes, lean over and say 'you shave your legs? thats f***ing hot!"
02-23-07, 07:28 PM
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WOW, so many great opinions, I appreciate them all.
I agree, it is a tribal ritual that I intend on continuing. And no, I dont crash alot.
Thanks! Not too many here go back that far, I bet.
Thanks blondie, I appreciate your view that they're HOT! Glad there are women like you out there...even if you're far from here.... 
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It's not about crashing...it's a "tribal ritual" of passage into the ranks of "real cyclists".
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By the way I like the name (Old and In the Way). Great album.
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Now are you a cyclist or some whipped husband?
and for the record, shaved legs are H-O-T!
and for the record, shaved legs are H-O-T!
02-23-07, 07:45 PM
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I shave to avoid the "caveman in lycra" look. So far I got only positive feedback.
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Serious question to those who shave from one who has considered it- do you just do the legs, to the point that they are under the shorts, or do you go, as it were, all the way up. Like most men, i suspect, i have occassional chafing issues- do you find this makes them better, worse, or no change?
02-23-07, 10:46 PM
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Originally Posted by DrPete
It's funny--I had never been approached by a woman at the gym prior to shaving my legs. After doing it, two women came up and started conversations with me...
I have found that if I start shaving my legs that I end up shaving everything.
02-23-07, 11:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Old &in the way
Should I tell her to "Stuff it" or succumb to her warped sense of manliness? (no wise cracks please! She's plenty satisifed )
)(1) If shaving your legs doesn't reduce the number of times you get laid per month then it doesn't matter what your wife thinks
(2) If shaving does indeed reduce the laid-quotient, go buy some DVD episodes of Magnum PI or Saturday Night Fever that your wife can watch during foreplay to put her in the mood.
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02-24-07, 12:02 AM
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Sheldon Brown says there is no reason to shave your legs other than vanity. Alternatively I read somewhere else that if you are getting your legs massaged regularly shaving stops you from getting bacteria in the hair follicles which causes those nasty red spots. As for shaved legs being less likely to suffer from infection after you have chucked you and your bike down the road and have the gravel rash from hell-just scrub the rash out to make it bleed and you'll be fine.
So I guess it's a case of whatever floats your boat, but for me razors are for faces, why mow extra acreage. And yes I have had gravel rash scrubbed out. T'is best done quick.
So I guess it's a case of whatever floats your boat, but for me razors are for faces, why mow extra acreage. And yes I have had gravel rash scrubbed out. T'is best done quick.
02-24-07, 01:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Old &in the way
OMG this sounds like the Dr. Phil or Oprah in the Afternoon forum.
I like this option better.
And NO! I am not Ryan and only half-kidding. She does hate them, but actually, I am just as concerned about being too much of a poseur (a title I usually relish) since I am not a racer.
I like this option better.
And NO! I am not Ryan and only half-kidding. She does hate them, but actually, I am just as concerned about being too much of a poseur (a title I usually relish) since I am not a racer.
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02-24-07, 01:41 AM
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Originally Posted by oujeep1
Serious question to those who shave from one who has considered it- do you just do the legs, to the point that they are under the shorts, or do you go, as it were, all the way up. Like most men, i suspect, i have occassional chafing issues- do you find this makes them better, worse, or no change?
you don't want the hair left behind to look as though you're still wearing shorts! hahahah
i have been shaving for the past 12+ years. i started when i raced motocross.
also, you might want to invest in some clippers. they work good on certain body parts where shaving might irritate as it grows back.
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Originally Posted by etz
Alternatively I read somewhere else that if you are getting your legs massaged regularly shaving stops you from getting bacteria in the hair follicles which causes those nasty red spots.
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Originally Posted by DrPete
Yeah, I guess it's the shape of the blade or something, but MrsDrPete's Venus was a much better shave than my Fusion. I didn't tell her.
are you MAN enough to walk into the store and buy a Venus razor?
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Originally Posted by etz
Sheldon Brown says there is no reason to shave your legs other than vanity.
there are other reasons.
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