So, still shaving your legs this winter?
12-19-03, 06:53 PM
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So, still shaving your legs this winter?
I don't think much has been said on shaving legs during the winter, so are you 
Come on now, fess up!
Come on now, fess up!
12-19-03, 06:57 PM
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I'll admit it, I do. It's the best time of the year to do it. Right after you get finished you can run out naked and sled down the hill at record speeds.
12-19-03, 07:41 PM
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I still shave even though I have been slacking on my riding. I admit it I like the feel.
12-19-03, 08:43 PM
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Definitely still shaving and I don’t plan on stopping until I decide to stop for good. Not only was it a pain with the brief period of redness, but without smooth legs the grippers on my leg warmers and shorts just slide around and cause further redness. Plus it just looks nice
12-20-03, 12:00 AM
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I too am still shaving. Of course in AZ winters there really is no reason not too. Plus, like it has been mentioned, the feel and look is just to good to let go of!
12-20-03, 02:55 AM
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For me, it just keeps my shorts/warmers in place better than with hair. Others prefer the ease of road rash clean up. And of course the common rumors of increased speed are always a favorite.
12-20-03, 08:11 AM
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Never needed to,never will,no point in it.Do you shave your body because you swim at the gym?
12-20-03, 10:02 AM
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It has actually been proven that shaving slows you down, (the dimpled golf ball effect). We shave because everyone else who is serious about racing shaves. In the snowy rockies there is no need to shave in the winter.
12-20-03, 11:02 AM
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i still do. some pierce, some tattoo....i shave. legs and pits. i like the feel and in summer suntan lotion goes on well and in winter, the messages and dry skin lotion goes on easily.
12-20-03, 07:05 PM
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i don't normally shave over the winter... but i always get disgusted by how my legs look, and i think i should...
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12-20-03, 09:12 PM
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Still shaving. It doesn't get cold enough for full leg coverage. I either wear a pair of knicker-length shorts or put on a pair of leg/knee warmers.
12-21-03, 08:04 AM
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Originally Posted by velocipedio
i don't normally shave over the winter... but i always get disgusted by how my legs look, and i think i should...
I haven't shaved in 5 weeks
and can't stand the way my legs look - all those short dark hairs getting longer each day. 
And the tan lines have just about faded away.
But the good news is that today is the first day of winter (in the northern hemisphere - I think??) and starting tomorrow the days will he getting longer. That means warm weather is right around the corner.
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12-21-03, 02:20 PM
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Do you all really crash so often that you need to worry about "ease of roadrash cleanup"?
For those guys with a little more body hair, don't you then have to shave your ass, and stomach and chest and so forth? How dumb would it look naked to have shaven legs but a hairy ass and stomach/chest!
For those guys with a little more body hair, don't you then have to shave your ass, and stomach and chest and so forth? How dumb would it look naked to have shaven legs but a hairy ass and stomach/chest!
12-21-03, 04:18 PM
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Originally Posted by hacker44240
How dumb would it look naked to have shaven legs but a hairy ass and stomach/chest!
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12-21-03, 05:26 PM
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Anyone here with a unibrow?
I shave in the winter, but not as often. I'll let it go for a while. I don't have very hairy legs anyways. I've always considered myself fortunate, I'm not hairy at all. I had some friends who'd have to get waxed, the whole bit, when they went on vacation in the winter.
I shave in the winter, but not as often. I'll let it go for a while. I don't have very hairy legs anyways. I've always considered myself fortunate, I'm not hairy at all. I had some friends who'd have to get waxed, the whole bit, when they went on vacation in the winter.
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12-22-03, 07:51 AM
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How far up do you shave? Just above the knee or right to the groin? Surely it grows back at an alarming rate?
Funny enough I'm not tempted.
Funny enough I'm not tempted.
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Originally Posted by Sid Kelly
How far up do you shave? Just above the knee or right to the groin? Surely it grows back at an alarming rate?
Funny enough I'm not tempted.
Funny enough I'm not tempted.
I shave every 3-4 days.
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Originally Posted by RonH
Here is a link to another thread (with pictures) that discussed how far up the legs to shave.
I shave every 3-4 days.
I shave every 3-4 days.
You would definetly get stared at.
The part you don't shave.... is it thick with fur?
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Continuing throughout the winter (well, the not-warm months).
They start to itch really bad after only a day or so,
so I have to stay on it. Besides, I like it, for all the above reasons.
They start to itch really bad after only a day or so,
so I have to stay on it. Besides, I like it, for all the above reasons.