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bald patch on your calves?

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Old 03-09-06 | 12:34 PM
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I get it more on my left leg where my pants aren't rolled. but yeah! weird!
@adams tight pants comment, I wore some looser jeans yesterday and I have to say, I will gladly take the hipster ridicule if it keeps my pants out of my chain. Even rolled up, baggier pants get in the way.
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Old 03-09-06 | 01:28 PM
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tight? carhartts are not tight. i still have the bald.

thanks for adding the 'shaved' option, lala. who knew some of us were so...hygenic? aerodynamic?
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Old 03-09-06 | 01:37 PM
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it's early march and i'm already in shorts. so no bald patches here. yay texas.
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Old 03-09-06 | 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted by mattface
I don't roll my pants, my jeans won't even roll past my calves, and I've had a bald patch on the back of my calves since... well probably about as long as I've had hair on my legs.
My calves have been bald longer than mattface's.
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Old 03-09-06 | 08:43 PM
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i don't roll my pants up, but i still have it.. rolling your pants up is for ******bags and shants
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Old 03-09-06 | 08:47 PM
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my legs are shaved like a proper lady
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Old 03-09-06 | 08:47 PM
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i have one on my head
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Old 03-09-06 | 09:08 PM
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I don't get what part of pedaling destroys your hair on the calves. the upstroke?
i understand that it happens but it seems silly considering all the other activity I go through. And I dont even wear tight pants.
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Old 03-09-06 | 09:12 PM
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i've got the outside of the calves which i've had as long as my legs have been hairy, also there's the stubble where the roll sits, further more there's a patch on the bottom of my chin where i had an accident involving a broomstick(fake ninja bo) and walking on cracked sidewalk
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Old 03-09-06 | 09:16 PM
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i was very young at the time of the scrapping lots of skin off my neck incident
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Old 03-09-06 | 10:18 PM
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Old 03-09-06 | 10:33 PM
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Weird.

My GF swore that I shaved that part ... I will now show her this thread.
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Old 03-11-06 | 12:44 AM
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yes knees and top of thighs- goes great w/some exczema and winter- it happens.
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Old 03-11-06 | 02:17 AM
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Wee ninja!
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Old 03-11-06 | 10:35 AM
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I just shaved legs last night, now i don't know
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Old 03-11-06 | 10:37 AM
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You have to shave all the way up the back, go above the plumbers crack, cycling shorts will stay on better when it starts to grow back. get your girlfriend to help you in the crack
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