Shaving Legs

Started road racing this year at the age of 41 & want to shave my legs as i recently traded the
baggies for lycra i might as well go all the way.......

Question is What is the best method of doing this ......my wife tried wax last night which hurt like
hell as a result i have several patches of hairless skin now as this lasted about 60 seconds..the
wife enjoyed it though.....

regards

B

bERNARDg:

> Started road racing this year at the age of 41 & want to shave my legs as i recently traded the
> baggies for lycra i might as well go all the way.......
>
> Question is What is the best method of doing this ......my wife tried wax last night which hurt
> like hell as a result i have several patches of hairless skin now as this lasted about 60
> seconds..the wife enjoyed it though.....
>

Why do you want to shave your legs?

"bERNARDg" <ME@WORK.NOW> wrote in message news:newscache$figioh$hxc$1@talaxian.upnaway.com...
> What is the best method of doing this ......my wife tried wax last
night
> which hurt like hell as a result i have several patches of hairless
skin now
> as this lasted about 60 seconds..the wife enjoyed it though.....

Your wife should know... but... get a 'new' razor and just shave 'em in the shower (your legs!).
Pull the razor bottom to top.

You don't HAVE to shave though.. remember this! ;-)

hippy

bERNARDg wrote:
> Started road racing this year at the age of 41 & want to shave my legs as i

For what reason? If you are a bit hirstute and want to ditch the Wookie look, consider using
electric hair clippers, without the comb. Its a bit less drastic than waxing.

I used to lean the body, but having some confidence issues on my new bike, and don't lean as far as
I used to...

Mostly I'm chickening out more, but then again, these days I know it will hurt more...

I think it largely depends on how sticky your tyres are... I am running Michelin Pro-Race rubber at
the moment, and when hot, they are sticky as hell, but when cold, and/or wet, they are slippery as
all buggery...

I have heard that the Vittoria Rubina Pro's (from the guy at the shop, when I was talking to him
earlier today) are a lot better in the wet than the Michelins...

I think that a compact frame (if you're on one) makes it that little bit harder to corner fast, due
to the small rear triangle... My old bikes (Gitane Allure - circa 1982) and Avanti Corsa (1998) were
a lot faster on corners, but neither were compacts...

"hippy" <NOSPAMsbirnie@NOSPAMbigpond.com> wrote in message
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> How do you guys corner on fast descents?
>
> Is your body on the same vertical axis as the bike while leaning in or do you lean the bike into
> the corner and keep you body more upright? Or maybe even lean your body and keep the bike upright
> (strange?).
>
> I seem to constantly understeer and run wide on fast, downhill corners and I'm wondering if my
> technique needs some work...
>
> hippy

"Jose Rizal" <_@_._> wrote in message news:HHiub.8322$Wy4.3014@newsread2.n....earthlink.net...
> bERNARDg:
>
> > Started road racing this year at the age of 41 & want to shave my legs
as i
> > recently traded the baggies for lycra i might as well go all the
way.......
> >
> > Question is What is the best method of doing this ......my wife tried wax last night which hurt
> > like hell as a result i have several patches of hairless skin
now
> > as this lasted about 60 seconds..the wife enjoyed it though.....
> >
>
> Why do you want to shave your legs?

Have you ever had gravel nail brushed out of hairy legs???

When I was riding road, and offroad, I used a pair of clippers, with a #1 comb, and took my legs
back to #1... Had a couple of needs for having gravel brushed out, and nowhere near as bad as with
long hair on the legs...

Try Nair??, or one of the comparative exfoliating creams... I found them ok, way back when I wanted
no hair on my legs...

But realistically, the best result is waxing, or epilady / epilator... Hurts like a bastard, but
lasts longer....

bERNARDg wrote:
>
> Started road racing this year at the age of 41 & want to shave my legs as i recently traded the
> baggies for lycra i might as well go all the way.......
>
> Question is What is the best method of doing this ......my wife tried wax last night which hurt
> like hell as a result i have several patches of hairless skin now as this lasted about 60
> seconds..the wife enjoyed it though.....
>
> regards
>
> B

Whatever method you use, remember to apply lots of one of those sun-screen lotions that give you a
fake tan (along with a standard spf 30+, naturally) for your first 3 or 4 rides after the
deforestation.

Of course, the *real* reason (male) bicycle-types do the leg-shave thing is, well, because it just
looks so cool.

But...

(I'm making a completely unjustified (except statistically) assumption here that your legs, plus the
rest of you, are misc. northern/western/eastern/southern-but-still-not-olive-enough European)

..shaven lily-white legs? No-one wants to see that. So: please, think of the children, etc.

p

ps: the problem with fake-tan lotions is that they work extra-well on scars, in exactly the same
way that a real sun-tan doesn't... and remember to wash your hands afterwards, or they'll look
bizarrely nicotine stained. Or, ahem, so I've heard from people who go the Ambre Solaire...

pps: I have a roadie friend (bike, not band) who swears by "Nair"...

"bERNARDg" <ME@WORK.NOW> wrote in message news:newscache$figioh$hxc$1@talaxian.upnaway.com...
> Started road racing this year at the age of 41 & want to shave my legs as
i
> recently traded the baggies for lycra i might as well go all the
way.......
>
> Question is What is the best method of doing this ......my wife tried wax last night which hurt
> like hell as a result i have several patches of hairless skin
now
> as this lasted about 60 seconds..the wife enjoyed it though.....
>
> regards
>
> B
>

SQUEAMISH READER DO NOT READ ON

OK, now that the legal stuff is out of the way...

Just to add to this, does anyone wax their butt?

When I do a decent ride (for me - 25 - 40km is the larger rides I do) I end up with saddle
discomfort that I think is from the butt hairs getting pulled as I ride.

Does anyone else get this? I know it's not exactly a topic for polite conversation, but it made my
ride in uncomfortable this morning.

Thanks for anyone who got this far without need to shut down their PC!

Cheers,

Tim

The only reason to shave would be to look like the rest of the roadies..........no other
reason..soft i know.........

my wife recommended waxing..........I falled off the road bike twice at around 35Kph & stacked it
**** loads on the mountain bike on single trails......but never hurt like waxing..... completed the
complete lower right leg last night..........Major Pain.........

Sorry but i must be a woose.................

b

bERNARDg wrote:
> Started road racing this year at the age of 41 & want to shave my legs as i recently traded the
> baggies for lycra i might as well go all the way.......
>
> Question is What is the best method of doing this ......my wife tried wax last night which hurt
> like hell as a result i have several patches of hairless skin now as this lasted about 60
> seconds..the wife enjoyed it though.....
>
> regards
>
> B

My esteemed hippy colleague reckons a sharp razor, but my g/f and I prefer a blunt razor. Unless
you're REALLY careful (like I wasn't the first time) you will cut off large slabs of skin especially
around the tendons and bony bits. It's not like shaving your face where the skin is relatively tough
and flat (being free of the aforementioned tendons and bony bits).

Also you might find it easier to reach everywhere if you sit down in the bath rather than stand
in the shower. Also if you are sitting, the leg bears no weight => the muscles don't tense up =>
the skin is flat and easier to shave. Not an issue if you can balance on one leg in a slippery
shower indefinitely. Also after soaking in the bath for a while, the skin softens up and becomes
easier to shave.

Go against the grain like the other poster said.

After you get out, put some kind of lotion on the shaved area so it doesn't get all dry and itchy. I
use Vaseline Intensive Care.

Never tried waxing or Nair.

P.S. I agree - nothing's worse to look at than knicks with hair poking out of the fabric
everywhere. And even if you don't fall off or get massages all the time (two of the
often-quoted reasons for shaving), you'll find it much easier to apply and remove sunscreen,
and you'll use less of it. I'm not sure whether having no leg hair is cooler (temperature
wise) or not, though - anyone?

&roo

Mohammad Atta wrote:

> my wife recommended waxing..........

Waxing makes it smoothest, but real men use electric clippers.

> Sorry but i must be a woose.................

If you must wax, try 2 paracetemol half an hour or more beforehand.

"Tim Jones" <tall_man_tim_nospamtoday@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> SQUEAMISH READER DO NOT READ ON

Must not read... but... so... curious...

> OK, now that the legal stuff is out of the way...
>
> Just to add to this, does anyone wax their butt?

AAAAAAAAIIIEEEEEEE!! NNOOOOOO!!!! ;-)

No, butt then I don't have a hairy butt, As far as I know! :-)

> When I do a decent ride (for me - 25 - 40km is the larger rides I do)
I end
> up with saddle discomfort that I think is from the butt hairs getting
pulled
> as I ride.

Sure it's not the shape of the saddle or dodgy nicks?

> Thanks for anyone who got this far without need to shut down their PC!

I'll be in councilling for years.. butt, no worries ;-)

a disturbed hippy

"Andrew Swan" <usenet@SPAMMERSandrewMUSTswanDIE.com> wrote in message news:h7Fub.132
> My esteemed hippy colleague reckons a sharp razor, but my g/f and I

hehe :-)

> prefer a blunt razor. Unless you're REALLY careful (like I wasn't the first time) you will cut off
> large slabs of skin especially around the tendons and bony bits.

You need to go slower...

> Also you might find it easier to reach everywhere if you sit down in
the
> bath rather than stand in the shower.

Good idea!

> Also if you are sitting, the leg bears no weight => the muscles don't tense up => the skin is flat
> and easier to shave. Not an issue if you can balance on one leg in a slippery shower indefinitely.
> Also after soaking in the bath for a while, the skin softens up and becomes easier to shave.

Hmm.. I always found it easier when, say, my calf _was_ tensed up. Gives a harder surface to shave
up and no loose skin to end up in the razor. I trained for many years in the art of one-legged
shower balancing, btw... ;-)

> After you get out, put some kind of lotion on the shaved area so it doesn't get all dry and itchy.
> I use Vaseline Intensive Care.

You GIRL! ;-)

> I'm not sure whether having no leg hair is cooler (temperature wise) or not, though - anyone?

It feels cooler, at least it did the first time I did it. I've been of the hairy kind for ages now..
I'm just too lazy to shave. I work with a triathlete who gets waxed and he reckons it's heaps better
than shaving but I don't think I'd do it (unless it was for a dare/bet ;-)). Having him in the
office also removes most of the stigma attached to guys shaving legs :-)

hippy

"hippy" <NOSPAMsbirnie@NOSPAMbigpond.com> wrote in message
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> "Tim Jones" <tall_man_tim_nospamtoday@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:3fbad241$0$1742$5a62ac22@freenews.iinet.net.au...
> > SQUEAMISH READER DO NOT READ ON
>
> Must not read... but... so... curious...
>
> > OK, now that the legal stuff is out of the way...
> >
> > Just to add to this, does anyone wax their butt?
>
> AAAAAAAAIIIEEEEEEE!! NNOOOOOO!!!! ;-)
>
> No, butt then I don't have a hairy butt, As far as I know! :-)
>
> > When I do a decent ride (for me - 25 - 40km is the larger rides I do)
> I end
> > up with saddle discomfort that I think is from the butt hairs getting
> pulled
> > as I ride.
>
> Sure it's not the shape of the saddle or dodgy nicks?
>

Might be. I swapped my MTB saddle I got with my new bike with my old Vetta road saddle - perhaps it
isn't cussioning enough for the rougher riding?

Also, I didn't notice it this morning wearing my Campaglio nicks, compared to it happening with the
Look nicks. I'll have to keep track of it...

> > Thanks for anyone who got this far without need to shut down their PC!
>
> I'll be in councilling for years.. butt, no worries ;-)
>
> a disturbed hippy
>

Hope you don't always see a hairy butt in the ink splotches while in
psychotherapy.

Thanks for your advice, even if it does come from a hairless one!

;-)

Tim

"Tim Jones" <tall_man_tim_nospamtoday@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Might be. I swapped my MTB saddle I got with my new bike with my old
Vetta
> road saddle - perhaps it isn't cussioning enough for the rougher
riding?

Maybe it's the material covering the seat? Try a few out if you can.
Mmm... Selle Italia Gel Flite Titanium...

> Also, I didn't notice it this morning wearing my Campaglio nicks,
compared
> to it happening with the Look nicks. I'll have to keep track of it...

I want a full report on my newsreader by 8am friday! (not really!) ;-)

> Hope you don't always see a hairy butt in the ink splotches while in
> psychotherapy.

I'm sure I'll be ok, butt it might just take some time ;-)

hippy hairless wonder