If you shave your legs.... - Page 4

0.6% is not significant. If you look at the other figures it compares with smooth socks and aero cranks I have seen tables like these before that estimate time gains. When you get down to less than 1% there are other uncontrollable variables that make the results questionable.

I'm not saying you shouldn't shave your legs - I do it during serious racing myself, but I don't believe, for one minute that it makes me any faster or saves me from road rash - but it looks and feels good and my wife likes it.

The last statement is 100% true, my wife loves it! I never said it was a big advantage, just slight, 5 seconds over 40k could mean nothing or it could mean a TT win. The main reason i started doing it was about commitment. I realised how stupid I would feel if i was fat and shaved my legs!

I use nair for men when I want to remove my leg hair. Afterward I apply some lotion.

"feel faster" w/ shaved legs,having moved up a catagory,i was one of the few that didnt.someone i respect said youll be sorry if you crash with them hairy legs! that was all i need to hear.i use a rotory shaver works fine never got skilled enough use a regular shaver like a mach3. i keep thinking blood in the shower or something,afterwards i use clinique mens face scrub.

does that NAIR really work? I used something like it once, and afterwards the hair was still there but it felt like I had rubbed sandpaper all over my legs...it was painful, like it burned the skin.

I just use Dettol handwash (green or blue) for shaving and as an after shave antibacterial. They claim it has moisturiser in it. I've never had a problem with itching, stinging, bumps, etc.

Don't shave as often and use a Sharp razor!

just out of interest, how far up your legs do you shave??

Although I am an mtber, I generally ride in spandex shorts and find that the shorts can pull on hairs which is quite uncomfortable.

I'm an ex bodybuilder so I shave the whole thing. Arms and chest too. Old habbits are hard to break.

Read post 47.

Nair works... sometimes... really only works on my legs, not my arms. And ya gotta becareful about the time, over 10 minutes and you WILL get a chem burn. And it doesnt smell as bad as it used to, they have several different varieties now that arent too bad smell wise.

I get another day of not having to shave out of it, and i dont get ingrown hairs or razor burn. Good stuff.

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No one has mentioned this in the several threads I have read...

Riding in the rain is a sob with leg hair...all the grime and crud that get swept up onto your shins is a lot easier removed without leg hair...also some may feel shaving is sign of dedication to their sport...I do it for several reasons...one being it feels so much better..

When I was younger I raced for many years at least twice a week during the season. Part of racing is crashing, regardless of your skills, someone else will sooner or later take you down (unless time trialing). Before I started shaving I would have terrible road rash, ugly, deep, pourous wounds. So, I thought I would try shaving. After shaving the rash from similar crashed was SO much better! Actually, I never had terrible road rash again. Believe what you want, but the people that don't believe that shaving helps road rash probably have never shaved and haven't been a competitive racer for many years. Now, I don't shave, I still ride but I am not racing.

oooooh, jus to drag this topic back up... with one word


epilation..
are any of the men stupid enough to do it? lol
tis still better than shaving tho..

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