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Time to Shave the legs?

  • 03-05-2021 1:32pm
    #1
    Reality_Check1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 701 ✭✭✭


    Ive looked through some old threads on this and there were mixed opinions on it but the last one was 5 years ago. I'm new to cycling and have never shaved my legs. With the summer coming along is it time to get the Veet / razor out?

    Do you shave your legs or not and what are your reasons for doing so?

    Shaved Legs, Yay or Nay? 20 votes

    Yes, of course, what kind of ridiculous question is that?
    0%
    Eh no
    100%
    Type 17triggermortisloinnsighPlastik07LapierreG1032daragh_meercatMacy0161TheBlaaManbreezy1985vistafinderEamonnatorReality_Check1eeeeeCharlie69koutoubiaOymyakonBiker79CorkGunJonny 20 votes


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Comments

  • #2
    homer911
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,139 ✭✭✭homer911


    I'm guessing you are a bloke..


  • #3
    Biker79
    Closed Accounts Posts: 794 ✭✭✭Biker79


    Eh no
    100% shave your legs.

    Otherwise forever be branded a Fred.


  • #4
    Reality_Check1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 701 ✭✭✭Reality_Check1


    Eh no
    homer911 wrote: »
    I'm guessing you are a bloke..

    Yes should have stated that :D


  • #5
    koutoubia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,289 ✭✭✭koutoubia


    Eh no
    Biker79 wrote: »
    100% shave your legs.

    Otherwise forever be branded a Fred.
    A Fred with shaved legs is far more acceptable then a Fred with hairy legs!


  • #6
    byrnem31
    Registered Users Posts: 876 ✭✭✭byrnem31


    Not a hope I would.
    A pro was discussing it before and said if you come off the bike, it's easier to treat the wound. Other than that, I see no reason why any man would shave their legs.


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  • #7
    secman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,410 ✭✭✭secman


    I'm lucky enough to not have any hairs on my legs at all, used to have to shave about 20 years ago but haven't had to for about 10 years now :) .
    Mates always forget and as soon as shorts come out they usually comment that i shaved. No cuts no nada :)


  • #8
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 77,532 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    koutoubia wrote: »
    A Fred with shaved legs is far more acceptable then a Fred with hairy legs!
    I really do not care - it's not happening with this Fred


  • #9
    Reality_Check1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 701 ✭✭✭Reality_Check1


    Eh no
    Beasty wrote: »
    I really do not care - it's not happening with this Fred

    I feel bad for asking but what is a Fred? I feel like asking makes me one :o


  • #10
    fat bloke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,932 ✭✭✭fat bloke


    I rarely bother anymore. I used to alright for the small bit of racing I used to do but now I find I'm so rarely out without leg warmers I couldn't be ar$Ed with the clammy itchiness and the ingrowing hairs. If you've some killer calf definition and tan easily it's worth it but otherwise...


  • #11
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,167 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    For the time and effort, no, for nearly all of us there is no risk to not doing it and no real benefit to it.


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  • #12
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 50,181 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    have never tried it, never contemplated it. only reason i can think would make it worth it was if i was afraid of getting road rash.


  • #13
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,011 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    Reality_Check1 wrote: »
    I feel bad for asking but what is a Fred? I feel like asking makes me one :o
    Take the Sticky Bottle test:

    https://www.stickybottle.com/latest-news/cycling-fred-bingo-card/


  • #14
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    I always thought that the pros only do it to make massages easier :confused:

    I don't even shave my face let alone any other part of me.


  • #15
    Biker79
    Closed Accounts Posts: 794 ✭✭✭Biker79


    Eh no
    koutoubia wrote: »
    A Fred with shaved legs is far more acceptable then a Fred with hairy legs!

    Correct. Points are awarded for a dignified effort.

    Sock height can also mitigate against poorly maintained guns. Not by much though.

    You can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear ( ..or something like that ).


  • #16
    breezy1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,051 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    Eh no
    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    Take the Sticky Bottle test:

    https://www.stickybottle.com/latest-news/cycling-fred-bingo-card/

    I have Fred feet. I think I'm in the clear for the rest

    As much as I would love clipless for my long spins I use it for commuting way more so the basic pedals stay


  • #17
    Reality_Check1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 701 ✭✭✭Reality_Check1


    Eh no
    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    Take the Sticky Bottle test:

    https://www.stickybottle.com/latest-news/cycling-fred-bingo-card/

    Thought I was in the clear but I would be susceptible to the odd coffee and cake stop on shorter rides :pac:


  • #18
    ednwireland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭ednwireland


    question is where do you stop ?

    My weather

    https://www.ecowitt.net/home/share?authorize=96CT1F



  • #19
    breezy1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,051 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    Eh no
    ednwireland wrote: »
    question is where do you stop ?

    At the silk purse like Biker79 said above


  • #20
    cletus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,050 ✭✭✭cletus


    It doesn't look like I'm a Fred from the sticky bottle website, but I don't shave my legs, I wear ankle socks when cycling, I take pictures of the non drive side of the bike, I measure distance in miles...

    There are studies that suggest a saving of between 40 and 90 seconds over 40km by simply shaving your legs. I don't need to save that sort of time.

    The massage thing baffles me too. I have particularly hairy legs, and have had leg massages in the past. Once the massage therapist is using enough oil, it's not an issue.


  • #21
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 50,181 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    my beard has gotten long enough that i can now feel a slight drag on my face when going at speed.


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  • #22
    corelokttikka
    Registered Users Posts: 92 ✭✭corelokttikka


    I’m still in bib tights however I did a rough shave electrically as when I was getting a massage the hairs we’re getting ripped out so getting legs massaged much better without hairy legs.


  • #23
    breezy1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,051 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    Eh no
    cletus wrote: »
    It doesn't look like I'm a Fred from the sticky bottle website, but I don't shave my legs, I wear ankle socks when cycling, I take pictures of the non drive side of the bike, I measure distance in miles...

    There are studies that suggest a saving of between 40 and 90 seconds over 40km by simply shaving your legs. I don't need to save that sort of time.

    The massage thing baffles me too. I have particularly hairy legs, and have had leg massages in the past. Once the massage therapist is using enough oil, it's not an issue.

    Many of the rules are just a bit of fun and I wouldn't worry too much.

    But ankle socks are an absolute sin and have no place near a bike


  • #24
    cletus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,050 ✭✭✭cletus


    breezy1985 wrote: »
    Many of the rules are just a bit of fun and I wouldn't worry too much.

    But ankle socks are an absolute sin and have no place near a bike

    If I'm wearing shorts on the bike, then I'm wearing ankle socks. Sometimes they're so low, it looks like I'm not wearing socks at all


  • #25
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    All of my socks on or off the bike getting into this time of year when I'll be in some kind of shorts all the time are ankle socks.

    I've the added benefit from being out of long socks and trousers of the hair on my lower claves growing back :)


  • #26
    breezy1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,051 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    Eh no
    Ye are all evil :)


  • #27
    daragh_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,124 ✭✭✭daragh_


    Eh no
    Standards on this Forum have gone off a cliff. Time was you would get PermaBanned for suggesting you didn't need shaved legs at all times.


  • #28
    07Lapierre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,255 ✭✭✭07Lapierre


    Eh no
    Shave legs? Yes

    Fake tan? No that’s a step too far!


  • #29
    TheBlaaMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,451 ✭✭✭TheBlaaMan


    Eh no
    Tan easily
    Use to shave * - loved the feeling!
    Didn't do so in past 2 summers
    Thinking of doing so again **
    ......but might not bother if it looks like I won't get away out foreign this summer


    * used to wet shave, ultra cool, but too much trouble and itches like a bitch after 2-3 days so resorted to a trim back to <1mm stubble with a lecky razor and then refreshed every week/10 days;

    * keeping it to hair shorts - she fcukin' hates that though ;)

    EDIT:
    And as for ankle socks?
    ....get in to the sea with ye!


  • #30
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 50,181 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    i actually don't know what people mean by ankle socks - socks that only come up to the ankle? or ones that go a few inches above it?


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  • #31
    breezy1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,051 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    Eh no
    magicbastarder wrote: »
    i actually don't know what people mean by ankle socks - socks that only come up to the ankle? or ones that go a few inches above it?

    They show off your ankle. It's the kind of shameful muck that triathletes would wear


  • #32
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,011 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    breezy1985 wrote: »
    They show off your ankle. It's the kind of shameful muck that triathletes would wear
    As in those cut off ones which are basically shoe inserts?


  • #33
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 50,181 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    aha - i did buy a pack of those by accident once. they have gone unworn.
    though i think that's different to what many people understand by 'ankle socks' which is what was confusing me.


  • #34
    breezy1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,051 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    Eh no
    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    As in those cut off ones which are basically shoe inserts?

    Yep


  • #35
    Nigzcurran
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,968 ✭✭✭Nigzcurran


    breezy1985 wrote: »
    Many of the rules are just a bit of fun and I wouldn't worry too much.

    But ankle socks are an absolute sin and have no place near a bike

    What’s the alternative, knee socks?


  • #36
    buffalo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,095 ✭✭✭buffalo


    The only valid reasons for shaving your legs are if you're getting them massaged (otherwise the friction and hair pulling is pain upon pain) or if you're at risk crashing regularly (i.e. you race a lot in a bunch or you're **** at bike handling).

    After that, it's aesthetics. If you care about looking good to other cyclists who take themselves too seriously, do it. :D


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  • #37
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,011 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    Nigzcurran wrote: »
    What’s the alternative, knee socks?
    The cuff of the sock should be half the length of your foot.


  • #38
    RobertFoster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,227 ✭✭✭RobertFoster


    All this sock talk, if only there was someone to help.


  • #39
    cletus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,050 ✭✭✭cletus


    Not these...

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    More like these...

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  • #40
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,167 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    cletus wrote: »
    If I'm wearing shorts on the bike, then I'm wearing ankle socks. Sometimes they're so low, it looks like I'm not wearing socks at all
    Deleted User wrote: »
    All of my socks on or off the bike getting into this time of year when I'll be in some kind of shorts all the time are ankle socks.
    You are both dead to me.


  • #41
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,167 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    cletus wrote: »
    Not these...

    More like these...
    Post reported, your lifestyle choices disgust me.


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  • #42
    Biker79
    Closed Accounts Posts: 794 ✭✭✭Biker79


    Eh no
    Unless you're on the way to a fancy dress party, dressed as an 80s tennis player, ankle socks are unacceptable.


  • #43
    cletus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,050 ✭✭✭cletus


    Biker79 wrote: »
    Unless you're on the way to a fancy dress party, dressed as an 80s tennis player, ankle socks are unacceptable.

    I'm wearing them right now. I wear them to work. I wear them running. I always wear them with shorts


  • #44
    Biker79
    Closed Accounts Posts: 794 ✭✭✭Biker79


    Eh no
    cletus wrote: »
    I'm wearing them right now. I wear them to work. I wear them running. I always wear them with shorts

    Unless you're chasing after a bike thief, running is also unacceptable.


  • #45
    monkeysnapper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,576 ✭✭✭monkeysnapper


    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    Take the Sticky Bottle test:

    https://www.stickybottle.com/latest-news/cycling-fred-bingo-card/

    Ha ha ....I didn't know what a fred was either.. ...

    The only one I failed on was the legs shaved and I can tell you I absolutly won't be shaving my legs !!!!!

    The one thing I do and im kind of setting myself up for being banned from cycling forum ..... I do a bit of running also and I often use my cycling shirts to store hat/ jellies in back pocket while running..... I realise sometimes when cyclist see me running I look like I've had my bike stolen .


  • #46
    breezy1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,051 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    Eh no
    Nigzcurran wrote: »
    What’s the alternative, knee socks?

    No just normal cycling socks. Don't worry the UCI have rules for it if you get stuck

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/check-illegal-socks-reaction-uci-introduces-maximum-sock-height-2019-400273/amp


  • #47
    breezy1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,051 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    Eh no
    Biker79 wrote: »
    Unless you're chasing after a bike thief, running is also unacceptable.

    All this disgusting sock talk always goes back to triathletes. Who of sound mind gets off a bike to run


  • #48
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 77,532 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    CramCycle wrote: »
    For the time and effort, no, for nearly all of us there is no risk to not doing it
    That depends on how far you take the cut-throat......


  • #49
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 77,532 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Biker79 wrote: »
    Unless you're on the way to a fancy dress party, dressed as an 80s tennis player, ankle socks are unacceptable.
    You've just given me an idea for a house-warming

    I bagsie McEnroe


  • #50
    Nigzcurran
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,968 ✭✭✭Nigzcurran


    breezy1985 wrote: »
    No just normal cycling socks. Don't worry the UCI have rules for it if you get stuck

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/check-illegal-socks-reaction-uci-introduces-maximum-sock-height-2019-400273/amp
    Right so the socks that go halfway between ankle and knee are ok??


  • #51
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,011 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    Beasty wrote: »
    You've just given me an idea for a house-warming

    I bagsie McEnroe
    You can not be serious!


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