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When do you start to shave legs..

When you start racing..
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25%
When you reach 3rd cat..
3
25%
For Saturday Night out with the Girls (oops)..
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50%
 
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Postby Graham O » Wed Apr 18, 2007 1:48 pm

I have noticed quite an increase in the number of shaven legs in the club this year. I must admit that I am starting to contemplating this myself, but I am in a bit of a quandry...

Does one do this or not..Opinions Required !!
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Postby Graham O » Wed Apr 18, 2007 1:55 pm

Not sure.

Maybe I should start wearing my tracksuit bottoms in the marital bed. She might not find out them....Me thinks this has some drawbacks though !!
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Postby jon avery » Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:27 pm

Must admit i did it once, just didn't feel right shaving me pins!! So i'm a no no now :lol:
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Postby adrian » Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:39 pm

Mrs A has made it abundantly clear that this is one of about five offences carrying a penalty of instant dumping.
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Postby jon avery » Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:45 pm

Yes tell us :lol:
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Postby -Adam- » Wed Apr 18, 2007 4:26 pm

I dabbled with the old leg shaving thing when i was a bit younger, but a girlfriend at the time said she wanted hairy masculine legs, and thats what she got. Plus i hadn't even really contemplated racing at the time.

Even last year when i started racing it wasn't really high on the agenda. Though this season, with the ante being upped and the pursuit of second cat on, i have been for the past six weeks or so.

I actually quite like it, its a pain actually shaving them, i hate shaving my face as well some of you may have noticed! But most of the girls i know actually like it too, as long as you don't leave it too long between shaves and let them get all 'spikey'!

On the plus side, clean shaven legs look better in lycra than hairy ones, by far. And the true level of tone is revealed (of your calfs in particular) which i find the ladies like in particular :wink:

Its also quite amusing when your legs are smoother than a girls!
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Postby adrian » Wed Apr 18, 2007 4:28 pm

[quote="seanhogan(CondorMan)"]The other 4 are ...... :twisted: ?


I've said too much already - number five is 'making the other four public.'

But between you and me, to give you an idea of the sort of emotional tightrope it is my fate to walk, I can reveal that another is...

...shaving my sideburns up to the temples.

Glad you asked?
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Postby carl f » Wed Apr 18, 2007 4:55 pm

afraid so,and it all happened when i started racing duathlons last year,and now there's no going back.My wife laughs her head of but she doesn't mind.
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Postby carl f » Wed Apr 18, 2007 5:15 pm

yes, not to leave it to long between shaves or you shred your legs to pieces
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Postby Stu Merckx Man » Wed Apr 18, 2007 6:54 pm

i find it rather enjoyable shaving my legs :oops: ...i like to see the finished result!
the thing i dont like though is that for the next 24hours they feel really strange in trousers or in bed...they feel kind of de-sensitised and wet.. almost like there numb (but there not), i think its because your hairs are used for feeling, and so when deprived of that the legs feel almost numbish. but after 24 hours and the stubble returns and i start to feel again!
another downside is you get a few raised eye brows in college when your trousers ride up...

but on the up side, i have heard that when you fall off and get road burn it does not get as infected, the plasters dont hurt when you pull them off, and i guess it could make a tiiiiny bit of difference with the wind resistants.

only thing i need now is a tan...(not out the bottle adam :wink: )
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Postby Sylv » Wed Apr 18, 2007 7:18 pm

[quote="AdamJCotterell"]
On the plus side, clean shaven legs look better in lycra than hairy ones, by far.

Yes but then when you wear baggies they make you look freakish
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Postby Andrew G » Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:19 pm

[quote]...However, if you're follicles are of a darker hue...

One of the reasons I started, my legs were quite hairy and then there's the ginger hair clashing issue.
[quote]downside is you get a few raised eye brows in college when your trousers ride up...

What are you doing to make your trousers ride up, showing a bit of leg to try and get a lift home?

Okay, now who's going to start the "how high up do you shave" debate? :shock:
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Postby carl f » Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:28 pm

Hairy shorts don't look clever when your'e in the pool,so the higher the better but careful on the inside of leg
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Postby Stu Merckx Man » Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:39 pm

[quote] What are you doing to make your trousers ride up, showing a bit of leg to try and get a lift home?


sometimes :oops: and also when you have an itch but scratching it over the jeans isnt sufficient!
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Postby Marek » Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:59 pm

Nothing wrong with getting a tan out of a bottle, just make sure it is a sensible colour, safer and easier than trying to get a real tan.

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