Do you ever let the hair grow back?

[RedheadDane]

Yeah... but you're still talking about bike riders or wannabe bike riders, not cyclists.
Cyclists are just everyday people who ride their bikes... like; all those people on that picture I posted earlier!

And of course you don't get tan-lines riding in the winter! It's winter, which means, at least where I live, that it's freaking cold therefore you bunddle up totally against the cold!
Besides; what about those of us who doesn't tan?

Since you seem to like visuals:

Cyclists

Bike riders

Got it?

 

[hiero2]

Any time you like, princess

Signs you are a Fred:

1. Hairy legs
2. more than 8% body fat (14% for the ladies)
3. Mirror
4. Chainring "tat"
5. Kit doesn't match
6. kit isn't race fit (see sign 2)
7. tape and saddle don't match
8. insufficient stem slam vs saddle height
9. non-existent or non-sharp tan lines
10. riding slow

How did you go Hiero - 10/10?

Just in case you haven't worked it out yet, here's a nice visual for you. Leg at top = cyclist. Leg at bottom = fugly Fred

No, buddy, I got about 4 or 3 - I'm not sure if by chainring "tat" you mean tattoo - but I haven't got one.

You are one ugly person. Nasty attitude. Both your posts I've seen here were arrogant and insulting - and this one has the beginnings of flaming. You're ready any time? Yo, bud - you have no idea who you are speaking to. Pitiful. Now on ignore.

 

[kuoirad]

You are one ugly person. Nasty attitude. Both your posts I've seen here were arrogant and insulting - and this one has the beginnings of flaming. You're ready any time? Yo, bud - you have no idea who you are speaking to. Pitiful. Now on ignore.

Either that or he's being *very* sarcastic and we're missing it.

 

[hrotha]

What if I think people who shave their legs just because they ride a bike even though they don't race, get massages or anything are kinda lame.

 

[RedheadDane]

Signs you are a Fred:

1. Hairy legs
2. more than 8% body fat (14% for the ladies)
3. Mirror
4. Chainring "tat"
5. Kit doesn't match
6. kit isn't race fit (see sign 2)
7. tape and saddle don't match
8. insufficient stem slam vs saddle height
9. non-existent or non-sharp tan lines
10. riding slow

1. Yeah, I have hairy legs. So do the majority of cyclists out there. I think it's safe to say that most guys never shave their legs (unless they're bike riders).
2. I don't give a flying **** about body fat!
3. I do have a couple of mirrors in my flat, on my bike? Of course not!
4. Don't have any "tats"
5. Cyclists doesn't wear kits! Cyclists are just everyday people who take their bikes to work/school/whatever
6. Look above.
7. Regular non-racer bikes doesn't have tape on the handle
8. Again, this only applies to racer bikes. Though I'll agree that those girls who ride bike where it looks like they're sitting in a chair does like rather silly... not to mention that they tend to travel in packs!
9. You don't usually tan in winter when you're all bundled up against the cold... and what about those of us who just doesn't tan? If you haven't figured by now, I'm a redhead!
10. I know I'm not super-fast, but I wouldn't exactly call myself slow either. Besides; I don't have a racer bike. I just have a bike...

What if I think people who shave their legs just because they ride a bike even though they don't race, get massages or anything are kinda lame.

Exactly...

 

[ElChingon]

The funny thing about this thread is that it is a good nature poke at our sport yet some posters take it personally and that then makes it hilarious

Keep it up folks

 

[RedheadDane]

Well... calling unclassy wannabe Bike Riders 'Freds' is just an offence against everybody called Fred!

Besides; I can't be a Fred, I'm a girl...

 

[laziali]

1. Yeah, I have hairy legs. So do the majority of cyclists out there. I think it's safe to say that most guys never shave their legs (unless they're bike riders).
2. I don't give a flying **** about body fat!
3. I do have a couple of mirrors in my flat, on my bike? Of course not!
4. Don't have any "tats"
5. Cyclists doesn't wear kits! Cyclists are just everyday people who take their bikes to work/school/whatever
6. Look above.
7. Regular non-racer bikes doesn't have tape on the handle
8. Again, this only applies to racer bikes. Though I'll agree that those girls who ride bike where it looks like they're sitting in a chair does like rather silly... not to mention that they tend to travel in packs!
9. You don't usually tan in winter when you're all bundled up against the cold... and what about those of us who just doesn't tan? If you haven't figured by now, I'm a redhead!
10. I know I'm not super-fast, but I wouldn't exactly call myself slow either. Besides; I don't have a racer bike. I just have a bike...



Exactly...

Then you and you little buddy Hiero are in the wrong thread. That's right - read the title "do you ever let the hair grow back". Probably best you guys move over to slowtwitch where the Fred's hang out

BTW, did you really just identify yourself as a hairy-legged overweight chick??? Each to their own, I suppose.

 

[laziali]

You're ready any time? Yo, bud - you have no idea who you are speaking to.

Well, obviously not - You're behind an anonymous forum name hiero2@facepalm

 

[RedheadDane]

Then you and you little buddy Hiero are in the wrong thread. That's right - read the title "do you ever let the hair grow back". Probably best you guys move over to slowtwitch where the Fred's hang out

BTW, did you really just identify yourself as a hairy-legged overweight chick??? Each to their own, I suppose.

Yeah... I know what the title of this thread is, and I already answered (look below)
As for me being a hairy-legged overweight chick, I'm 160 cm and weighs around 50 kg, so I wouldn't call myself overweight, my legs are hairy because nobody's looking at my legs!

I don't shave because I ride a bike, I shave because it's nice to have smooth legs in the summer.
So... yeah... when I start wearing long trousers again, I stop shaving!

Also, as I already mentioned: I really shouldn't be trusted with sharp objects more than necessary! And especially not while not wearing my glasses, which I usually don't in the shower.
Apparently you're only supposed to remove the hair on your legs, not the skin...

But why do you care so much about other people's legs anyway?

 

[hiero2]

The funny thing about this thread is that it is a good nature poke at our sport yet some posters take it personally and that then makes it hilarious

Keep it up folks

As I pointed out the first time - if it was sarcasm, it didn't come across. If it was HUMOR, it didn't come across. I'll never know what the dude said in reprise, round 3, since he is now silent to me. Ah, blessed silence.

elChingon, you've seen me around enough, you should know I DO have a sense of humor. Glad you are enjoying this interchange!

This might be tmi, but the thing about sarcasm and related humors are that they are BAD humor to begin with. They are all based essentially on dissing somebody, its not a mutual shared thing at all. They've been very much in vogue for a long time now, but that doesn't make it good humor. The other, and very real, problem here is that sarcasm and "dry" wit simply do not translate in writing. They depend on body language and cues - without that, they are a rant. One has to be careful - something that is very funny in your mind just doesn't work for most readers. Unless you are Samuel Clemens - but he worked at it for a lifetime.

 

[hiero2]

Yeah... I'm 160 cm and weighs around 50 kg, so I wouldn't call myself overweight, my legs are hairy because nobody's looking at my legs!

Uh, uh - you're a LITTLE thing, aren't ya! (For us Americans - that's about 5' 1 or 2", ~110 pounds)

Hmmmm - I have to wonder what people ARE looking at! I know what most guys look at! (btw, I can be just as guilty, but I try to hide it and be polite by keeping my eyes in the appropriate orientation ).

 

[Boeing]

Boys and Girls it is no shave November starting tonight at midnight.

Rules here http://www.noshember.com/pages/rules.php

sign in below

winner gets a pink fixie or a surly pugsley with drop bars

 

[ElChingon]

No tassels

 

[ElChingon]

This might be tmi, but the thing about sarcasm and related humors are that they are BAD humor to begin with. They are all based essentially on dissing somebody, its not a mutual shared thing at all. They've been very much in vogue for a long time now, but that doesn't make it good humor. The other, and very real, problem here is that sarcasm and "dry" wit simply do not translate in writing. They depend on body language and cues - without that, they are a rant. One has to be careful - something that is very funny in your mind just doesn't work for most readers. Unless you are Samuel Clemens - but he worked at it for a lifetime.

The opening post left it open to everyone's interpretation without leading anyone one way or another yet its obvious who took it personally and who didn't and joined in on the fun. Heck it was just a simple question about if you stop shaving and who took it to the saver vs non-shaver?

Awe man, too funny how people's reading comprehension goes wrong

 

[RedheadDane]

Well... you gotta admit that it's a bit silly to say that it's impossible to be a cyclist if you don't shave!
After all; cyclist isn't something you are all the time, it's something you become the moment you get on your bike.
For example: I'm not a cyclist right now, but the moment I get up, leave this classroom, and go home then I become a cyclist.

Anyway, I'm pretty sure most cyclists don't care about cycling (and whatever shaving comes with it).
Just like most people who drive don't care about car-racing...
Or pedestrians mostly don't care about race walking...

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And you all know I can't do this Movember thing!

 

[laziali]

Well... you gotta admit that it's a bit silly to say that it's impossible to be a cyclist if you don't shave!
After all; cyclist isn't something you are all the time, it's something you become the moment you get on your bike.
For example: I'm not a cyclist right now, but the moment I get up, leave this classroom, and go home then I become a cyclist.

Anyway, I'm pretty sure most cyclists don't care about cycling (and whatever shaving comes with it).
Just like most people who drive don't care about car-racing...
Or pedestrians mostly don't care about race walking...

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And you all know I can't do this Movember thing!

Wow, you are SO on the wrong forum. Cyclingnews is all about cycle racing just as this thread is all about cyclists who DO shave - ie "do you ever let it grow back".

And, btw, there are a great many folk on this forum, me included, who view themselves as cyclists 24/7 whether they are on the bike or not. It's at the core of our identities. Mrs Laziali has come to accept this over the years.

 

[RedheadDane]

Wow, you are SO on the wrong forum. Cyclingnews is all about cycle racing just as this thread is all about cyclists who DO shave - ie "do you ever let it grow back".

And, btw, there are a great many folk on this forum, me included, who view themselves as cyclists 24/7 whether they are on the bike or not. It's at the core of our identities. Mrs Laziali has come to accept this over the years.

I already answered whether or not I let it grow back. I do!
And I'm on the right forum because I'm a fan of cycling, the sport, I'm just not a bike-rider myself.

And how can doing something that's a fairly normal way of getting around be the core of one's identity? You might as well say "I'm a pedestrian"

 

[Magnus]

I already answered whether or not I let it grow back. I do!
And I'm on the right forum because I'm a fan of cycling, the sport, I'm just not a bike-rider myself.

And how can doing something that's a fairly normal way of getting around be the core of one's identity? You might as well say "I'm a pedestrian"

RedheadDane, meet laziali, the cyclist:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47cGzu6-q40

 

[laziali]

RedheadDane, meet laziali, the cyclist:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47cGzu6-q40

Thanks Magnus, one of my all time fave vids and explains PERFECTLY the cyclist mentality.

PS Just finished Tyler's book and (avoiding all doping topics - this ain't the Clinic) he really captured the truth of being a serious cyclist when he said "the thing about cycling is that fitter you get the more you resemble a frail old man".

 

[RedheadDane]

Except that cyclists are those 1000s of people who just take their bikes to work/class/whatever.

Come on; if people who doesn't shave can't be cyclists or bike riders, then what are you gonna call this huge group of people? people who just take their bikes to work/class/whatever is a fairly long-winded way of describing such a huge group of people...

 

[laziali]

Except that cyclists are those 1000s of people who just take their bikes to work/class/whatever.

Come on; if people who doesn't shave can't be cyclists or bike riders, then what are you gonna call this huge group of people? people who just take their bikes to work/class/whatever is a fairly long-winded way of describing such a huge group of people...

commuters

 

[RedheadDane]

Still makes it sound like the exception rather than the common thing. After all; the majority of cyclists are what you call commuters.

 

[Fowsto Cope-E]

I think part of the argument here stems from the fact that, at least where I live, racers and others that ride on road bikes with all the appropriate gear are referred to as cyclists while everyone else who rides a bike would be called a bike rider. So, it would be the opposite of what Redheaddane has been saying. And a fred does not include commuters. A fred would be a cyclist, not just anyone who rides bikes, who does not shave his legs, wears loose fitting clothes, has a mirror on his bike, etc.

 

[nobilis]

I never let the hair grow back because it will be more difficult to shave it andd because I can't stand the lok of hairy legs anymore, even during winter.

I usually shave each friday, because most of the time, racing is on Sundays and I follow the myth that says that one shouldn't shave the day before a race.

As for the discussion going on here, I think that RHD got it a bit wrong because the thread is targeting a specific group of people, which are cyclists who race and not bike commuters because there is no sense for a bike commuter to shave. And the fact that RHD shaves during summer and stops during winter is for different reasons.