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I certainly hope not. The years have seen them scarred up by motorcycle wrecks, circular saws etc.... The hair seems to help hide my scars. 
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mr. tibbs said:What do you mean HAVE to? I ride so I GET to shave my legs. Also so I have an excuse to wear the kits. Lycra gets odd looks on the bus.![]()
RightWingNutJob said:I certainly hope not. The years have seen them scarred up by motorcycle wrecks, circular saws etc.... The hair seems to help hide my scars.![]()
amp300 said:Alright, I'll bite, circular saw?
This sounds like a story with potential
LOL, good one.Snake8 said:Duuude. Circular saw, leg. Bad news. Wait what the hell was this thread about!?" Shave em, don't cut em. Next time use a razor not a circular saw.
boalio said:yes. embrace the scars. they'll get you more respect in the pack anyway.
RightWingNutJob said:It does have potential! Was cutting out the side of a cabinet to allow for some plumbing lines to come in. I wasn't paying attention to the way I was standing and when I finished the cut my leg was pressing up against the cabinet at the spot where the cut finished.
The worst part about it was when I was in the hospital getting it "worked on" my bosses wife was fascinated by what the doctor was doing. It was chopped up pretty bad, so the doc had to "trim" the wound to make the edges line up before he could use stitches. She was commenting left and right. Felt like it was Phil Liggett commentating on a surgery. But in reality it was nothing more than a construction accident caused by me not paying attention.
BikeCentric said:RWNJ,
You certainly don't HAVE to shave them but you will have a lot more trouble moving around in the pack if you show up to the local fast group ride or race with hairy legs. Where I ride and race there are literally ZERO riders that show up to the fast group rides or race in the Cat 3 pack that have hairy legs. Even the noobs who show up to the weekly hammerfests shave their legs before trying to hang. I never even saw or raced against a Cat 4 with hairy legs either and I was a 4 for like 4 years.
As an amateur racer (or someone who wants to ride with the racers) the leg shaving is way more of statement that says "hi I know what I'm doing and I'm part of the pack" than anything else. Dudes that show up with hairy legs are just looked at as idiot noobs that are a crash waiting to happen and no one will give them a wheel for the most part and they have to go all the way to the back if they ever find themselves in the wind for any reason.
That's just on my local scene though, it's different everywhere and YMMV.
LOL! Great analogy. And I thought mine looked chewed up. Actually, I'm not too bad, though I do still have bits of asphalt embedded under my skin on both elbows from crashes.BikeCentric said:My own legs look like I was the stuntman in a slasher movie.
Alpe d'Huez said:Agree with the others, if you're planning on racing, even on a Cat 5 (or lowest in Euro) level, I'd shave them, absolutely.
whiteboytrash said:How far up do you shave ? To the line of the shorts or do you keep going up to your inner thigh area and higher ? What about shaving cuts and ingrown hairs to the more sensitive areas ?
usedtobefast said:just wondering who out there has a racing license or did at some point. i keep mine up, but racing not so much anymore.
RightWingNutJob said:I certainly hope not. The years have seen them scarred up by motorcycle wrecks, circular saws etc.... The hair seems to help hide my scars.![]()
neil69cyclist said:I 'trim' mine with clippers so you look kind of normal in the gym but not like some bigfoot in tight lycra...... and it does attract ladies who are fascinated by it !!
BikeCentric said:RWNJ,
You certainly don't HAVE to shave them but you will have a lot more trouble moving around in the pack if you show up to the local fast group ride or race with hairy legs. Where I ride and race there are literally ZERO riders that show up to the fast group rides or race in the Cat 3 pack that have hairy legs. Even the noobs who show up to the weekly hammerfests shave their legs before trying to hang. I never even saw or raced against a Cat 4 with hairy legs either and I was a 4 for like 4 years.
As an amateur racer (or someone who wants to ride with the racers) the leg shaving is way more of statement that says "hi I know what I'm doing and I'm part of the pack" than anything else. Dudes that show up with hairy legs are just looked at as idiot noobs that are a crash waiting to happen and no one will give them a wheel for the most part and they have to go all the way to the back if they ever find themselves in the wind for any reason.
That's just on my local scene though, it's different everywhere and YMMV.