Where do you draw the line?

[badboyberty]

How high is too high?

 

[ElChingon]

At this thread...

 

[Boeing]

Nice one El

Brazilian if I must

 

[LaFlorecita]

Interesting thread... *ahem*

 

[auscyclefan94]

Well, I highly doubt you were the one who voted "Balls and all".

 

[LaFlorecita]

Well, I highly doubt you were the one who voted "Balls and all".

I wonder who voted "Every hair is sacred." Ew!

Edit: I hope it isn't you!

 

[auscyclefan94]

I wonder who voted "Every hair is sacred." Ew!

Edit: I hope it isn't you!

I have not voted but was more intrigued by the results and the comments.

 

[LaFlorecita]

I hope knicks line doesn't mean what I think it means... o.o

I'll vote as well, what I prefer, in my case, which is a draw between the second and third option but I'll go for the second. No chest hair, and ABSOLUTELY NO back hair.

 

[Sofía_]

for some unknow reason i found men shaved legs quite sexy... so i'll be all eyes

 

[daveinzambia]

Mine is kind of in the middle. Try for shaving most of the legs but get bored so make a real effort from bottom of knicks down and slightly less effort above the tan line.

 

[Parera]

I voted Balls and All.

It's not a full on "salt the earth" approach, generally speaking. Everything below the waist is gone, the scranus region is heavily landscaped. Have a nice day thinking about that.

 

[LaFlorecita]

for some unknow reason i found men shaved legs quite sexy... so i'll be all eyes

Me too!

 

[MarkvW]

How much of a difference in speed does shaving make, anyway?

 

[Captain_Cavman]

How much of a difference in speed does shaving make, anyway?

none......

 

[Handbrake]

Should be a different poll for men and women and for men it depends if you're as hairy as a Gorilla or not. Stopping at the bottom of knicks looks ridiculous.

 

[RedheadDane]

I mostly just go to the knees... maybe somewhat up the tighs, though I can't exactly see where I stop...

 

[Martin318is]

How much of a difference in speed does shaving make, anyway?

I havew generally found that shaved legs heal nearly twice as fast (and more cleanly) than hairy ones. Thats what you meant right? Hope you´re not on a cycling forum thinking leg shaving is a speed issue

 

[MarkvW]

I havew generally found that shaved legs heal nearly twice as fast (and more cleanly) than hairy ones. Thats what you meant right? Hope you´re not on a cycling forum thinking leg shaving is a speed issue

I was! I never knew why people went to the trouble. I'm not a racer.

 

[Bespoke]

Greetings all,

Is there another sport, other than swimming perhaps - and even then I'm not sure it trickles down to recreational swimmers, where a similar body "adjustment", is part of engaging in the sport?

In Canada, hockey players usually sacrifice their front teeth to the game but I'm pretty sure that's by circumstance, rather than by choice.

I say this as someone who, rather suddenly, has been seduced by cycling and am finding this whole shaving thing a bit weird.

Don't get me wrong, as a dedicated aesthete, I certainly appreciate the appearance of a hairless body but, that's part of the problem for me: it seems fetishistic, narcissistic and, some might say homoerotic. Not that there's anything wrong with any of these attributes! I'm really trying to understand it from the periphery, realizing that the vortex of passion for the sport is likely going to lead to an inevitable question:

"To shave or not to shave?"

 

[nowhereman]

I havew generally found that shaved legs heal nearly twice as fast (and more cleanly) than hairy ones. Thats what you meant right? Hope you´re not on a cycling forum thinking leg shaving is a speed issue

Thanks for the info. But otherwise, this thread is absolutely useless.

 

[Swifty's Cakes]

When I get so good that I need to worry about how quickly I recover from cut or grazed legs and getting a nice massage I'll shave my legs.

 

[Caruut]

When I get so good that I need to worry about how quickly I recover from cut or grazed legs and getting a nice massage I'll shave my legs.

Good call. Wounds are less messy and easier to clean without hair, and a massage from your soigneur is less likely to end up ripping hairs out/tangling them up if haven't got them.

Didn't know that it healed much quicker. Is that a documented thing or just personal experience?

 

[Maxiton]

Greetings all,

Is there another sport, other than swimming perhaps - and even then I'm not sure it trickles down to recreational swimmers, where a similar body "adjustment", is part of engaging in the sport?

In Canada, hockey players usually sacrifice their front teeth to the game but I'm pretty sure that's by circumstance, rather than by choice.

But if it's that common, and I don't doubt it is, it is kind of by choice - i.e., I love hockey, I wonder when I'm gonna get my teeth knocked out. Personally, I'd rather sacrifice the hair.

I say this as someone who, rather suddenly, has been seduced by cycling and am finding this whole shaving thing a bit weird.

Don't get me wrong, as a dedicated aesthete, I certainly appreciate the appearance of a hairless body but, that's part of the problem for me: it seems fetishistic, narcissistic and, some might say homoerotic. Not that there's anything wrong with any of these attributes! I'm really trying to understand it from the periphery, realizing that the vortex of passion for the sport is likely going to lead to an inevitable question:

"To shave or not to shave?"

That's precisely the point. It is all those things, in a sport widely acknowledged as having those characteristics underlying. But what they underlie - the overt reasons - are respect for traditional practices, of which shaving is one, and practical concerns - see below.

Good call. Wounds are less messy and easier to clean without hair, and a massage from your soigneur is less likely to end up ripping hairs out/tangling them up if haven't got them.

Didn't know that it healed much quicker. Is that a documented thing or just personal experience?

The main reason for it all along, in my view, is that some men look like apes when they're unshaven. Especially in Southern Europe where much of pro cycling has its roots. Who'd want to see a hairy ape on a bike? Nobody, that's who.

I'm lucky in that the hair on my legs is blond and sparse, so it looks like I shave even though I don't. If I were racing, or had time to train for hours a day, then I would shave, for the reasons Caruut stated. And if I had noticeable hair, I'd be shaving anyway. Hairy, burly legs in cycling kit just isn't right.

 

[MarkvW]

How high is too high?

Wow. I think I remember that conversation from my freshman year in college. Far out, man.

 

[Bespoke]

But if it's that common, and I don't doubt it is, it is kind of by choice - i.e., I love hockey, I wonder when I'm gonna get my teeth knocked out. Personally, I'd rather sacrifice the hair.

That's precisely the point. It is all those things, in a sport widely acknowledged as having those characteristics underlying. But what they underlie - the overt reasons - are respect for traditional practices, of which shaving is one, and practical concerns - see below.



The main reason for it all along, in my view, is that some men look like apes when they're unshaven. Especially in Southern Europe where much of pro cycling has its roots. Who'd want to see a hairy ape on a bike? Nobody, that's who.

I'm lucky in that the hair on my legs is blond and sparse, so it looks like I shave even though I don't. If I were racing, or had time to train for hours a day, then I would shave, for the reasons Caruut stated. And if I had noticeable hair, I'd be shaving anyway. Hairy, burly legs in cycling kit just isn't right.

Thank you for the considered response Maxiton. Respect for traditional practices is a noble pursuit.

As a fascinated newcomer, I did not know of the underlying characteristics of the sport.