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Originally Posted by gsteichen
I'm an old school cyclist ( ya, I wore out many pairs of wool shorts) who could never quite bring myself to shave my legs. Through the years there have been many reasons (read excuses) concocted for this behavior, none of which ever seemed believble to me. This article touches on many of these excuses (while unfortunately also sharing technique) and arrives at what may just be the true bottom line.
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/bicycles-fa...ection-43.html
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Yeah, cute:
"Many folks with hair get massages and it has no effect on comfort."
Not in my case it didn't. I have a rotating metal ball massager (go ahead, I dare you
), that was not so pleasant with the hair. Now I can really dig in after a ride. That's probably the number one reason in my case.