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Time to Shave the legs?

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    #32
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users Posts: 24,993 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    breezy1985 wrote: »
    They show off your ankle. It's the kind of shameful muck that triathletes would wear
    As in those cut off ones which are basically shoe inserts?


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    #33
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 49,572 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    aha - i did buy a pack of those by accident once. they have gone unworn.
    though i think that's different to what many people understand by 'ankle socks' which is what was confusing me.


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    #34
    breezy1985
    Registered Users Posts: 26,170 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    Eh no
    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    As in those cut off ones which are basically shoe inserts?

    Yep


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    #35
    Nigzcurran
    Registered Users Posts: 2,807 ✭✭✭Nigzcurran


    breezy1985 wrote: »
    Many of the rules are just a bit of fun and I wouldn't worry too much.

    But ankle socks are an absolute sin and have no place near a bike

    What’s the alternative, knee socks?


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    #36
    buffalo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,079 ✭✭✭buffalo


    The only valid reasons for shaving your legs are if you're getting them massaged (otherwise the friction and hair pulling is pain upon pain) or if you're at risk crashing regularly (i.e. you race a lot in a bunch or you're **** at bike handling).

    After that, it's aesthetics. If you care about looking good to other cyclists who take themselves too seriously, do it. :D


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    #37
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users Posts: 24,993 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    Nigzcurran wrote: »
    What’s the alternative, knee socks?
    The cuff of the sock should be half the length of your foot.


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    #38
    RobertFoster
    Registered Users Posts: 9,190 ✭✭✭RobertFoster


    All this sock talk, if only there was someone to help.


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    #39
    cletus
    Registered Users Posts: 7,994 ✭✭✭cletus


    Not these...

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    More like these...

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    #40
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,912 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    cletus wrote: »
    If I'm wearing shorts on the bike, then I'm wearing ankle socks. Sometimes they're so low, it looks like I'm not wearing socks at all
    Deleted User wrote: »
    All of my socks on or off the bike getting into this time of year when I'll be in some kind of shorts all the time are ankle socks.
    You are both dead to me.


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    #41
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,912 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    cletus wrote: »
    Not these...

    More like these...
    Post reported, your lifestyle choices disgust me.


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    #42
    Biker79
    Closed Accounts Posts: 794 ✭✭✭Biker79


    Eh no
    Unless you're on the way to a fancy dress party, dressed as an 80s tennis player, ankle socks are unacceptable.


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    #43
    cletus
    Registered Users Posts: 7,994 ✭✭✭cletus


    Biker79 wrote: »
    Unless you're on the way to a fancy dress party, dressed as an 80s tennis player, ankle socks are unacceptable.

    I'm wearing them right now. I wear them to work. I wear them running. I always wear them with shorts


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    #44
    Biker79
    Closed Accounts Posts: 794 ✭✭✭Biker79


    Eh no
    cletus wrote: »
    I'm wearing them right now. I wear them to work. I wear them running. I always wear them with shorts

    Unless you're chasing after a bike thief, running is also unacceptable.


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    #45
    monkeysnapper
    Registered Users Posts: 2,576 ✭✭✭monkeysnapper


    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    Take the Sticky Bottle test:

    https://www.stickybottle.com/latest-news/cycling-fred-bingo-card/

    Ha ha ....I didn't know what a fred was either.. ...

    The only one I failed on was the legs shaved and I can tell you I absolutly won't be shaving my legs !!!!!

    The one thing I do and im kind of setting myself up for being banned from cycling forum ..... I do a bit of running also and I often use my cycling shirts to store hat/ jellies in back pocket while running..... I realise sometimes when cyclist see me running I look like I've had my bike stolen .


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    #46
    breezy1985
    Registered Users Posts: 26,170 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    Eh no
    Nigzcurran wrote: »
    What’s the alternative, knee socks?

    No just normal cycling socks. Don't worry the UCI have rules for it if you get stuck

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/check-illegal-socks-reaction-uci-introduces-maximum-sock-height-2019-400273/amp


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    #47
    breezy1985
    Registered Users Posts: 26,170 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    Eh no
    Biker79 wrote: »
    Unless you're chasing after a bike thief, running is also unacceptable.

    All this disgusting sock talk always goes back to triathletes. Who of sound mind gets off a bike to run


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    #48
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 76,353 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    CramCycle wrote: »
    For the time and effort, no, for nearly all of us there is no risk to not doing it
    That depends on how far you take the cut-throat......


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    #49
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 76,353 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Biker79 wrote: »
    Unless you're on the way to a fancy dress party, dressed as an 80s tennis player, ankle socks are unacceptable.
    You've just given me an idea for a house-warming

    I bagsie McEnroe


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    #50
    Nigzcurran
    Registered Users Posts: 2,807 ✭✭✭Nigzcurran


    breezy1985 wrote: »
    No just normal cycling socks. Don't worry the UCI have rules for it if you get stuck

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/check-illegal-socks-reaction-uci-introduces-maximum-sock-height-2019-400273/amp
    Right so the socks that go halfway between ankle and knee are ok??


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    #51
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users Posts: 24,993 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    Beasty wrote: »
    You've just given me an idea for a house-warming

    I bagsie McEnroe
    You can not be serious!


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    #52
    eeeee
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,848 Mod ✭✭✭✭eeeee


    Eh no
    Shaven legs?
    Yes.
    Hairy legs on a bike look weird and wrong. I've been so institutionalised by cycling that hairy legs in general look weird and wrong to me :pac:

    Runner Ankle sock things?
    Nope.
    And I say that as someone who wears odd socks.
    I am aware that that nullifies everything I've said :D


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    #53
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 49,572 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    the last time i wet shaved was IIRC the morning of may 10th 2003, and the only reason i remember that date is was i was best man at my brother's wedding that day.
    the idea ot wet shaving just seems like such a faff now. i've not paid for a haircut since about 1997 either. i'm reasonably low maintenance on that front.


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    #54
    TheBlaaMan
    Registered Users Posts: 3,444 ✭✭✭TheBlaaMan


    Eh no
    monkeysnapper wrote: »

    The one thing I do and im kind of setting myself up for being banned from cycling forum ..... I do a bit of running also and I often use my cycling shirts to store hat/ jellies in back pocket while running..... I realise sometimes when cyclist see me running I look like I've had my bike stolen .

    Oh, its far worse than that.
    You look like a .........a.......triathlethe! :eek:


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    #55
    Richard Hillman
    Registered Users Posts: 12,033 ✭✭✭✭Richard Hillman


    I have hairy legs but I gave them a blade 1 trim, so there's still hair there.

    My legs do be filthy after a cycle amd yes, I do want to show off my nice calves :D


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    #56
    Macy0161
    Registered Users Posts: 9,449 ✭✭✭Macy0161


    Eh no
    It started off aesthetics' but makes eczema cream/ sunblock so much easier and less mess to apply.

    I couldn't go that short on the socks, after me constantly slagging my tween and teen girls over "are you even wearing socks?" nearly every day...


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    #57
    MojoMaker
    Registered Users Posts: 4,686 ✭✭✭MojoMaker


    Female tennis socks basically.

    Abominations on a bike.


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    #58
    Whyner
    Registered Users Posts: 1,689 ✭✭✭Whyner


    From what I see:

    Most racers shave
    Most sportivers don't shave

    I shave and couldn't go back to rocking the fuzz

    Shavers shave because:

    The pros do it
    They think it looks good

    Most amateur sportspersons copy the pros. Look at golfers wearing one glove and taking it off for putts. Imitation is real yo :eek:

    You could always try it once. If it's not for you it will grow back to its original look. You won't turn into a yeti


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    #59
    Green is Growing
    Registered Users Posts: 14 ✭Green is Growing


    Biker79 wrote: »
    100% shave your legs.

    Otherwise forever be branded a Fred.

    The sad part is this is unironically how many cyclists think. I know some of you are joking but it's such an elitist unfriendly sport because of shíte like this.


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    #60
    breezy1985
    Registered Users Posts: 26,170 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    Eh no
    Green is Growing wrote: »
    The sad part is this is unironically how many cyclists think. I know some of you are joking but it's such an elitist unfriendly sport because of shíte like this.

    Typical Fred talk there


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    #61
    gn3dr
    Registered Users Posts: 874 ✭✭✭gn3dr


    As socks were mentioned, since my return to cycling after a long lay off, one of the worst changes I've come across is the introduction of high socks. It's just wrong. Not to mention black socks - also wrong.


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