Hi Trixie:
Trixie writes:
I hate to say this, but if you're wanting to shave your legs to stop chafing when cycling, you'd have to do them on the day of the race if your legs are anything like mine. I think I may have hedgehog in my ancestry as they get all prickly within hours.
Not to make you jealous or anything...but I only need to shave every third day or so...and then only cuz I'm getting a bit of stubble
The leg shaving thing for bikers is more of a "healing after a crash" thing, than a comfort thing.
Trixie writes:
The alternative would be to wax them. Not a pleasant experience, but the hair grows in much finer and takes about three weeks. I just don't have the nerve to try it. Maybe another female on here can advise you on waxing your legs.
Hmmmm...I've never thought about the waxing thing. It sounds very painful though.
Trixie writes:
As for shaving, until Percy gets round to doing the experiment, I don't know what would work best for shaving legs. In my own experience, I miss bits, can't quite reach round the back, hack off most of my knees and lift little curly scrolls of skin from my shins which seem to bleed for about a fortnight. Getting round the contours of the ankle bones is almost impossible.
I am somewhat accident prone, so having a razor even remotely close to my "vital area" is not something I'd look forward to. Even if I somehow avoid testicular augmentation, I can virtually guarantee numerous cuts and lots of missed areas. That waxing idea is sounding better and better.
Trixie writes:
...cold water (don't even contemplate this one - I beheaded all my goosebumps!)
Thank god I didn't have food in my mouth when I read that one cuz it would have ended up all over my monitor and keyboard. Sorry to laugh at your pain...but it sounds like something I would do.
Trixie writes:
If I had the courage I'd wax and I think that's a cyclist's best option.
I recently went for a bike ride with a female friend and for reasons I am unaware if...and completely out of the blue...she informed me that she was going to have her hair removed via some sort of laser thingie. She hates shaving and decided to suffer through the process and then be done with hair for good. And while I'm pretty sure she wasn't talking about her legs (
)...is that an option you'd consider (on your legs)?