Stupid question but I have to ask.
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UFTriGator posted 11 weeks ago.
Technically: cleaner wound if you crash your bike, easier for massaging
Realistically: everyone else does
Also, you might want to read this:
http://www.trifuel.com/forum/3891/question-for-the-trifuel-women
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cutiger95 posted 11 weeks ago.
Thanks very much just found the other one further down. Since I am married I leave the female decision up to my wife. At this point she just wants things cleaned and tidied up on the chest and back. Good for me I guess.
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zagfan posted 11 weeks ago.
1. Everyone else does it so it must be the cool thing to do (think High School).
2. The mental aspect before my first tri, if I look like a triathlete I must be a triathlete.
3. The cleaner wound factor.
4. Massage, although I was too busy eating pizza afterwards to get a massage.
And probably in that order, at least from my newbie perspective, I could be wrong
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jsk85 posted 11 weeks ago.
I shaved before I got into triathlon or even cycling...I have a strange hatred of body hair in general. I shave everything except my head and my arms (except when I get too cheap or lazy to keep up with it). And I would shave both if:
1) I didn't look ridiculous bald
2) It didn't require that much more additional work since I already slack often times elsewhere
But a lot of my other reasons are common to those above
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beads1985 posted 11 weeks ago.
I only do it once in awhile
Another interesting article on the subject
http://www.active.com/cycling/Articles/Men_Who_Shave_Their_Legs.htm?act=...
''Nothing to it, but to do it''
http://beads1985.trifuel.net/
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Leroy Bonkers posted 11 weeks ago.
I now have to wear a stupid knee brace when running, and I find that a shaved leg is more compfortable under that chaffing neoprene. Although i might allow that it's psychosymatic.
One other reason that only truly hairy people can know... it's hard to put sunscreen on a leg that looks like a Wookie.
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PJT posted 11 weeks ago.
Shaving makes it easier to peel the bandaids/duct tape off after a long run.
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jtrimom posted 11 weeks ago.
PJT wrote:
Shaving makes it easier to peel the bandaids/duct tape off after a long run.
what do you need duct tape on for a long run, or do I not want to know?
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PJT posted 11 weeks ago.
jtrimom wrote:
what do you need duct tape on for a long run, or do I not want to know?
http://www.trifuel.com/forum/1923/you-know-your-a-hardcore-triathlete-wh...
Scroll down to bluebirdbiker's post. I favor bandaids myself.
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Triguy98 posted 11 weeks ago.
Putting on and removing wetsuits is easier without a lot of hair! Someone else mentioned the sunscreen thing, and it's cooler for me (temperature- wise)
Life is short. Play hard and get dirty doing it.
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cutiger95 posted 11 weeks ago.
Wetsuits - Check
Sunscreen - Double Check I suspect, takes me twice as long as the wife
Cooler - Don't know, may make you think your cooler but don't know the mechanics behind it.
Wounds - Check
I am still thinking about it. Waxing is set now for Friday and that will take care of my back all the way to Sept or so.
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jsk85 posted 11 weeks ago.
Add: drying faster...I can just feel the water wicking away when I get out of the pool after a fresh shave
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Why do Triathletes shave? No I don't care about looks, functionally why do you do it and should I go ahead and get the chest and belly waxed (ouch think 40 yr old virgin), when I go for my pre-neighbor hood pool back wax this week.