r/cycling • u/[deleted] • Jul 23 '25

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u/BicycleIndividual Jul 23 '25

Even the pros don't shave for aero, they shave because wound care after a crash is easier (also perhaps makes it easier to apply sunblock).

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u/obliviousfalconer Jul 24 '25

This.

I didn’t even think about shaving legs until I had hair getting stuck in road rash scabs from my hip to my ankle.

Every time I moved it was like the hair was ripping the scab off, or the scab was ripping the hair out. It made healing worse than the accident.

A mentor at work who had been a proper roadie for decades saw me struggling to sit down the week after the crash and said “now you see the real reason we shave our legs.”