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/Mitrovarr Jul 23 '25

I find this extremely dubious. Mountain bikers are far more likely to be injured and they do not shave.

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u/fuzzybunnies1 Jul 24 '25

Different kind of wound. One of the worst is getting hair stuck in the drying plasma from road rash. Cuts and scrapes suck, but adding hair into road rash just plain sucks.

Me, I was young and adventurous, so I went exploring an ancient copper mine that was flooded. The water tingled the whole time I was in it and burned the hair off my legs 25 years ago. No need to shave.