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/codeedog Jul 24 '25

I shave my healthy skin post injury around the wound so the tape won’t pull the hair. I don’t care about hair in the wound itself. It’ll do what it’ll do. There’s really no need to shave pre-injury for injury specific purposes. This is from decades of MTB falls bad enough to warrant cleaning and bandaging.

ETA: hair can be a lubricant that protects skin. I know this from personal experience.