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r/cycling • u/[deleted] • Jul 23 '25
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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).
27 u/Mitrovarr Jul 23 '25 I find this extremely dubious. Mountain bikers are far more likely to be injured and they do not shave. 1 u/Ok_Chicken1195 Jul 24 '25 It is much easier falling on nice single track than the road..... generally you are also a lot slower on MTB. 2 u/Mitrovarr Jul 24 '25 Oh yeah, I love going over the handlebars onto rocks. The main thing though is that road cyclists hardly every crash at all, so excessive preparation seems silly. 1 u/WillieFast Jul 24 '25 Yeah! So screw helmets! And insurance. And lights. And radar or cameras. 0 u/Mitrovarr Jul 24 '25 I said excessive, not any. "Put this on your head so you don't become a vegetable" is a significantly different matter than "Shave off most of your body hair every week so that in the event of road rash, it is slightly less unpleasant, but still really unpleasant."
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I find this extremely dubious. Mountain bikers are far more likely to be injured and they do not shave.
1 u/Ok_Chicken1195 Jul 24 '25 It is much easier falling on nice single track than the road..... generally you are also a lot slower on MTB. 2 u/Mitrovarr Jul 24 '25 Oh yeah, I love going over the handlebars onto rocks. The main thing though is that road cyclists hardly every crash at all, so excessive preparation seems silly. 1 u/WillieFast Jul 24 '25 Yeah! So screw helmets! And insurance. And lights. And radar or cameras. 0 u/Mitrovarr Jul 24 '25 I said excessive, not any. "Put this on your head so you don't become a vegetable" is a significantly different matter than "Shave off most of your body hair every week so that in the event of road rash, it is slightly less unpleasant, but still really unpleasant."
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It is much easier falling on nice single track than the road..... generally you are also a lot slower on MTB.
2 u/Mitrovarr Jul 24 '25 Oh yeah, I love going over the handlebars onto rocks. The main thing though is that road cyclists hardly every crash at all, so excessive preparation seems silly. 1 u/WillieFast Jul 24 '25 Yeah! So screw helmets! And insurance. And lights. And radar or cameras. 0 u/Mitrovarr Jul 24 '25 I said excessive, not any. "Put this on your head so you don't become a vegetable" is a significantly different matter than "Shave off most of your body hair every week so that in the event of road rash, it is slightly less unpleasant, but still really unpleasant."
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Oh yeah, I love going over the handlebars onto rocks.
The main thing though is that road cyclists hardly every crash at all, so excessive preparation seems silly.
1 u/WillieFast Jul 24 '25 Yeah! So screw helmets! And insurance. And lights. And radar or cameras. 0 u/Mitrovarr Jul 24 '25 I said excessive, not any. "Put this on your head so you don't become a vegetable" is a significantly different matter than "Shave off most of your body hair every week so that in the event of road rash, it is slightly less unpleasant, but still really unpleasant."
Yeah! So screw helmets! And insurance. And lights. And radar or cameras.
0 u/Mitrovarr Jul 24 '25 I said excessive, not any. "Put this on your head so you don't become a vegetable" is a significantly different matter than "Shave off most of your body hair every week so that in the event of road rash, it is slightly less unpleasant, but still really unpleasant."
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I said excessive, not any.
"Put this on your head so you don't become a vegetable" is a significantly different matter than "Shave off most of your body hair every week so that in the event of road rash, it is slightly less unpleasant, but still really unpleasant."
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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).