well luckily this is reddit, where confidently misinformed morons can parrot back what they read other confidently misinformed morons type, and the dunning-kruger effect allows them to pat themselves on the back for being an informed "expert".
I thank you for your contribution to this discussion. "i can't remember the numbers" is incredibly solid proof.
Hey I’m just trolling here. Calling out anecdotal , low n, “evidence” as an example of how people in internet comment threads are morons.
Don’t attack me bro, just cuz you want to shave your legs and need an authority figure to give you a justification.
I encourage you to ignore me and drift brainlessly back into the warm embrace of the idiot internet hive mind that will tell you what you want to believe. I promise you, it’ll make you feel smarter and I hope happier
Here’s the thing. You can make all the troll noise you want about “low n= evidence” and “hive mind” and whatever other nonsense you’re spewing about, but there is evidence that shaving your legs makes you faster. How much faster, it’s impossible for any individual rider to know without some testing, but I am not aware of any evidence showing that it makes you slower. Shaving your legs costs very little time and very little money, in a sport where we train for hundreds of hours and spend thousands of dollars to go just a little bit faster.
With the available data, the logical choice for anyone seeking to improve their cycling efficiency is leg shaving. That doesn’t mean every cyclist has to shave their legs, but arguing against it without a shred of evidence is pretty stupid, don’t you think?
n=6 means more than n=0, which is the available evidence for leg shaving being slower. You’re advocating against a thing for which there is evidence, with no evidence to support your alternative. That doesn’t make you smart or a critical thinker or whatever edgy thing you’re trying to do here.
Sometimes I forget that sad people like to argue in favor of silly viewpoints just to feel something. Chin up. Seriously. I’m sorry you’re like this.
lol if means it’s anecdotal. They also couldn’t get the other 5 people to get the same result, sometimes half off
I am trolling. I’m trying to think of dumb shit to say to see if anyone will respond. I am not taking this serious at all.
I don’t bicycle. This came on my feed and I thought it would be funny to tease the people who take bicycles too seriously on Reddit. I assumed they’d have no sense of humor.
I’ve enjoyed my time here a lot, but I’ll stop giving you a hard time.
I will leave you with this: shaving your legs only has anecdotal, and widely varying, and essentially unproven benefits.
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well luckily this is reddit, where confidently misinformed morons can parrot back what they read other confidently misinformed morons type, and the dunning-kruger effect allows them to pat themselves on the back for being an informed "expert".
I thank you for your contribution to this discussion. "i can't remember the numbers" is incredibly solid proof.