It's part of the cycling tradition
It's part of the cycling tradition
Cyclists shave their legs. Serious cyclists. Coppi, Merckx, Lemond, Hinault, Indurain, Wiggins, Froome, you name them, they shave their legs.
Doing it marks you out as a cyclist just as it has for riders almost as long as cycling has existed as a sport rather than a pastime. It’s tradition, and lots of cyclists shave their legs for that very reason: to be a part of that.
Whether you choose to become part of this particular tradition or not is totally personal. Most of us don’t ride quickly enough – or aren’t competitive enough in either sense – for shaving our legs to provide too many marginal gains.
But if it makes you feel a little bit more like you’re part of the great tradition of cycling, then maybe it’s worth it.
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