Waxing is the key
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Previously on "Cyclists - shave your legs"
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Shaving ones undercarriage gives to closer fit to the seat, crucial in competition.
It's the job of the secreatary of the club to inspect the seats closely
'especially the ladies team. And that your honour , is my defence. '
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostNot so sure about genital shaving though. Can get quite painful on long rides.
Mind you, I can see how it would make a guy slightly more aerodynamic, and every second counts.
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Not so sure about genital shaving though. Can get quite painful on long rides.
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostWhen I was a teenager I came off my push bike while bombing down a hill in Southern Italy, and slid along the road for a few feet.
With the friction, and the baking heat of the road, a full box of matches in my jeans pocket (a small pocket right round the front, rather than a side pocket) burst into flames and practically exploded.
Now that's pain!
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostOne minor point; I crashed in the velodrome at about 50 kph, having not shaved my legs, the first time I rode there. I learnt my lesson. Some hairs got trapped in the little gaps between the boardings as I slid to a halt; yeeooowwww!!!
With the friction, and the baking heat of the road, a full box of matches in my jeans pocket (a small pocket right round the front, rather than a side pocket) burst into flames and practically exploded.
Now that's pain!
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Originally posted by Dallas View Postthere is feeling and tolerating
and then
there is feeling and wimpering
there is your mars, venus differential.
Miss Pendleton was quite good at that. But then somehow she spontaneously burst out blubbing about the pressure and the journalists and all those nasty people saying nasty things, having shown herself to be really quite 'ard when it comes to physical pain.
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there is feeling and tolerating
and then
there is feeling and wimpering
there is your mars, venus differential.
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostYou don't know how it feels.
It hurt even more than Manflu.
Women are bigger wimps than men when it comes to pain, research suggests, contrary to the popular notion that the reverse is true.
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Originally posted by mudskipper View PostMTFU.
It hurt even more than Manflu.
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostOne minor point; I crashed in the velodrome at about 50 kph, having not shaved my legs, the first time I rode there. I learnt my lesson. Some hairs got trapped in the little gaps between the boardings as I slid to a halt; yeeooowwww!!!
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Nice,
that is probably a faster therefore a less painful option than an epilator
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One minor point; I crashed in the velodrome at about 50 kph, having not shaved my legs, the first time I rode there. I learnt my lesson. Some hairs got trapped in the little gaps between the boardings as I slid to a halt; yeeooowwww!!!
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