{"id":2025,"date":"2013-07-07T07:28:53","date_gmt":"2013-07-07T12:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toddsingleton.net\/chronicle\/?p=2025"},"modified":"2013-07-08T12:53:24","modified_gmt":"2013-07-08T17:53:24","slug":"no-i-will-not-shave-my-legs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toddsingleton.net\/chronicle\/2013\/07\/07\/no-i-will-not-shave-my-legs\/","title":{"rendered":"No, I will not shave my legs."},"content":{"rendered":"

Definitely not now. \u00a0I am being hassled by several people I ride with during the week to “get with it”. \u00a0Apparently I will miss the benefits of embrocation. \u00a0Until recently I didn’t even know what that is. \u00a0It’s muscle warming gel. \u00a0Hmmm. \u00a0 Sounds like glorified Icy Hot. \u00a0Here are the main reasons I will not shave my legs to ride a bike:<\/p>\n

1. My legs are still skinny. \u00a0They must be proportionally stronger than most other riders because I’m laying waste to many guys in their 20’s and 30’s during 18-20 mile FSR rides but they are still skinny. \u00a0I’m still having a hard time adjusting to Lycra after a decade without it. \u00a0I couldn’t imagine shaving yet. \u00a0I’ve actually been told I should shave if for no other reason than “it’s sexy”. \u00a0You mean scary? \u00a0I have small calves and 40 year old, scared knees.<\/p>\n

2. It’s mostly vanity. \u00a0Unless you need that extra few seconds in a road race (I don’t ride on the road) then there are absolutely no performance advantages. \u00a0If I learn that I could drop a few minutes off 10 miles off road then I might be more receptive.<\/p>\n

3. I want to be the underdog. \u00a0I want a podium finish to prove fur can blur. \u00a0Go ahead. \u00a0Size me up. \u00a0Look at my skinny, hairy legs and get confident. \u00a0Then try to figure out why you are losing sight of my ass while I put a 1\/4 mile between us.<\/p>\n

It’s easier to get away with unshaven legs at a mountain bike race than a cyclocross race. \u00a0 There is no where near the level of roadie saturation in MTB. \u00a0If I learn that this mysterious “embrocation” holds value during the CX season, September to January, I might consider it. \u00a0Of course, that would also be during the months that I wear jeans to work so I can pull it off without shock and awe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Definitely not now. \u00a0I am being hassled by several people I ride with during the week to “get with it”. \u00a0Apparently I will miss the benefits of embrocation. \u00a0Until recently I didn’t even know what that is. \u00a0It’s muscle warming gel. \u00a0Hmmm. \u00a0 Sounds like glorified Icy Hot. \u00a0Here are the main reasons I will … Continue reading No, I will not shave my legs.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toddsingleton.net\/chronicle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toddsingleton.net\/chronicle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toddsingleton.net\/chronicle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toddsingleton.net\/chronicle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toddsingleton.net\/chronicle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2025"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/toddsingleton.net\/chronicle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2034,"href":"https:\/\/toddsingleton.net\/chronicle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2025\/revisions\/2034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toddsingleton.net\/chronicle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toddsingleton.net\/chronicle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toddsingleton.net\/chronicle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}