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Armpits = Buzzer. Just trim short, never shave... that's like going full retard
Balls=Razer/Buzzer. Buzz off excess hair and any surrounding area you want less hairy. Then, in the shower or bathtub, (I prefer bathtub), use the razor on your balls. Bathtub definitely preferable here, as underwater shave = almost 0 friction.
Obviously be careful not to cut yourself, and take precautions to keep drain ect clean b4 and after.
Also, anyone saying "Be a man ect" probably hasn't been with too many women. You can be a gorilla like me, and some women dig that and some don't. But 99% (100%?) of women I have been with appreciate me being well groomed in the pubic region, and I'm pretty sure that makes them more inclined to visit that region more often than if I didn't bother.
Then again, that is just my personal experience. Who knows, maybe some chicks like coughing up pubic hairs? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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On March 03 2012 03:56 FFGenerations wrote:
no problems with ingrowing hairs, spots etc doing it that way? o.O surprised
you use just normal shaving cream/gel on whole body?
I only use shaving cream on my beard, bar soap everywhere else. And no, no problems. Although I spare my chest and my asshole.
On March 03 2012 04:27 isleyofthenorth wrote:
I highly doubt that shaving your arms/legs makes you faster in cycling, MAYBE in swimming, but the advantage would be tiny/not worth it for that matter. Also the hygiene thing is bullcrap I havent found any soil or animals that were stuck in the hair at my shinbone, or my pubic hair lol
It's not to make you faster. It's tradition, and ALL competitive cyclists do it.
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Don't be afraid to run the razor over your shaft/balls, once you do it the first time it's much, much easier and with time the risk of accidents happening gets smaller, also, try to get hard before shaving your shaft, for me that makes it a lot easier, though, not hard enough so that you can't move it around a bit (think of a joystick). The way I do it is with a dirt cheap razor that cost me a quarter at the local store, not some electric crap.
Keep safe
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im pretty hairy. got hair on my bum and all. i tell my gf that i will trim my downstairs, but she says not too and if i do she will make fun of me. so i go all natural. cept face, always shave that.
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On March 03 2012 10:17 Ancestral wrote:
It's tradition, and ALL competitive cyclists do it.
According to what I heard, it's in case of a fall : it's easier / less painful to apply bandages on a naked skin.
Not sure if I'm convinced by that, still...
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On March 03 2012 23:59 Murlox wrote:Show nested quote +On March 03 2012 10:17 Ancestral wrote:
It's tradition, and ALL competitive cyclists do it. According to what I heard, it's in case of a fall : it's easier / less painful to apply bandages on a naked skin. Not sure if I'm convinced by that, still...
No, the amount of hair doesn't really effect the difficulty in applying a bandage. Possibly with irrigating the wound if it were on the head.
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To get a cleaner wound maybe, with less hair melted inside ? To be less painful when you remove the bandage (even if trivial). I've heard that one from different sources...
Ok just read from a cycling site :
- cleaner wounds without hairs inside (less infectious) ;
- sweat spreads easier which helps to fight against hyperthermie (not sure about the word in english, being too hot) during summer ;
- easier massage after training ;
- the feel of belonging to a community (...).
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Since you all are expressing interest, reasons I've heard:
1) Tradition
2) It is more comfortable in spandex / lycra
3) It's cooler (similar to more comfortable)
4) It allows dressing of road rash easier. sometimes they'd have to shave around wounds anyway
5) It shows definition better.
But #1 is definitely a major part, and that's what I think it really is.
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thedeadhaji
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it's quite interesting. Japanese dudes will trim their eyebrows but not their pubes. Americanos will shave/trim their pubes but not their eyebrows.
Fascinating!
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