If you had ever slipped into cool, crisp, clean sheets, with freshly-shaven legs, you wouldn't have to ask. Amazing sensation.
I speak from pre-1984 experience, when I was riding various Eisentrauts, Paramounts, Colnagos, and other on-topic race mounts.
:-)
Peter Bridge (might still have some long, narrow scars on my achilles tendons, from high-speed shaving) sdcausa
-----Original Message----- From: Fred Rafael Rednor <fred_rednor@yahoo.com> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Sent: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 15:17:16 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [CR]Origin of leg shaving
I thought it had to do with massage...
Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia (USA)
> When did all this business start of shaving one's legs to
> make it
> easier to treat road rash? I recognize the benefits of doing
> the
> procedure, but I seem to remember seeing photos of some old
> timers who
> apparently shunned the practice. I am one of those who
> doesn't shave
> and I need a little history on the matter to put things into
> perspective with the guys from the friday morning ride.
>
> Garth Libre in Miami Fl. (I may have hair on my legs, but at
> least I
> have no Epoetin in my urine).
>
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