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Harun:

--- Quote from: PantsFTW on 29 Jan 2009, 12:03 ---just wear pants and a long sleeved shirt. What is the point of shorts and legwarmers? or a sleeveless shirt and arm warmers? They have inventions for those already, pants and long sleeves.
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If you know anything about being on a bike for several hours at a time with little or no breaks, regular pants do not work. Neither do regular shirts. If you happen to be wearing regular pants right now (which is probably most likely, unless you are not wearing any pants at all), looks down at your crotch where the four seams of the pants come together. Imagine that little bead where they all meet- rubs against your nether region for 3+ hours. I reckon that it would not be comfortable. Bike shorts are specifically designed not to have any seams where there is movement, so that the only hurt is coming from riding so hard that you deplete all your glycogen stores. Bike jerseys, and also shorts, are also designed to fit right next to the skin. When you are (trying to) ride faster than 20mph while wearing your parachute pants and cape for an 80 mile ride, all the flapping from the loose fit of your clothes not only slows you down, but gets on your nerves. There must be a reason why all the professional bike racers wear that stuff. And there's also a reason why MC Hammer pants are not very functional. It is for function, not form- aerodynamics and comfort. As for the arm and leg warmers- they are designed to be removed- when I start my ride in the morning it is around 35 degrees F. On longer rides I can go into the afternoon, when it is 80+ degrees.



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carry on with the boringness...

ViolentDove:
Dear Harun,

Why do "serious" cyclists shave their legs?

Fond Regards,

-VDove.

Siibillam-Law:
PREFACE
this may vary on the day of the week

PROLOGUE

The alarm rings


CHAPTER 1
I turn off alarm,half sleeping
Another alarm goes off
I turn off alarm, half sleeping
Another alarm goes off
I turn off alarm half sleeping
Then I roll out of bed and turn the laptop on
After showing, I check my email to see if people have emailed me sometime between 1AM and 7AM.
I talk online to people who live on the other side of the world about the same things, thusly:

hey
hey
what's up
not much
[appears to be offline and may not reply]

then I go to uni
midly interesting stuff happens
then I come back
I eat coleslaw or cucmber or garlic bread, or all three if I'm feeling adventurous
I go online, and write shit on the QC forums
I watch a dvd, probably something Asian or Blackadder as they're only DVDs inmy apartment
Then some slightly less interesting than the shit that was midly interesting shit happens
Sleep


THE END

Darkbluerabbit:
They will claim that hair causes wind resistance.  I'm not sure how effective it is, but generally, if doing something makes you feel faster, it can't hurt.  Guys on my cross country team did the same thing.  They joked that the shaving was for aerodynamics, but later admitted the real reason. 

Hair covers up muscle definition.

Liz:
Also, if you crash and burn on your bicycle, ingrown hairs can kill. (This is why a high school friend of mine shaved his legs, or so he claimed.)

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