If you do shave and do not tell her, make sure you use your own razor. I hate it when women use my razor in my shower and do not tell me.
It has got to look weird if you shave up to your tan line. Go for the ‘metro sexual’ look 
I shaved even when I had stopped riding, to many compliments to let it grow back.
What is the ‘metrosexual’ look? Bald all over? (well, not all…)
Doesn’t it look a little funny having bare legs and then ‘hair shorts’ above the bike short line? <<
GROSS!!! SHAVE or DON’T SHAVE, but don’t half ass shave. Hair shorts are totally nasty.
clm, who likes nice tanned shaved triathlete and cyclist legs
North america is one of the few places on the planet that women shave their legs. So to say it is feminine is more societal than sexual.
I stand corrected … male leg (and body) shaving is very “American Girlish”. I hope I didn’t offend any non-american females by insinuating that they shave bodyparts. 
I still don’t understand it. Just as I don’t understand how someone 5’10 160 can be referred to as “muscular”. Muscular? Compared to who?
I think quite a few people use the word “muscular” instead of “lean”, but that’s another discussion, and one I likely won’t win on a triathlon message board. Most triathletes see would be described as “scrawny” rather than muscular by fellow athletes in different sports.
Obviiously, I’m having a tough time transitioning to “triathlon society”. Training is going very well, I love to swim, bike and run, and the distances are going up while the times go down, most triathletes are very helpful and great people … but the “off-field” practices (and on-field dress) of some triathletes have my mind cloudy (not that I spend all day dwelling on the few instances where I disagree with the norm).
“clm, who likes nice tanned shaved triathlete and cyclist legs”
trichixdiggit… works for me gonna keep’em smooth
thx ironclm
Thank god, another voice of reason has arisen, I am in complete agreement with you. I think the current metrosexual trends, including shaving any and all body hair, along with going to Hair Stylists instead of a barber (or in my case using a pair of clippers every 2-3 weeks), etc… symbolizes the gradual feminizing of american men. It also happens to coincide with a general drop in testosterone.
I am a relatively hairy man and my legs couldn’t possibly get much hairier. Last year I shaved my legs, and only my legs, for the first time for the summer race season. I did it because it seemed like the triathlon thing to do, and body marking looked much better. I’ll admit, my legs did look good, but it was very strange. However, I would never shave for any other reason than a race. My legs are currently as hairy as ever. I haven’t decided yet if I’ll shave again this year. If I do, it will only be for races since I really don’t buy in to all the other reasons to do it. I doubt the aero benefits really exist, and if you’re crashing so much that it’s a problem then maybe you shouldn’t be on a bike.
In response to anyone who says taking off a wetsuit with hairy legs hurts, I say you’re all full of $hit. I have done plenty of open water swims and never had any problems taking off my wetsuit or putting it on for that matter.
It’s troublesome to me that people find natural aspects of the human body to be “gross”. I’m not saying men should go back to being cavemen, but give me a break, a little masculinity isn’t a bad thing.
I think that the bottom line for shaving is probably narcissistic. You see the muscle definition better, it gives you a reason to stare at yourself or others at you. I’m quite sure that’s why body-builders do it. Think of Arnold flexing on a podium; it just wouldn’t work if he was hairy. And we might call body-builders any number of things, but feminine is not one of them.
Bottom line: I’ll take narcissistic over feminine any day.
For all you “metrosexuals” this was on Yahoo news. Shave away!
Armani Embraces 'Metrosexual' Fashion  Thu Jan 15, 7:47 PM ET
By DANIELA PETROFF, AP Fashion Writer
MILAN, Italy - Giorgio Armani summed up the five days of menswear preview showings for fall-winter 2004: dressing a man who dares to show tenderness.
AP Photo
Throughout the week designers have been abandoning tough guy looks to explore the gentler side of the male ego, from the sporty wholesome look of the English countryside, to the genteel style of velvet suits, cashmere sweaters and silk evening wear.
“Metrosexual” is the name invented for a man who combines macho with mild, claiming some femininity for the male sex.
“It’s a question of esthetics, not gender,” said Armani after the show in the theater of his ultramodern headquarters.
Front-row fans on hand to applaud the designer who put Milan style on the international fashion map included Olympic track and field champion Carl Lewis (news - web sites), soccer star Andriy Shevchenko and Eunice Kennedy Shriver, founder of the Special Olympics.
Armani, a strong supporter of the organization, opened a photo exhibit of portraits of famous sportsmen during the current fashion week. He plans to turn the exhibit into a book whose proceeds will go toward financing disabled athletes.
“He has been so generous, and his support has had an incredible impact,” said the sister of the late U.S. President John F. Kennedy.
Armani’s winter collection centers around the new “George” jacket. The shoulder is subtly padded, hinting at power, while the soft lines and sweaterlike fabric give it a feminine feel.
“Above all it is very comfortable,” Armani said.
T-shirts under jackets are replaced by refined silk shirts, while trousers are loose-fitting, but never baggy.
Evening wear includes the sweater tuxedo which combines silk and jersey to produce a jacket which is as soft as a cardigan but as formal as a dinner jacket.
The cozy floor-length teddy bear coats in honey beige or coal black are all about Armani esthetics. They look terrific on both him and her.
Wednesday night Armani presented his second line Emporio collection, in a downtown Milan disco.
The show was followed by a roaring party, with flashing lights and blaring music, creating a very different mood from the highbrow feel of the label collection.
But Mr. Armani never does anything by accident and the venue and the party were picked on purpose to underline the energy of the collection aimed at a younger client.
Emporio Armani plays with clothes stereotypes. A jacket is so flimsy it doubles as a sweater. A shirt instead is stiff with marked pockets and buttons to look like a jacket. Most pants even in elegant silk have shiny stripes like those of road workers and garbage collectors who have to be spotted in the dark. Silver running shoes complete the style swapping collection.
The show also launched Armani’s new line of Athletic wear with the code name EA 7, for the fashionable fan of working out.
No offense but you seem a little uptight. Who really cares? I say when in Rome do as the Romans. I shave and wear tri suits because it looks fast and if you feel fast you will go fast. Don’t discount the psychology of it, it’s half the game. If all the top pro’s stopped shaving their legs everybody else would stop too, garaunteed. It’s all about image. It’s all based on perception. Why is it manly to shave your face but not your legs? Why worry about it?
Any new razor will work great.
Just use electric clippers to get most of the hair off first.
And just like that you’re going to start shaving? Without addressing the pros and cons, the metro-sexual-aero-narcissistic-spousal-hero-worship angle of it? I realize that the spitting contest above is, well, 14 years old, but can you just ignore it?
http://www.velonews.com/2014/09/news/news-wind-tunnel-data-shows-shaved-legs-faster_344854
All the data you need to justify shaving!
The phillips body groom trimmer/electric shaver works quite well, too. Faster and I don’t cut myself behind my knee (which I managed to do on a fairly regular basis).
I say don’t shave. If any age grouper or even pro gives you crap about it just ask them if they have won more olympic medals than the brownlees, who don’t shave at all.
And if you do it, just a close clipping the day before the race does the trick. You don’t even need to shave with a razor. Any more time than that is time you could be out training or napping.
I hosted a friend at IM Boulder a few years ago and he showed up lean and fit - with shaggy legs. His wife and adult daughter were there and once they saw me and my hairless gams they shamed him into shaving his. They wore him down and eventually I think turned it into a family affair with the ladies providing tips and commentary as he scraped off his pelt.
He confessed afterwards that he thought they looked awesome and entirely because of the aero advantage, delivered a nice PR at the race.
Shave EVERYTHING! Just make sure you are used to certain parts being shaved, kinda like “don’t try new equipment for the first time in a race”.
I say don’t shave. If any age grouper or even pro gives you crap about it just ask them if they have won more olympic medals than the brownlees, who don’t shave at all.
Ya, but the aero benefits don’t have the same impact if you’re already sitting on a moto.
The phillips body groom trimmer/electric shaver works quite well, too. Faster and I don’t cut myself behind my knee (which I managed to do on a fairly regular basis).
This. Best 50€ I’ve spent.
… Get a big poster of Lance Armstrong and put it up in the garage, when she is around comment on how he shaves his legs and ponder out loud “I wonder why he does that?”
When I read this, I checked the date on the posts!
14 years old - that explains it.