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Why Do Cyclists Shave Their Legs?

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Aero gains, easier to massage, they look better… the list goes on! People give lots of reasons why they shave their legs specifically for cycling, but does it actually make you any faster? All the pros do it, so should you too? Ollie went to a wind tunnel to find out how much difference shaved legs really make for the average cyclist.
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01:27 Hairy vs shaved legs
02:56 Shaved arms & head
05:16 Results
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@gcn Год назад

Will you now be shaving your legs after seeing these results? 🦵👀

@jergenflarg1970 Год назад

@simonsepic Год назад

You have literally said in the past that shaved legs are actually marginally slower, the hair creates turbulence you said. But on with the video

@zedddddful Год назад

Nah

@conradluna5474 Год назад

NO.

@SherlockHolmes-rl1lg Год назад

@philipcooper8297 Год назад

Shaves legs, arms, puts a cap on to gain aero, ... has a beard. It almost seems like Ollie didn't really care for aero, he just wanted to shave his legs and arms.😀

@veganpotterthevegan Год назад

Beards are generally drag neutral

@gcn Год назад

He loves the camera 😂

@WesternUranus Год назад

Actually a beard can be faster as it can act as a sort of furry fairing for your face. It's be interesting to see the influence of a short trimmed beard on boundary layer separation. Maybe it acts as aero trip lines and creates a smoother transition between your jaw and neck, who knows ?

@BeyReaper Год назад

@@WesternUranus If there's a bike company that wants to spend a lot of money on this I work in a wind tunnel at my university. We have piv

@veganpotterthevegan Год назад

@WesternUranus every face will be different. But a friend of mine tested a pretty ridiculous costume beard with sideburns and even that was a 0.5w loss, at least for him. Saw his video of it and I figured he'd at least lose a few watts from it.

@jonathanbenn2241 Год назад

As Chewbacca's second cousin, the time spent shaving would mean I would miss a ride.

@joshuafelten6967 Год назад

Use an electrical razor for hair (on the head) first. Goes really quick and gets 80% off the job done in 10% of the time. Afterwards you can shave wet with cream for perfection

@brockep1748 Год назад

I have found shaving arms and legs also makes applying sunscreen much more efficient and I use a lot less product. I am naturally bald so... I have finally found a reason to be thankful for that!

@gcn Год назад

We think the term is naturally aero 💨

@vittocrazi Год назад

Subscreen is 100% true and a reason i do it

@BobKimball Год назад

Just use the spray sunscreen

@vittocrazi Год назад

@@BobKimball you still need to spray those by hand

@markar3516 Год назад

True, but with hairs I dont need suncream at all.

@lwittrock1 Год назад

It wasn't about being aero. It was about injuries. At least what I learned decades ago as a young cyclist racing, it made bandaging and cleaning wounds easier to deal with and healing faster.

@BlamBlam80 Год назад

This is exactly why I thought they did it and was told this many years ago club riding.

@sikimasio Год назад

If somoene is a casual cyclist, there isno need to shave ur legs...

@jasperdecraene6239 Год назад

Also because pro cyclists get their legs masseused very often, no hair makes that easier.

@Komplex_Music_ Год назад

Mountain biker donc shave their leg and arm tho, and we crash all the time

@YouTubeCensorship Год назад

doesnt make a difference you aren't a bear or a dog... but whatever excuse works for hiding your crossdressing hobby from your wife

@robn984 Год назад

Not gonna lie. Tried shaving once before and it ended up like the shower scene from the movie Pyscho. Swore I would never do it again. I watched this video and entered my first Time Trial race with freshly shave legs because it's now proven to be more aero. Placed 3rd in the First Timer Category and I thank it all to GCN by proving to me the advantages! It was all because I was aero not because only 3 people showed to race in that category!!

@ataraxia4526 Год назад

I knew one English man who used to race in the 70's and he claimed the reason for shaving is that it makes it easier to remove the plasters they get from all the falling and collisions when they are training a lot.

@gcn Год назад

Road rash is a valid reasons for it 🙌

@stephenpurvis162 Год назад

When racing, i shave my legs for this reason. I crashed 6 weeks ago, so I'm so glad my legs were shaved.

@wiczus6102 Год назад

Having hair will help you avoid abrasions in the first place and getting the plaster off even if you have hair is not the end of the world, it hurts a little bit but cmon. So idk if that's a valid reasoning.

@Frostbiker Год назад

Regardless of how many minds he may or may not have changed, we sure appreciate Ollie's committment to educating and entertaining us. Thank you, Ollie!

@vinpiot Год назад

The swim cap also covered Ollie's ears. I'm wondering about the aero gains of stapling my ears to my head for big rides? What about people who have ears that stick out a lot? :)

@WeallAreAdults Год назад

I'd say do it! you'll look alot more aero aswell it's a win win

@exothermal.sprocket Год назад

If the wind makes a terrible roar through your hearing at speed, I'd say you have a lot of turbulence present.

@user-ml8hp3hl3j Год назад

Living in the tropics, I'm reluctant to shave my legs as the fur provides good sun protection. This video made me reconsider... until I remembered that when I race, it's on Zwift. My avatar has shaved legs, so it's all good now.

@FatLassOnTheTrain Год назад

Love it. As someone who naturally (or freakishly?!) doesn't have hair on my arms or legs, I'm still not getting rid of the pigtails. No amount of gain is worth getting rid of the hair.

@markbaird907 Год назад

After having crashed several times I can attest that my road rash was significantly less and healed faster when my legs and arms were shaved. When they were hairy - it seemed to pull the skin and create much deeper and more significant wounds. I do it for this reason. Well, that and I hate the way the air feels going though hairy legs and arms when I ride! Plus BALD IS BEAUTIFUL!

@lawrenceubell9596 Год назад

I agree 100, changing dressing when shaved is much easier and less painful. Also saline pads (2nd Skin in the US) promotes faster healing without scapping

@rodclark8456 Год назад

Have to agree, shaving your legs came from track cycling. Something to do with hair follicles not being ripped from the skin when you drag across the floor. Grazes healed faster as well.

@mlaw1983 Год назад

I was taught that shaving legs makes picking gravel out of wounds easier.

@MikeSmith-rd9fi Год назад

tip: dont crash

@gwadamit8116 Год назад

@@MikeSmith-rd9fi very good tip thank you

@davidbill3987 Год назад

I didn’t last year and missed the podium by 19 seconds for my age group in a race of about 25 miles. According to specialized test data I would have saved about a minute over the same distance if I had shaved. I’m shaving my legs this year.

@ericcsaba8779 Год назад

Now and then I'll shave my legs, mostly during race season. I had a small accident in a race, stitches and road rash involved. The medics asked me why don't I shave my legs like everyone else? They said it makes it easier for them to clean up the wounds and decreases the chances for infection. So I have from then on when I remember. Currently not shaved....

@jothampeters5216 Год назад

Thanks for this! I’d love to see a couple of variations on this experiment: (1) COME ON! I’m sure you know someone hairier than Oli. Let’s see this experiment with some real hair. (2) I’ve heard a rumour that ONLY shaving the front of your legs and keeping hair on the back actually reduces drag. (3) ideally you would combine (2) and (3). I’d like to see a full “leg mullet”.

@okidokayay Год назад

if it looks ridiculous I might finally shave my legs too🤣

@alexseguin5245 Год назад

HAHAHAHA, I can just imagine some very serious pro riders with hairy legs trying to justify this with the most serious face "Why, the hair on the back of my legs breaks the laminar air flow and translates to nominal aerodynamic gains, all the pros do it"

@jamesengledow Год назад

I think that most people who shave their legs (cyclist or non-cyclist) do it for the same basic reason - confidence. There are lots of other excuses, but it’s ultimately about feeling fast, fitting in with peers or just feeling pretty, all of which make people feel more confident!

@CycoWarriorx Год назад

It should be noted Ollie has shed blood for GCN Science… the sacrifices he’s made for today’s cyclists are legendary… 😂🍻

@RonaldBeirouti Год назад

There is the other often cited reasons than performance and vanity: clean road rash wounds and easier massage. As for the massage reason, I can concur that if one has a sports massage with a friction technique (not using oil but a friction cream), it can be very painful with leg hairs being pulled. I don't get massages often enough to shave my leg hairs though.

@gregmuon Год назад

Yeah, I raced juniors in the early 80s and spent my teen years covered in road rash. That was the main reason really. A study from that time claimed that hairy legs were faster, but nobody stopped.

@SeanBlader Год назад

Specialized tested this in their win tunnel, it was significant.

@eterlizzi Год назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DZnrE17Jg3I.html

@NZLKevin88 Год назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DZnrE17Jg3I.html

@colinmckague2656 Год назад

Dear GCN, this question has been on my mind since I started cycling. It feels like a weight has been lifted now... not only do I have an answer but it's a quantitative one. Many many thanks.

@Frombie_01 Год назад

Many years ago, I raced road, crits and track. I shaved for numerous reasons. Amongst them, massaging, 3 watts saving, it felt cleaner, my girlfriend at the time really liked shaved legs and for hygiene. It was so much easier and more hygienic cleaning road rash. It was bad enough picking out bits of gravel and melted nylon/spandex without worrying about all the hair. Edit - For clarity, that was club level racing.

@JollyGiant0 Год назад

Shaved legs and arms and skull cap but you didn't shave your face. 7/10 for commitment!

@gcn Год назад

we'll get him back in there! Maybe try moustache too? 👀

@huntos83 Год назад

Would like to see this experiment done again with someone that has a lot more hair. The saving from Ollie is impressive considering he didn’t have that much hair to start with, but a lot of riders have a lot more so would be interested to see if there is a lot more gain to be had

@trainiax Год назад

Specialized did similar tests a few years (also on RU-vid) and the results were very similar - with slightly higher gains for guys higher on the "Chewbacca scale"

@shaneolivier1650 Год назад

Yes that was my thought to,my hair on my arms alone is between 15-30mm long😅 I'm forsure going to shave again

@AccessMostAreas Год назад

Can you put a pro on the most non-UCI compliant bike you can put together to see how much difference they'd actually make against their normal kit?

@jpvdw1961 Год назад

It's not about the aero gains, infection reduction or ease of massage .... it's all about the fact that... drum roll.. Chicks Dig It !!!

@Sunnydaypicnic Год назад

Some do some don’t 😏

@kvloover Год назад

as a bald person, 5min into the vid: please let performance dictate shaven heads increase performance. We welcome you our brothers and sisters 👍

@gcn Год назад

Naturally aero! 😂

@matt_m126 Год назад

I came here to say this! Thanks for beating me to it! If there is a benefit somewhere to losing hair, I'll take it!

@mischief2168 Год назад

@@gcn organic aero trips of the tongue rather better. 😊

@johnb5482 Год назад

Yup. I came here to watch Dr. Bridgewood talk to camera in the men's restroom.

@wspmjw Год назад

174 Km =108.1 mi. Just over a century. Come to Colorado USA and ride the Triple Bypass 110-117 miles/177-188.3Km (depending upon the year) and 1,200 ft/3,657.6 Meters of climbing. That is truly epic.

@bjornlangoren3002 Год назад

Shaving the head helps a lot on heat dissipation. Which is crucial in hot weather and long climbs.

@petedannatt Год назад

Can we have a show that takes all these potential power savings, adds them up and shows the potential overall difference. Seems there are so many savings claims that when added together just one kick of the pedal should have us flying off at light speed 😂 Maybe makes some assumptions about the average club cyclist as a start point and apply to some realistic scenarios such as TT, Sportive, etc. I'll start a list, but please add in the comments anything I missed. - low rolling resistance tires - deep section wheels - low profile pedals - aero shoe covers - aero socks - ceramic bearings (wheels, derailleur pulleys, bb) - shaved body parts - beards - aero frame and seat post - aero handlebars - narrow bars - turned in shifters - integrated cabling - skin suit - head condom - aero helmet - aero glasses - aero gloves - chain waxing - aero bra and pants

@JFomo Год назад

Shaved legs is pro and I like to look pro even though I don't ride like a pro.

@BreakawayB Год назад

🤔Maybe the shaved head is why Marco Pantani was so fast…

@nicholascowen Год назад

I have a long hair (on my head) and my legs are so hairy it pokes through my tights in the winter. I think the energy lost in shaving would not be made up by the watts saved

@JDoubleEww Год назад

Two very practical reasons to shave legs...first, much easier to apply sunscreen, second, also easier to wash off grit and grime after a long ride.

@KekusMagnus Год назад

I would have figured that the reduction in flow separation of the unshaven legs would compensate for the increase in skin drag. Next they should try leaving some hair on the sides as vortex generators to see if it is even better than a full shave

@user-zt1pd8oz6h 11 месяцев назад

That would be interesting, because formula 1 has a similar concept

@gemshiddenhistories6575 Год назад

When I raced back in the 1980's, we shaved our legs because it made it easier to clean up road rash after crashes. And we always said, "If you're not crashing at least twice a year, you're not riding hard enough."

@MikeSmith-rd9fi Год назад

wow - you are all that is man

@kidShibuya Год назад

3:45 Ollie looking very protected there... Very protected.

@jw3638 Год назад

Ollie sacrificing aero for the last 2 months so he can do this video for us! I always assume Ollie sleeps in an super tuck since the UCI has no jurisdiction there. 😂

@robertmcfadyen9156 3 месяца назад

Regarding the watt saving from shaved legs ,Ollie meant 4.6 watts less effort to achieve 30 kilometres per hour and 15.5 watts less effort to achieve 45 kilometres per hour .

@nicogoosen8663 Год назад

Riding in Namibia with a lot of thorny bush a tip from a fellow cyclist in health profession showed that it helps with recovery of skin scratches. Strange but proofed to be true

@Jari1973 Год назад

Thanks for the good video! It would be great to get a video of the difference between 23 mm and 28 mm tires in the wind tunnel!

@huntos83 Год назад

Will be very dependant on the wheel. A skinny traditional wheel will almost certainly be more aero with a much smaller tyre. But modern wide aero wheels are specifically designed, CFD modelled and wind tunnel tested with bigger tyres like 28mm, so the chances are they will be more aero with the tyre they are designed to work with

@Jari1973 Год назад

@@huntos83 Tires and rims from the same manufacturer should definitely be used in the test. The rims have the same depth. The width of the rims could be based on the 105% rule.

@inVINCEible64 Год назад

3:43 Ollie’s cosplay attempt of Homer Simpson. D’oh!

@minotaur470 Год назад

Started shaving my legs when I transitioned, and I found that it really helps with peace of mind after mountain biking through some...less than maintained trails with tick infestations

@nicehar Месяц назад

I also read that having hair on your legs can increase your chances of infection, in the event of a road rash. The hair can pick up dirt, that can enter the wound.

@tenettttt Год назад

1. If you've shaved them once you gotta keep grooming because it'll just grow back longer and stronger. 2. I don't like my leg hair sticking out through my bib fabric. 3. Wearing tight clothes like bibs/leg warmers are uncomfortable having hairy legs. 4. Easier to clean and apply sunscreen. 5. Marginal gains. Your muscles are more defined sans hair. Makes you feel faster if anything. 6. Who fucking cares if you have hair or not. Do your own thing.

@bikecommuter24 Год назад

I can vouch for making it easier to treat road rash with shaved legs, having grit and gravel scrubbed out of your wound with peroxide is not fun. Another reason I shave is that it makes it easier to get my compression running tights on and off and they are not pulling my leg hair as I run I do wear running shorts but in lower temps I wear tights and I got arthritis and the compression tights help with it. And bare legs feel nice in a breeze or riding on a nice day. LOL as for performance gains I ride a flat bar Hybrid bike on the street and I'm not setting any speed records or KOM's just riding to work, doing my errands and sometimes a ride just for the fun of it.

@nicolasdomise Год назад

Haven't read all the comments so idk if this has been mentioned but shaved legs and/or arms when you need stitching is sooooo much better. Hair in stitched wounds is painful and can potentially get infected

@ibegeebee Год назад

Reasons for shaved pins? 1. Vanity 2. Cleaning up road rash 3. Tans better (see also 1) 4. Hand waving aero benefit

@johngannon1 Год назад

Excellent - this backs up what Specialized found in their wind tunnel tests. But I do need to pick up one point - we shaved legs people don’t mistakenly think it looks cool - it *does* look cool 😅

@derekkuhl Год назад

Yes this was done in the WinTunnel. Good to see there was agreement!

@MikeSmith-rd9fi Год назад

it looks better with a skirt on too

@craigholmes6156 Год назад

Next time you are in the wind tunnel could you look at the difference between a dirty bike, clean bike (just with soap) and a bike that has been cleaned, polished and waxed (i.e. detailed)?

@gcn Год назад

Very interesting! This one sounds like a job for the geeks over at GCN Tech 🤓

@calendar9497 Год назад

Pro Tip: Shaving with a Straight Razor is generally great for the environment and worth learning. With legs it’s amazing, because it doesn’t clog up. One smooth motion, the whole length of the leg.

@bjornlangoren3002 Год назад

And even double edged razors are miles above the 4 or 5 bladed garbage that most folks use. Doesn't clog up so fast and rinses out very fast. But make sure to use a brand of the sharpest blades. And just as important, use shaving soap and brush, not the aerosol foam cans.

@davekashuba4730 Год назад

04:45 "Your head's not in the right place" is something we've thought about Ollie for years. What tough love!

@miketumelty8183 Год назад

part of the appeal of 'old era' of cycling was the ability to tinker with the bike, change this, change that, fix basic issues and add whatever you decide to add to it, create something individual to you. Somehow that's all gone to a degree, particularly with the latest generation of bikes. I feel the need to shift a large part of the blame towards the big bike companies. It starts with whatever they supply to the pros as the benchmark of what will sell to the public, ie if the pros run it, then the public will buy into it...if all the pros ran rim brakes, we'd all be using them too!

@LyndonJohnsonTHINK Год назад

It's less about aero and more about making it easier and less painful to pick out the grit and gravel from the wounds (as somebody that has extensive experience :-D )

@davehollingworth5537 Год назад

Not shaving my legs until Ollie shaves his head for real. Interesting video though, clearly for pro cyclists it DOES make sense to shave body hair but for me it’s probably best to start by trying to lose, oh, about 10kg! Love you too Ollie 💋

@johnandrews3568 Год назад

One BIG thing missing here... facial hair. Did Ollie just not want to shave his beard? What diff is there between a bearded or 5 o'clock shadow type beard vs clean shaved? Inquiring minds need to know. Also... back in the 80s there was controversy over Fignon sporting a pony tail that created a lot of drag vs Lemond's helmet. What drag does a pony tail add on a helmeted rider? Certainly we see in women's Downhill and Super G, pony tails hanging out the back. Could they be faster if they tucked their ponies into their speed suits?

@questgivercyradis8462 17 дней назад

Gals are more likely to shave their legs anyway. I guess we could put our hair into a low bun just beneath our helmet. But braids have a pleasing fwoosh fwoosh tapping on your back when you get your zoomies on. You know you're going fast when the braid is flying! Okay, not aero, but you *feel* the speed!

@gregoryf9299 Год назад

I had always heard it was: road rash recovery, and massage that led serious racers/pro’s to shave. Most of us wannabe’s just shaved to act like we were pro (just like everything else we did without question, lol!)

@chrisridesbicycles Год назад

Surprisingly big saving for not much cost. I‘ll take it but the Pogi tuft remains. (I have the same MET helmet and somehow the hair get blown out of the vents like that after you ride for some time)

@chrisjames1924 Год назад

You guys are so lucky spending all your time in the centre of Bath. There's no other city in the UK quite like it.

@gordonstutchbury4593 Год назад

If you crash 30 miles from home with hairy legs they scab over by the time you get home. Sitting in the bath picking out gravel and other dirt is extremely painful. It's like trying to pull chewing gum out of your hair after someone has set fire to it.

@wellabella1260 Год назад

Yes!!!!!

@MrMeowNow 11 месяцев назад

Interesting topic, I swam as a pro for 14 years and we did shave for main meets...

@horstcredible4247 Год назад

In case of injuries on your legs you will be happy to have shaved legs. I’m talking from painful weeks full of fantastic and beautiful experience.

@erictofflemire8200 Год назад

Aside from the fact that wounds heal faster, where I live in California it is freakin HOT in the summer. Shaving makes the ride decidedly cooler. I’ve also noticed that when I’m on my mtn. bike, I pick up fewer ticks.

@rgb002762 Год назад

I once asked a multi Iron man completer why he shaves his legs, his reply . Because the girls love it..

@MetalheadDoon Год назад

I'm an ex-pro CAT-2 and even without an aero-speed advantage I shave them b/c I'm Irish ☘ (very hairy ) and it makes it very easy to clean & bandage 🩹road rash. This is why most roadies shave their legs.

@eu7kw678 Год назад

The “ok” 04:55 😂

@davidelvin9679 Год назад

Would this mean then that bib tights would be faster than shorts? Smoother surface and all that?

@rob-c. Год назад

Hence UCI rules on sock height

@adamwallace9790 Год назад

Similar set up to my Zwift cave... "Slightly" smaller fan in mine. Guess the gains in Watopia won't be quite as big then........

@darrenthomas9928 Год назад

Well, I was a bit self-conscious about going bald, but now I see the benefits it's not all bad

@gcn Год назад

You're just going aero don't worry about it 👀

@andraserci3301 Год назад

Aside from taking a break from openly exhibiting my Orangutan fur I thought the reason for shaving was so after a crash the wounds can be easily cleaned, treated and no hair would embed into open wounds.

@shawnreynolds2705 Год назад

I don't think shaving my legs will help me much. Since college, I have put on 140 lbs of... shall we say, FORWARD MOMENTUM?🍻🍺😂

@richardhaines922 Год назад

Shaving the legs was primarily for one reason, if you were racing and went down you able to clean out the wound. If you were racing multi stage races, unless injury was catastrophic, you could continue to race. The biggest thing is once you start it's hard to let it grow back out! Itches like hell at night in the bed.

@adames796 Год назад

3:45 our Golden Boy :) great content guys!

@lawrenceubell9596 Год назад

Shaved legs makes changing crash dressings much easier and less painful. Also saline pads (2nd Skin in the US) promotes faster healing without scabbing

@ericskov7296 Год назад

Watched a thing about aero socks and they went into aerodynamic theory and need for smoothness on the leading edge, then that dimpled (golfball-like) surface on the sides and trailing edges. To replicate that with leg hair I think you would want to (if the shin is 12 o'clock) shave it smooth from about 10 to 2, then fade it into being full wookie from about 5 to 7 o'clock. The longer hair should reduce trailing edge turbulence. So I call for a re-test with a bizarrely styled leg hair mullet. Come to think of it...the mullet actually seems to follow the same principle, so I would suggest that as well.

@stealthy.mammoth Год назад

How about aero legs, similar to aero socks? Smooth on the front and back, but a strip of hair running down either side of the leg to trip the airflow to turbulent to keep it attached to reduce drag?

@kopara4928 Год назад

I shave legs for that long, that I don't need a reason anymore. In fact, hairy legs looks weird to me 😆

@gcn Год назад

Will you always do it? 👀

@kopara4928 Год назад

@@gcn I think so

@WesternUranus Год назад

Ok now we want the GCN Italia version 😂🤌

@ibegeebee Год назад

Missed the opportunity to test leaving the 1” strip of hair on the shins to act as an aero blunt, tripping the airflow. Get growing and get back in that tunnel!

@RossTheNinja Год назад

What people miss is that the slower rider is cycling longer on the same course, so aero gains are even more important.

@oliverbridgewood3929 Год назад

it often works out as the same saving roughly

@chalo212 Год назад

The slower, the less air resistance so not necessarily

@Didyoureallythinkaboutit Год назад

Drag increases as the square of velocity so speed matters greatly when considering aero. It matters most at highest speeds.

@huntos83 Год назад

Yes you are correct, while the wattage saving is smaller for a rider at slower speeds if they are riding the same length of course the overall time saving can be very similar because they are spending a much larger amount of time riding the course. In fact I watched a video on here the other day with wind tunnel testing specific to gravel riding and kit, and when they modelled savings over the 200 mile Unbound Gravel course a slower rider actually saved a larger amount of time than a faster rider.

@RossTheNinja Год назад

@@Didyoureallythinkaboutit if riding for the same time, yes. If you're riding the same distance no.

@cleekmaker00 Год назад

I have some follicles on my legs, but not too many; the result of too much road pizza racing criteriums and violent off road ejections riding downhill and XC. Made the wounds easier to clean, though. 😮

@poly_hexamethyl Год назад

My favorite quote on this comes from the late 70's movie Breaking Away. The cyclist's friend asks him why he's shaving his legs. He says that in Italy, many men shave their legs. To which his friend replies, "Funny country! The women don't shave theirs!"

@h20s8804 Год назад

I do it because furry legs feel awful once the shorts come out, it's far easier to get cleaned up after mtb rides, easier to treat road rash if you happen to fall, etc... I don't care about aero with the legs.

@brannmacfinnchad9056 Год назад

@GCN Could you do a feature with Feather about crank length and out of saddle climbing? And how it different cranks change things for that specifically. My performance and indoor bike has 175s, and my commuter 172.5s, and I swear that it was throwing me off when oos after a winter of Zwiting.

@Al.2 Год назад

5W at 30 kph is absolutely huge. I new I was doomed the moment I got them deep section wheels.

@themeatpopsicle Год назад

If I was still putting in the number of hours on the bike as I used to, I'd still be shaving my legs. I'd never realize the aero benefit but it makes putting embro on and cleaning my legs a thousand times easier. Plus the bandages hurt a lot less when you don't have any hair to rip out

@frankvandoorn Год назад

Honestly? Just for comfort. Years ago as an international level track and field sprinter I shaved mainly for ease of massages, but I also found I was more comfortable without the hair. These days on my bike I find the wind blasting through my hairy legs just makes them itchy, just plain uncomfortable most of the time. So, off they go and I’m just more comfortable and I don’t care if it’s cool or more aero or not, I’m happier on my bike and that’s what counts.

@GFOAM Год назад

There are lots of things to improve before shaving to gain speed. I e. food, training, your own weight, streghth, rest properly before the race, hydration, strategy and least, weight of they bike and shaving. But what you can show is your legs shaved and your new brand carbono bike. That's is cycling nowadays, only showing off

@nodders1 Год назад

Try laser. Works better & lasts longer!

@mpvsystems9302 Год назад

I'll bet that shaving rib patterns into the hair at various angles probably reduces drag even further, especially above the aero socks! LOL. Did you test various lenghts of stubble?

@robbybobbyhobbies Год назад

Maybe golf ball dimples of different lengths would be even better.

@paulsymons562 Год назад

How about shaving the fronts of your legs and leaving hair on the back to trap air and make an ersatz aerofoil shape? Surely this needs testing?

@mitchpaliga4851 Год назад

"Full Patrick Stewart" 🤣😂😅

@stevemawer848 Год назад

Ollie's too young to know Kojak. 🙂

@petermann6379 Год назад

Can you get Mitch Docker in the tunnel? That moustache must have cost him at least 50W, let alone that mullet!

@gcn Год назад

The Mullet actually adds 100w 😂

@niceguy1774 Год назад

I will never do it, and will forever look down on swimmers/athletes who shave their entire body, but NOT their head. That said; the best, most legit answer I've ever heard to "why do you shave your legs?" is "because the pros do.".

@alainpfammatter8224 Год назад

Great video. Love it. Well done

@AnvilAirsoftTV Год назад

I used to shave mine when I got below 24 minutes for a 10 mile TT. But mainly because the other fast boys did it.

@SomeRandomBod Год назад

That swim cap……D’oh! 🍩 “mmm donuts” 🤤

@shaneolivier1650 Год назад

Very interesting,I use to shave but I will consider it again

@matthewrepucci3564 Год назад

You should do one on weight loss. I know the extra 20lbs (30?) that i'm carrying is bad on the climbs, but how does it impact aero?

@cherriagana Год назад

Love these windtunnel video's BUT: Lots of People are doing wind tunnel videos from the front but I'm really curious if there are practical aero gains to be made when we got a BIG sidewind blowing against us (is there an optimal aero tuck for a sidewind?).

@oliverbridgewood3929 Год назад

we performed a yaw sweep in these tests, but i wanted to keep the messaging simple and not over complicate

@askmeaboutmattweiner Год назад

@@oliverbridgewood3929 That's a thorough science boy.

@matthewrusek9512 Год назад

@@oliverbridgewood3929 Nerds like me would love to see the results from the yaw sweep tests! Being a statistician and a cyclist is a special kind of crazy.

@rob-c. Год назад

Even if the ‘wind’ is coming directly from the side, there is still going to be air resistance directly from the front due to the fact your are cycling forwards, so standard aero gains would still come in to play.