As Charles Starmer-Smith prepares for the Etape, he wrestles with an old cycling dilemma: should he shave his legs or not? I had never noticed it before. Perhaps I have been concentrating too hard on the road ahead as I've pedalled across the highways and byways of Britain, but it was only when I entered the world of cycling sportives (those organised road events that take place every Sunday all across the country) that I noticed the androgynous look of the other pedal pushers around me. If the hairless, polished, prepubescent legs of the 40 year-old man standing next to me were an eye-opener, then a stroll into the changing rooms where I found groups of hirsute men lovingly rubbing warm-up balm or sun tan lotion onto freshly-waxed legs was faintly alarming. |
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