There are a whole lot of reasons cyclists shave their legs. Road rash protection (less hair in wounds = better), marginal drag reduction, chafing reduction... The biggest one is just tradition--its just something that cyclists do. It also looks pretty nasty with leg hair popping out from under bike shorts. I do it mainly for... vanity. That leg hair out the bottom of the shorts looks so bad...
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