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Leg shaving with a blow torchVideo: Shave? Wax? Immac that leg hair? Pah. Real men use a blowtorch
Some say having hairless legs is a vital part of being a real cyclist, while others say the faff isn't worth the highly debatable advantages. This video demonstrates a quick and simple depilation technique that leaves doubters with no excuse not to at least try it.
The clip shows probably the most straightforward way of getting the hair off your legs, a technique that's as simple as it is refreshingly dangerous.
We've no idea who this hirsute pyromaniac is. We originally encountered this clip on the Facebook page of Pedro Martínez Torremocha, but this YouTube version predates that by about eight months.
Important legal disclaimer: We're kidding, we don't think this is a good idea. Don't try this at home or indeed anywhere else, and if you are silly enough to try it don't come crying to us, but really, just don't try it all, okay?
John has been writing about bikes and cycling for over 30 years since discovering that people were mug enough to pay him for it rather than expecting him to do an honest day's work.
He was heavily involved in the mountain bike boom of the late 1980s as a racer, team manager and race promoter, and that led to writing for Mountain Biking UK magazine shortly after its inception. He got the gig by phoning up the editor and telling him the magazine was rubbish and he could do better. Rather than telling him to get lost, MBUK editor Tym Manley called Johnâs bluff and the rest is history.
Since then he has worked on MTB Pro magazine and was editor of Maximum Mountain Bike and Australian Mountain Bike magazines, before switching to the web in 2000 to work for CyclingNews.com. Along with road.cc founder Tony Farrelly, John was on the launch team for BikeRadar.com and subsequently became editor in chief of Future Publishingâs group of cycling magazines and websites, including Cycling Plus, MBUK, What Mountain Bike and Procycling.
John has also written for Cyclist magazine, edited the BikeMagic website and was founding editor of TotalWomensCycling.com before handing over to someone far more representative of the site's main audience.
He joined road.cc in 2013. He lives in Cambridge where the lack of hills is more than made up for by the headwinds.
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Gas Metal Arch Weld every follicle - It's the only way to be sure.
Why waste money on a blow torch? Stand in front of your cooker, life your leg over the gas hob, light and rotate said leg like a pig on a spit.
Simples.
'Shave? Wax? Immac that leg hair? Pah. Real men use a blowtorch'
Eh? You are losing touch with reality. Obviously real men have legs like apes and still go faster than all you nancy boys. You probably discuss your poncy leg hair removal techniques at the hairdressers, whilst doing your nails.
Scientific evidence details that hairy + head = drag to the max....burn it off you pork chop
What a lightweight. I burn mine off one hair at a time with a magnifying glass.
It is the way he is waving it around right by his curtains. He could lose a lot more than his leg hair. But oh the irony if his bikes were destroyed in the fire.
"And this year's Darwin Award nominees are..."
But no one died?
I'm interested in the ear flaming, I might need that soon.
But no one dead?
I'm interested in the ear flaming, I might need that soon.
Often used to see something similar at the barbers when I was a kid, but in that case it was neck hair, and a lighted taper, IIRC.
Having had my ears flamed at a Turkish barbers recently (a service I didn't even ask for, incidentally!), I can attest that this technique works brilliantly and doesn't hurt at all, certainly a lot less than waxing. It does however create a smell that's even more disgusting than Immac.
That must smell absolutely disgusting.
not sure it smells worse than Immac!
To be fair, it looks less painful than waxing!
Well, I'd be more impressed if he did the mankini line as well...
I've seen that on drunken sports tours in Spain (the mankini bit)! Funny as fuck - watching someone with their pubes alight!!!