Ok, so to live up to my title here, I decided to both document my pre-race leg shave today and to do an analysis of gear.
I have a duathalon tomorrow, 2 mile run, 17 mile bike, 2 mile run. It is the closest bicycle race to my home (about 5 miles away) and it becomes a local peloton throwdown of all my cycling buddies...so a good leg shave will go a long way to a mental psyche out.
I decided to use the opportunity to compare a modern lady's gear with old skool stuff. I used a gillette 3 blade disposable and a blue tip with a derby to go with as forgiving a set up as I could. I trimmed with a Wahl and used Cremo cream, but with a brush. Its all in the pictures.
I came to a major conclusion while shaving; the reason that single blades lost out to multi-blade cartridges and disposables is because of the ladies. As we know, it is a ladies world (and I am happy to admit that) and we men tend to like our significant other's to be smooth and soft. The disposable was a far, far better tool for this task than was the DE and thus I concluded that the big producers shifted production to the products best for a woman and to make us men go along for the ride.
Anyway, the pics are below. I focused on the 2 cuts on my left leg to show that they were there before and not because of the shave. Neither blade cut me in any way. Both were smooth, but the DE was so much slower and less agile than the disposable that I gave up on the DE after a while because it would have taken too long.
BEFORE
CREAMOED!
The Finished Product
I have a duathalon tomorrow, 2 mile run, 17 mile bike, 2 mile run. It is the closest bicycle race to my home (about 5 miles away) and it becomes a local peloton throwdown of all my cycling buddies...so a good leg shave will go a long way to a mental psyche out.
I decided to use the opportunity to compare a modern lady's gear with old skool stuff. I used a gillette 3 blade disposable and a blue tip with a derby to go with as forgiving a set up as I could. I trimmed with a Wahl and used Cremo cream, but with a brush. Its all in the pictures.
I came to a major conclusion while shaving; the reason that single blades lost out to multi-blade cartridges and disposables is because of the ladies. As we know, it is a ladies world (and I am happy to admit that) and we men tend to like our significant other's to be smooth and soft. The disposable was a far, far better tool for this task than was the DE and thus I concluded that the big producers shifted production to the products best for a woman and to make us men go along for the ride.
Anyway, the pics are below. I focused on the 2 cuts on my left leg to show that they were there before and not because of the shave. Neither blade cut me in any way. Both were smooth, but the DE was so much slower and less agile than the disposable that I gave up on the DE after a while because it would have taken too long.
BEFORE
CREAMOED!
The Finished Product