So I was a bit bored and browsing through the threads on Bicycling.com forums and came across one of the (I'm sure) infinite 'why do male cyclists shave their legs' threads.

The thing has always confused me a bit, but I've always just considered it a quirk of the sport. Most of the replies agreed with my ideas on it, but then a few of the posts went on to the female side of things.

Saying how female racers didn't have as much of an emphasis on shaving legs, since most of us do it anyway. (I don't race, so am not sure what the female racing world is like, and I'm unsure that any guy would know what it's like either)

From there the conversation degenerated a bit, into how lazy and gross it is for women not to shave their legs.

I have to say, at this point was when the steam started rolling out of my ears (ala cartoon character, red face and all!). Because, honestly, this has always been a pet peeve of mine.

It's not that I don't shave my legs at all. I do, especially if I'm going to be wearing a dress at a formal event, or if I'm going to the beach or if I'm expecting to get laid or something. But it's by no means a regular thing. Perhaps once every week or two, and I've gone months without doing it. I explain it to people by saying that I've got light colored hair (while it isn't dark, it's certainly not invisible)... but really, I just don't find that having a bit of fuzz or stubble bothers me. Perhaps it's something of my mindset about the whole thing. When you spend alot of time outside, it's just more of a hassle to shave sometimes than just let it grow naturally.

Am I the only one that gets incredibly angry over males who insist that women should be smooth as a baby's butt? We're not made that way, so why should we present ourselves that way? I always say to The Boy, when he makes a comment about shaving, that if he shaves his back then I'll shave my legs. Usually I'll shave my legs anyway, but he has gotten the point and doesn't hassle me about it. Besides, if he *****es about it too much I'll just withhold.

'Don't look a gift horse in the mouth' they do say...

Anyway, just wanted to see if I was by myself in this thinking here, or if there are other folks out there like me!