Shaved Legs vs. Hairy Legs – Wind tunnel reveals all!

Do shaved legs really make a difference? We did a bunch of aero tests, and the results were pretty mind-blowing!

Here's what we tested:

Hairy Legs 🦵
Shaved Legs ✂️
Shaved Legs with Calf Sleeves 🧦

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Video by Talbot Cox

[davisbest]

Oddly, I've been looking for about 13 watts on my day to day walking efficiency. Shaved immediately and can confirm that I reached my coffee pickup in .02 seconds faster.

[dh]

5!!! More like 2or3 out of 10 on chewbacca scale 😂

[alexgrenke]

Frodo consulting on shave vs keep growing aspect:) hilarious

[oliverleibbrandt]

Just Frodo sitting in on a wind tunnel session, just another day in the office

[hernanhernandez]

I also believe that the shaved surfaces helps in heat dissipation. Also easier to apply sun screen in a more even, thinner application. I've been shaving since my racing days in the 1990s. I can tell the heat difference after only 2 weeks of growth.

[magnusmalmborn]

Some sport (ice skating?) use skinsuites with raised stitches to lower drag, by causing turbulence that help close the airstream behind (the golf ball effect). By that reasoning the optimum should be a strip of stubble down the outside of the legs...

[joshuafoulds]

I absolutely shaved for my last triathlon because of this wind test video

[DavidFritzIII]

I'm hoping they do zero cause I don't really want to walk around with these on, great quote on calf sleeves!

[bryanlittle]

Jan cameo! See you in Tremblant Lionel!

[log_it]

Should've tested the mullet in between!!!

[JanGoh-jbge]

Good to have a follow-up to the old Specialized test. Reproducible results!

[rskng]

I was seriously thinking that Lionel, by now in his career, has already figured out what most amateurs know, but it turns out he still has stuff to discover. My god.

[JohnStadnyk]

I would imagine the effects would be even more pronounced on the swim given the density of the medium you're moving through, though the speed is obviously slower.

[jonathan_hart]

I was with The Aerow yesterday and can highly recommend these guys. What an invest in facilities and technology for bike fitting and wind tunnel. Without a sponsor it can be expensive :-)

[SimoneChiaretta]

Would have the calf sleeves alone on top of unshaven legs bring the same benefit?

[socopower]

Missed the trick of shaving legs then test them shaving arms test again, to see difference between a full shave and just legs :) nicely done anyway

[jonathancano]

As a road cyclist without a TT bike and darth vader helmet I'd like to see the difference for a typical roadie doing a solo break away

[Hubertus-koyl]

superbe vid thx Lionel.The results are impressive! - good luck this season and further.

[bobfoster]

How does 13 watts feel? Get on the indoor trainer. Set ERG mode to a specific value. Pedal at that effort for a while. Without stopping, add 13 watts to the ERG mode. How’s it feel?

[rubenvf]

Welcome to the shaved side of the world Lionel.