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Fitness: 10 cycling myths busted

Shaving leg hair gives no significant aerodynamic advantage

  • Bedroom gymnastics won't leave your riding feeling limp
  • Warm-ups aren't about being warm
  • We should all be aspiring to more perspiring
  • Pumping up tyres doesn't always pump up performance
  • Dehydration isn't always bad
  • Could one leg be shorter than the other? It's unlikely
  • Lactic acid is unlikely to cause pain
  • Shaving leg hair gives no significant aerodynamic advantage
  • Skipping your Cornflakes won't neccesarily help you shed weight
  • Not all fat is bad

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Shaving leg hair gives no significant aerodynamic advantage

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