View Poll Results: How's your facial hair?
Clean shaven
55
45.45%
Clark Gable moustache
3
2.48%
Full, trimmed
35
28.93%
Duck Dyanasty
4
3.31%
Handle Bar
0
0%
Melded Side burn
1
0.83%
Fu Manchu
1
0.83%
Goatee
20
16.53%
Zappa Patch
0
0%
Amish (full beard or goatee-no 'stache)
2
1.65%
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How's your facial hair?
07-12-13, 11:03 PM
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I shave 2x/week, thanks to the Army, as well. But i keep what I call "the horseshoe" (goatee w/o 'stache) -- grayer than the hair on my head.
On and off for decades, I've experimented with just about every look -- Elvis muttonchops, full beard, goatee, about four different versions of the 'stache, a disaster of a Fu Manchu; once into my 40's, I discovered I didn't need to try to hide the hated 'babyface' anymore. But, that was short-lived. . . started to look a little 'jowly', and brought the horseshoe out. Rather have the gray than the droop.
Can't keep the mustache -- no matter how much I scrub it, I KEEP a head cold when I have it. Took a bit to realize that. . . . . .
On and off for decades, I've experimented with just about every look -- Elvis muttonchops, full beard, goatee, about four different versions of the 'stache, a disaster of a Fu Manchu; once into my 40's, I discovered I didn't need to try to hide the hated 'babyface' anymore. But, that was short-lived. . . started to look a little 'jowly', and brought the horseshoe out. Rather have the gray than the droop.
Can't keep the mustache -- no matter how much I scrub it, I KEEP a head cold when I have it. Took a bit to realize that. . . . . .
07-13-13, 02:09 PM
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Ok, this is an awful picture, but it's damn hard to take a decent pic while riding..
07-13-13, 06:16 PM
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Riders with a clean shaven face have less wind resistance than those with facial hair. How many tour riders do you see with facial hair?
07-14-13, 09:23 PM
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Goatee here. My hair has migrated from the top of my head to the bottom. We. will. not. speak. of. the. hairnet.
07-14-13, 09:29 PM
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Same here, but started in 1971 and never have shaved it off.
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
07-16-13, 07:54 AM
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As a bent rider, I guess I dont follow the rules. Only a slight aero belly and no beard.
07-16-13, 08:15 AM
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I voted goatee but only in the winter months. Only small stash otherwise. I'm a bear besides that and hate it. I would trade for no hair anywheres at any time now. It only comes in handy in winter when a layer of fur helps keep me warm.
07-16-13, 01:50 PM
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07-16-13, 01:53 PM
#66
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Clean shaven, 'cause that's where all the grey went.
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07-16-13, 02:24 PM
#67
Senior Member
Experiments in low-cost ventilated insect barrier protection, using items found around the house. If it were black, it wouldn't look so ridiculous. However, I find that looking ridiculous is a low price to pay to keep those %#$@*& stinging insects off of my naked scalp.
07-17-13, 12:04 PM
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Experiments in low-cost ventilated insect barrier protection, using items found around the house. If it were black, it wouldn't look so ridiculous. However, I find that looking ridiculous is a low price to pay to keep those %#$@*& stinging insects off of my naked scalp.
07-17-13, 01:56 PM
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I broke a spoke, and my wheel has only just been redone. I've been too embarrassed to wear it on the suburban riding I've done so far. I'll let you know after Saturday, if the thunderstorms leave the Katy Trail ride alone, hopefully.
07-17-13, 06:08 PM
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Full beard, short. Shaved it off a few years ago. My wife took one look and told me to grow it back. Wonder what that means?
07-18-13, 06:16 AM
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Clean shaven, as in the avatar. My facial hair, what little there would be, comes instrangely burnished - like Robert Redford. The resemblance ends there...
