Do the pro's really pee whilst riding along ...

[Cyclopathic]

or is it just a myth?

 

[Cheshire Celt]

During the Olympics they would hop off and have a quick slash in the bushes

 

[jonny jeez]

surely its a pyth

 

[ianrauk]

yes of course they do.

 

[Ian H]

Not always, but if it's critical not to lose time then, yes.

 

[slowmotion]

That's why lycra was usually black......

 

[HLaB]

Indurain had the trotts on the TDF

 

[slowmotion]

So did Tom Simpson in 1967. The mechanic used to have to hose down his bike.

 

[Mugshot]

During the Olympics they would hop off and have a quick slash in the bushes

I noticed during the Olympics that a great gang of them went at the same time as they were getting out of the more built up areas, but it wasn't that far from the start as far as I remember, couldn't they have gone before they set off?

 

[Nigel-YZ1]

I suppose that's why carbon bikes were introduced. The pros kept making the steel ones rusty!

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I noticed one rider relieving himself (or auto-sprinkling himself might be more accurate) while descending off a mountain during this year's TdF. So, riding one handed at 45+ mph with a peloton all around and a big drop off at the side of the road, there's no way I can imagine myself being able to even consider urinating!

 

[The Brewer]

 

[thom]

My impression of the rhythm of the pro-races is that having been on the bike for a bit, where the body's position has caused the body's juices to flow a bit and pressure to build up along with a breakaway with non-threatening riders having made it up the road, the patron of the peloton will decide upon a "natural break" by the side of the road.
Those in the breakaway use this pause to buffer their lead but themselves have less comfortable options.
Perhaps they try to direct their fluids - certainly there are more hygenic options for guys than girls but I don't believe pro riders don't just drift to the back of the group for a release at times.

 

[Canrider]

That's my understanding of it. If you follow stage races through the cyclingnews website you'll see the timed commentary occasionally making reference to these 'breaks'..

 

[zizou]

If Greg Lemond ever asks to borrow your casquette don't let him...and if you do, you must not put it back on your head afterwards