Do the pro's really urinate whilst still riding?

[oldroadman]

Which all begs the question, how do the professional women cope?

Try asking one, and the respose may well be "why do you want to know?". In the same way that men know what to do, so do women.

 

[Cyclopathic]

Try asking one, and the respose may well be "why do you want to know?". In the same way that men know what to do, so do women.

Nothing more or less than idle curiosity. Going to the loo is something we all do and as such is probably the most that I will ever have in common with a top athlete. Knowing how they deal with the things we all have to deal with is as close as I will come to living the dream.

 

[fimm]

Go on to a triathlon forum like TriTalk and do a search for "peeing on the bike" and you'll find some pretty detailed advice! Even amateurs taking part in long distance triathlon events may choose to pee on the bike - if you are going for a time (what ever that time might be) then time not spent stopped is time saved... I have tried to do it, but never managed to release and eventually had to admit defeat and stop... The advantage triathletes have is that a trisuit has much less padding than conventional cycle shorts.
I've read a blog entry from a female pro cyclist (not a well-known one) who said that she & her fellow pros would pee their shorts if required. I also read a different blog entry from another female which recommended pulling one leg of your shorts wide so you could go without pulling the shorts down (this was if you had time to stop and get off the bike) - I keep meaning to try that out sometime.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Even amateurs taking part in long distance triathlon events may choose to pee on the bike - if you are going for a time (what ever that time might be) then time not spent stopped is time saved.

I've done it. It's pretty easy really and there aren't crowds of spectators in normal tri events, so as long as you aren't within spraying distance of anyone else, it's fine and really quite liberating too.

 

[thom]

I've read a blog entry from a female pro cyclist (not a well-known one) who said that she & her fellow pros would pee their shorts if required.

Chrissie Wellington is not as well known as she should be (have been). From a guardian interview:

She has no sense of embarrassment either. She will regularly greet her boyfriend after a training session, her face whitened with dried-up dribble. "If you've got time to wipe away the dribble then you're not working hard enough," she says. She thinks nothing of stopping on the roadside in the middle of a race, whipping down her shorts and going to the toilet. "You lose all sense of modesty because a lot happens to your body during the eight or so hours it takes to do an ironman," she says. "I've done diarrhoea in my shorts and left it trickling down my leg, but I've never been one to be ashamed of that kind of thing." On her blog she cheerily apologises to the cyclists caught behind her for the "six pees" she did as she went. "If you do it on a downhill," she says, "you don't make too many friends."

 

[Hip Priest]

My old club captain used to tell us a story about Robert Millar crapping into his race cap whilst on the move (in the Milk Race, I think) and throwing it into a hedge... I have no idea how true it was, but it was certainly told with conviction!

Read the first few pages of Slaying the Badger for a similar, slightly more graphic tale from the career of Greg LeMond!

 

[Cyclopathic]

Right then. Time to work on an adaptation of these techniques so that I can pee whilst watching the telly.

 

[Chutzpah]

The other day in the tour I saw the "rider pushing another who was urinating", only they were on completely different teams!

Personally, I'm more jealous that they are able to do it in the first place *cough*

 

[oldroadman]

Chrissie Wellington is not as well known as she should be (have been). From a guardian interview:

She has no sense of embarrassment either. She will regularly greet her boyfriend after a training session, her face whitened with dried-up dribble. "If you've got time to wipe away the dribble then you're not working hard enough," she says. She thinks nothing of stopping on the roadside in the middle of a race, whipping down her shorts and going to the toilet. "You lose all sense of modesty because a lot happens to your body during the eight or so hours it takes to do an ironman," she says. "I've done diarrhoea in my shorts and left it trickling down my leg, but I've never been one to be ashamed of that kind of thing." On her blog she cheerily apologises to the cyclists caught behind her for the "six pees" she did as she went. "If you do it on a downhill," she says, "you don't make too many friends."

Crikey, that triathlon lark can get a bit mucky!

 

[oldroadman]

The other day in the tour I saw the "rider pushing another who was urinating", only they were on completely different teams!

Personally, I'm more jealous that they are able to do it in the first place *cough*

It happens, you just know who your mates are even when you are on different teams. Besides, little favours given and returned is part of peloton protocol, which makes things easier and safer for everyone.

 

[G3CWI]

Right then. Time to work on an adaptation of these techniques so that I can pee whilst watching the telly.

Sky+

 

[thom]

Right then. Time to work on an adaptation of these techniques so that I can pee whilst watching the telly.

Get on the turbo trainer while watching but have a pot plant of a size amenable to the accuracy of your aim...

 

[Cyclopathic]

It happens, you just know who your mates are even when you are on different teams. Besides, little favours given and returned is part of peloton protocol, which makes things easier and safer for everyone.

Or just stop pushing once they are in full flow.

 

[PaulSecteur]

Pro commuter racers aim for convertables with the roof down.

 

[dragon72]

Procycling spectators aim for British National Champions...