I love that going to the toilet is the regarded as the craziest idea on this thread.
He’s talking about the guy who wrote the article you linked, not you.
Look James, you created this thread knowing there’d be some balking and ribbing at the idea of wearing a rubber on a 200 mile bike ride. Don’t take our responses so seriously and personally. We’re not attacking you.
I like what you did there.
I’ve heard they come in flavours too.
You appear to have joined the board just be disagreeable.
I suggest you read the guidelines.
not to mention great recycling
Yeah, it thought that was abundantly clear…as was the fact that my whole post was in jest.
Im just surprised people can pee while riding. I need more time to get the stream going. Not sure I could start peeing while riding tempo!
How will you know until you try?
I’m fine with never knowing for myself.
This sounds worse than riding behind the guy in the peleeton who likes to blow their nose.
I’d prefer a connection to a water balloon launcher on your seatpost that ejects on demand.
Ok, I know this was click bait - but unless you are making a (good) living pro cycling, I will continue to make road side stops and let the group ride away. In the moment I am happy to two up sprint for 575th in my age group at a Grand Fondo or the local century gravel event masquerading as a new cycling discipline, but enough is enough. There is a limit to what I am willing to do to get faster.
I believe you meant to spell that “peeloton”
OR, just hear me out…
You can pee on the bike like many triathletes do…
Edit, after reading the thread… you are a 5 times IM finisher and you are afraid to pee on the bike for “reasons”. You will be on the bike for probably more than 10 hours.
Unless you a top 5 athlete on the race, probably ok to stop and pee if you dont want to do it on the bike.
But if you insist in doing it, then you do you.
You will look like those guys who show at a sprint triathlon caring at least 100 pounds more that what they probably should, with a 15k in equipment for the bike ride, and they do 18 mph and are beat by the guy who is using an badly fitted 9 speed road bike.
Dont be that guy.
well this topic soured as fast as an IM triathlete’s shoe. I can’t wait to hear the full, drip by drip report of what happened. You might have happened upon a marginal gain in the pro peloton, OP!
Long time user of condom catheters here. In my experience, they’ve been a race saver. I’ve used them in everything from crits to ultras. You do get a little chafing, but it’s nothing a heavy slather of Bengay/Tigerbalm doesn’t fix…
I’m wearing one right now.
You really wear a condom catheter with a hose running down your leg for a one-hour crit?
I have a feeling I won’t be able to understand the answer, but why?
I am not sure if you are trolling or serious…
because I would not put either bengay or tigerbalm near the area even if they offer me money.
Totally serious. Never gonna get dropped in a crit again.
Aim the hose backward and you’ve got a new strategy to create separation for a break…
“I’ll stick to just peeing in my shorts on the bike.”
You must never have done this…or only in a relatively short race. Don’t do this in an ultra race.
And re: external catheters…very effective once you get everything set up. When setting up…do consider what might happen in the event of a crash. I’ve seen complicated quick release valve setups that make me cringe a little. Crashes happen.
Or you can just learn to pee off the bike. If you’ve ever watched extended coverage of pretty much any pro bike race you’ll see several examples of technique.