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12-14-11 | 12:06 PM

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WC89

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From: Owings Mills, Maryland

Bikes: 2011 Trek 8.4 DS hybrid; 2012 Felt F-75 road bike; 1990 Specialized Stumpjumper MTB; 1992 Guerciotti road bike (inactive)

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Originally Posted by michaelnel

I have a pair of Castelli bibs, and I hate them. It turns taking a leak into a major production. I have to take off my jacket, take off my jersey, take down the straps, finally extract the dangly bit, do the deed, and then reverse the whole process. I have worn the bibs once, probably never will again.

EDIT: I guess I could try Jim Hobson's "Hunch and Flop". If I don't get arrested it looks like it could be great fun:

http://www.jimhodgson.com/2010/08/19...-hunch-n-flop/

I took 4 years into my 10 yr road racing career to try bibs. Afterwards, never went back to shorts again - for road riding. I now use shorts on my hybrid and MTB under cargo shorts. You're not supposed to have to pull off the straps to pee (that would be too much trouble); just need to stretch downward the front U-shaped edge until "Billy" is free. Any good par of bibs will stretch right back to shape w/o any problems for years to come. Also, can't beat the great fit in the rear-end department w/ bibs! Cycling shorts that are loose or have those unsightly "air-pockets," or just plain sag too much in the rear end should be outlawed, unless coverd up w/ cargo shorts or something similar. No bibs should irritate one's shoulders. If so, you just need to find some proper fitting bibs; should not be too tight or too loose.

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