Originally Posted by
A2022
I had a problem. After that long ride, one bite a food and I had to run to the bathroom as my bowels evacuated. Is that common?
I have never heard of that. I suspect that is uncommon.
My folding bike has 24 inch wheels, rides as well as a full size bike, so I can't compare my folder to yours.
My longest ride this year was 90 miles, most of that was on gravel, that was on a full size heavy duty touring bike. Last year rode two 200k brevets on my rando bike. And last year on my bike tour with full camping gear load (four panniers) did two days of 80 plus miles and two days of 70 plus miles, and plenty of shorter days on my two week tour. And all of this included plenty of hills.
Maybe if you do more endurance riding, your intestinal situation will resolve itself. Your body may have been quite stressed if you don't do many multi-hour long rides.