Nature calls while racing
07-19-04, 07:20 PM
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Originally Posted by glenghillie
It seems the guys do not take but 1 "nature break" a day. I know that the more you sweat the less you need to urinate because the liquid you intake is converted to sweat more than urine.
Am I on track with this? Also, on average, how much fluids do the riders take in during a stage? I know weather conditions have a great impact on fluid intake.
BTW, as a female I have to ask, with the bib shorts, doesn't pulling it down put a lot of pressure on the scrotum, thus not allowing for total expulsion from the uriter? Nothing like a big spot in front to irritate.
Am I on track with this? Also, on average, how much fluids do the riders take in during a stage? I know weather conditions have a great impact on fluid intake.
BTW, as a female I have to ask, with the bib shorts, doesn't pulling it down put a lot of pressure on the scrotum, thus not allowing for total expulsion from the uriter? Nothing like a big spot in front to irritate.
By the way, if you are female, based on my experiment, you can pull the strap tops off the shoulders and squat then expose the whole bottom. As long as you are not embarrassed by it, you can do this without taking off the jersey. No ladies, you don't need to tell me that I'm a considerate man.
07-19-04, 07:28 PM
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Originally Posted by allgoo19
Did you notice that not even one of them in the photo are rolling up the shorts leg? Yet, everyone of them probably wearing bib shorts. I have been doing this myself for many years and telling other riders to do the same, this only confirms that this is the most efficient way. Which is pull down hard on the front of the bibs and pull out your thing top of it. Try it, it works.
07-19-04, 07:41 PM
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Originally Posted by glenghillie
Am I on track with this? Also, on average, how much fluids do the riders take in during a stage? I know weather conditions have a great impact on fluid intake.
07-19-04, 07:55 PM
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I used to do volksmatches in Germany. I have peed behind a bush many times. I don't have much embassment left. Heck--get a pap with a manual and rump exam and you are afraid of nothing.
16 bottles at how many oz? I am figuring 20+ oz
16 bottles at how many oz? I am figuring 20+ oz
07-19-04, 08:21 PM
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Well, you sometimes have to get a bit creative with "positioning" - and pull waaay down...
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Nature Calls for Women
I'm so sorry to ask about this subject, but I need help before my first sanctioned race. What do you do in the middle of the race if nature calls and there are no set rest stops? Is it acceptable to relieve yourself on the go or are you expected to go pull over and hope to catch up after? Please help...
Novice trying to compete but not offend
I'm so sorry to ask about this subject, but I need help before my first sanctioned race. What do you do in the middle of the race if nature calls and there are no set rest stops? Is it acceptable to relieve yourself on the go or are you expected to go pull over and hope to catch up after? Please help...
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03-21-06, 07:14 PM
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For ladies with a support vehicle handy it is easy. The pulls to the side of the road and she sits on the edge of the open door. Crew holds up a blanket for shielding if any onlookers are handy. TP left where she can use it if needed. One race a small lady racer wanted more privacy but her legs were too tired to tromp into the woods. I grabbed a roll of TP, picked her up, carried her into the woods, set her down on a rock, and turned my back, holding the paper where she could reach it. When she was done I carried her back, put her back onto the bike, and sent her down the road. Cindi Staiger, 1988, RAAM
03-23-06, 12:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Northernweazel
Nature Calls for Women
Please help...
Please help...
First, if it's not a long race (less than 2 hours) you can probably go before and be fine for the duration. One interesting thing about cycling is that the restroom lines are the opposite of anywhere else-- usually about 4 women and 900 men waiting in line.
Given than it's your first sanctioned race, you're probably racing in the W4 category, or maybe 3/4. If it really is long enough that you have to go, it's possible that someone else will too. You can probably just wait for an empty stretch of road and ask the pack if they want to take a pee break. There's a reasonable chance that they'll agree. Another option is that you can tell them "I'm going to ride up the road to pee-- it's not an attack" and then you go up a ways, do your thing, and they should be just catching you as you finish. It works that way all the way up to the pro ranks, and they should be cool about it. If you should be devious and attack instead of peeing and waiting, expect a) to be dropped quickly, and b) no mercy ever in the future.
In the bigger women's races it's the top women who decide when the pack will make a nature call (same as in the mens).
And in the worst case, a non-trivial fraction of women have stories of just going while they ride. You should only have to do that if the race is really going (the pack is chasing a break, or you're chasing the pack). Some women just go through their shorts, and I know of at least one story of a woman (riding in a mixed pack) who leaned her butt over the back, rolled down her shorts, and as a bunch of guys got closer for a look, let loose, and the splash off the rear wheel sprayed the gawkers. She allegedly worked as a stripper so didn't have a lot of modesty issues.
03-23-06, 07:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Methos
Last night's stage, 9, had Karman Kroom, (I think that's how you spell his name), trying to catch the breakaway and was having no luck, so all of a sudden he pulls over and drops the front of his shorts. Phil was wondering why the hell he was pulling over and then he realized what he was doing as the camera pulled away just as he pulled "it" out. Then Phil went on to explain a little bit about when riders relieve themselves. I had never before seen that up close on OLN or any bike race. It was interesting.
