Not intending to get political, but this was news a couple of days ago. So it happens.

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/fbi-...eport-11408730

It's understandable why in the big city it's not allowed. Particularly where there is only concrete and asphalt for the urine to puddle on.

I don't think that's where the OP is urinating. Though it better not be the flower beds by my mailbox. Too much ammonia (nitrogen) can kill the flowers and other plants. <grin>

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This is where I'm at on this. I always make myself non-visible not so much for my embarrassment, but that I don't want to make anyone else uncomfortable or have to deal with any police/tickets/issue.

...and it can cause issues. Once...non-cycling...I was waiting alone at a bus stop for a bus that was arriving soon. I desperately had to go before a long bus ride, and I had to make that bus. As I did it, I heard a car crash. Pretty sure it was someone distracted watching what I was up to instead of their driving. I've always felt bad about that. I'm sure in influenced my efforts to avoid public urination challenges going forward.

I agree, the police don't really want to be bothered. But if a "Karen" reports that cyclists are voiding themselves on the edge of the road and calls 911, the police are probably obligated to send someone to check on this. My sense is these are the same folks who yell at us to get off the road and ride on the trail where we belong.

Ozzy got arrested for wizzing on the Alamo!!

Most of my rides are in the 4 hour range and at 75 I am most likely going to need a nature break at some point. Since this is farm country I can usually stop anywhere I need to, but at this time of year the corn is just starting to germinate so my options are limited. Not a lot of public restrooms around, so I plan ahead to stop at the one or two wooded areas on whichever ride I am doing even if I don't really need to. I try to get out of sight and have not had any problems with passersby but expect I could get yelled at if one of them should be the landowner.

As a motorcyclist who rode a lot of country roads, when one of us had to pee, we'd park our bikes together at the side of the road. The rider in distress would cross the road and get on with business as hidden as possible, while the other stood guard across the road. If a car came into sight, it was that rider's responsibility to do jumping jacks. They always look at the one doing jumping jacks. If they suspect anything, they look behind the one doing jumping jacks.

Try it. Or perfect the Pro Peloton Piss maneuver. It's like the Spanish Inquisition. No one expects it.

But even if you find one with the ugliest clothes ever, those clothing racks are where kids like to hide while playing hide-and-seek!

This is America where daily natural bodily functions are outlawed by the Puritanical nutjobs.

Insane how peeing on the roadside can land you in jail.

And worse? Laws passed to "protect" children are being used to abuse and victimize them. Two minors who decide to have sex, or worse, take some pics of sexual activity can be prosecuted with serious consequences.

All to "protect children."

Insanity at work.

Before I thought up the bottle-in-the-pants trick, I would stop my bike at the edge of the sidewalk and dirt, and kneel facing away from the road to do my business; The bike offered me some hiding from traffic in cars, and it looked like I was working on the bike. I still waited until there were no pedestrians around.

wow. I have never needed to pee on a bike ride, that i can remember. up to 7 hours. i must be perpetually dehydrated!?!

Ya think?

I try to drink a bottle an hour. On a 7 hour ride, that would be a ton of fluid, necessitating a couple of rest stops. But then not everyone sticks to the bottle/hour rule.

Oh heck. I've done a weeks cycling in Colorado. So I probably should be on a register somewhere.

I expect you may be flirting with dehydration. I almost always have to pee after about 3 hours.

when i was doing harder rides i’d bring a bottle when it was over 3 hours, and if over 4 or 5 hours would stop once to refill and also drink another 16-20 oz. but no peeing. and certainly no peeing from anything less on the easy 2 hr ish rides i’ve been doing lately,

am i wrong that putting so much fluid on board that you have to pee it out every hour is counterproductive? i probably am!

I would not say you are "wrong" but most of us would rather be over-hydrated/well hydrated than dehydrated, and sometimes it's tough to thread the needle, so we err on the side of hydration.

Personally, I think it's "normal" to pee every 2-4 hours when riding. YMMV.

If there’s a sidewalk where you are, you shouldn’t be relieving yourself in the open air. That’s clearly a bad idea.

Kucharik used to sell bibs with a "privacy flap" which made nature breaks much easier (at least for guys.) Just pull your bike off the road, lean against it with your back to the road, pull out an old tire tube and pretend you're looking for a leak while taking a leak.
I wish I had bought a few extra pairs before he closed shop. He made really good stuff.

As a cyclist in my 70's with an enlarged prostate and under the care of a urologist, I have to pee frequently and when its time there is no time to waste. Almost always I am able to conceal myself. But in the event, I am caught by overzealous law enforcement, and cited or even arrested, I would ask for a jury trial. Would a jury convict given these circumstances?

Mine doesn't seem to have a problem. She'll deposit a lake right on the road as long as it's away from houses and people.

The last time I was in there was well before the closure. John was there, and we talked. I realized that the shop wouldn't be around a whole lot longer and, on the spur of the moment, bought several pairs of shorts rather than just one. I'm glad I did. I had known him since high school and bought my first pair of shorts, and perhaps my last, from him.

I'm working on my last jar of chamois fat.

If you do get caught by a cop, don't claim Uromysitisis as a defense.

Our so-called peers generally HATE cyclists, so I don't think you would be a sympathetic witness.

We have a few women in our cycling group, and most of them can go behind a bush and take care of business almost as fast as us guys.

After years of leading the BCP century from New Hope to Brooklyn I instituted a nature break in a specific spot. Guys would go along the bank of one if the branches of the Raritan River. Ladies would go in the cornfield on the other side of the road. If you didn’t have to go, you softpedalled and waited for the rest of the group.