Do the pro's really urinate whilst still riding?

[Cyclopathic]

Or is this just a myth?

 

[Deleted member 23692]

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoetWCNmoOM

 

[Noodley]

here they come tom-tom...

 

[smokeysmoo]

LA took the pi$$ while riding for years

 

[oldroadman]

Or is this just a myth?

Now you know the answer. If you are a team leader, a domestique might even push you along as well (on the dry side!). Has to be done, load of pre-race coffee, 5-6 hours ahead, continuous hydration, something has to be done...

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Never mind pee....

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[Noodley]

One of my mates recounts a tale of when he was riding and thought he felt rain, looked up and it was clear blue skies, then realised it was the rider in front...

 

[oldroadman]

Been there, got the (wet) T-shirt. Sometimes the team leadders get a push from domestiques when they need to unload after all that coffee before the start, all you have to remember is to push from the opposite side from the little stream. A lesson learned early in a modest career! The workers usually sort themselves out, for one on the move a slight descent is best - obvious reasons.

 

[slowmotion]

This is not confined to cyclists. I saw a documentary about long distance sports car racers of the 1950s on the Mille Miglia.
I think that it was Sterling Moss who said.....

" We wore dark overalls"

 

[I like Skol]

I have recently mastered the art of 'trumping' without breaking my cadence and trying not to sh1t myself This is an important skill to learn and adds a whole new dimension to the often heard expression of 'busting a gut!'

 

[ayceejay]

At the Worlds in Goodwood back in the day a friend of mine thought he had found a great vantage point on a bend just after the feed station. It took a couple of laps before he realised what the 'spray' that came off the riders was.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Now you know the answer. If you are a team leader, a domestique might even push you along as well (on the dry side!). Has to be done, load of pre-race coffee, 5-6 hours ahead, continuous hydration, something has to be done...

My old club captain used to tell us a story about Robert Millar crapping into his race cap whilst on the move (in the Milk Race, I think) and throwing it into a hedge... I have no idea how true it was, but it was certainly told with conviction!

 

[Cyclopathic]

Which all begs the question, how do the professional women cope?

 

[fossala]

Which all begs the question, how do the professional women cope?

Better than men, like most things in life...

 

[helston90]

This is why when one of them needs a new bike from the team car you rarely see the change over- they're taking the opportunity to water the verge.