bottle on seat tube
okay so here it goes. Bottle between the bars and nutrition bottle on the seat tube. Whats the protocol when you pee all over that bottle on the seat tube? I gotta imagine its going to get doused...i suppose saving grace is that it shouldnt get wet until closer to special needs...any experience with this?
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When I pee during a race, I'm almost always going above 15 mph because I can't seem to pee while climbing, usually on the flats or maybe a slight grade. So when I pee, it almost always runs down my left leg (must be my 'anatomy'). Once it makes it down my leg about as far as my knee, the 15-20 mph wind (since I'm moving that fast) simply blows it off my leg and out behind me into tiny little droplets. Occassionally it makes it as far down as my compression calf sleeves, but generally no farther. I usually squirt my groin area off with water as I ride through an aid station, but that probably does very little since I am usually completely dry after about 30 seconds.
The reality is that even without peeing, you are pretty much completely disgusting the whole day on race day anyways. You swam insome dirty lake or river or are salty from the ocean, then you are sweating all over your stuff. Road debris is covering the top of your water bottle that you're squirting into your mouth. You're grabbing food or ice with your nasty dirty hands and then shoved it in your mouth. I have 2 kids that pooped and peed all over me when they were babies, so adding a few drops of my own urine into the race day germ and grossness mix for me doesn't really make me squeamish!
very nice. My takeaway. Dont suck on the bottle...
And let's not forget the 2 or 3 trips to the porta potty before the race even begins!