How do you ...........

jellybellywmb

:oops:

Just got first pair of Bib shorts, what is the technique for when you get caught short mid ride.
Looks to me like I would need to almost totally strip off to visit the little boys room

robbie the roadie

with a bit of contortion depending on how high up the bib comes but you can just about pull the front bit down far enough to get your tackle out and whizz into the hedge

dennisn

This is one of the reasons that I go for just shorts. You know, with advancing age
comes a strange desire to pi** a bit more often. Plus if I need to put a bit more butt
butter on during a long ride it's a bit easier and I don't really mind the waistband that
some people complain about.

Dennis Noward

jellybellywmb

I have gone for bib as I am currently injecting stuff into my stomach everyday for the treatment of blood clots on my lungs from an op 5 months ago and the waistbands really hurt that tender area,
Not sure the bib will pull down far enough to get the old fella out the top. :oops:
Just drank a half litre of water so when the need arises i think experimantation is required.

iga

Some bibs have a zip at the front that makes life a little easier, I find kneeling down helps (although when I did this last summer an east European fruit picker appeared from nowhere thinking I was having a heart attack!)

Bronzie

robbie the roadie wrote:

just about pull the front bit down far enough to get your tackle out and whizz into the hedge

Mind you dont let the elastic go mid-stream - messy!

penugent

I find that bending to mimic the position on the bike eases the upward pressure from the shoulder straps and enables me to get the job done - lycra is stretchy enough.

lugster77

depending on how tight the lycra is you can always pull the leg part up and 'ahem' do ur business that way. works for me!

redvee

Bigger men don't have such a problem :roll: Alas I'm not :oops:

Max_Man

I tried to pull up one leg once, I nearly chopped the thing off... :oops:

Yep, just pull the front down.

popette

jesus! how on earth could you get it down the bottom of your shorts? either your shorts are really short or............

........anyway, I was once caught short and it did result in almost complete strip as I'd put my base layer over my bibs so that had to come off as well as shorts down. Behind a hedge! It looks quite secluded from the direction from which I approached it but when I cycled along that raod in the other direction, I noticed that a golf course looked onto the spot 8)

pedylan

Also a "leg man" My Assos shorts seem, er flexible enough to allow quite dignified relief. Wouldn't do to let go though.........

Female relief wouldn't seem to involve any shred of dignity no matter what option you went for. :oops:

lugster77

yep, looseish shorts and dont let go lol

SteveR_100Milers

I always pull my shorts up too.

meagain

"You know, with advancing age comes a strange desire to pi** a bit more often."

Delete "strange", replace with "embarassing"

Delete "bit", replace with "lot".

35 years of ludicrously heavy drinking seems to have eliminated any degree of bladder control! Never even contemplated "bibs"!

jellybellywmb

Well 50 miles yesterday in the sunshine and not a single urge so still a mystery.
Mind you the wife did nearly pee herself laughing when she saw me in the bibs!!