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09-04.-2008, 12:05 PM
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Re: Clothing/shorts for touring bike ride?
Marian Rosenberg wrote:
> On Apr 8, 1:08 pm, "Mike Jacoubowsky" <mik...@ix.netcom.com> wrote: >> | I wear bib knickers in all weather, because I prefer >> | to keep the sun off the tops of my thighs. Bibs because >> | there they do not depend on a waist band to keep them >> | in place. >> >> Bib shorts are highly addictive. I can't imagine ever wearing anything else >> now. What I like is that you can sit, stand, move around as much as you want >> and the shorts stay in place. > > Yabbut PEEING is really hard. > > I mean, if you are a pro rider of the male persuasion and have > practice you might be able to stand up on the pedals pull the shorts > up up up and pull it out and take a whiz while one of your teammates > holds on to your saddle to keep you moving but if you AREN'T a pro > rider, don't have teammates, or happen to be a girl (like me) peeing > becomes really difficult. > > Which is not to say that my two pairs of bib shorts aren't among my > favorites just that I really wish there was an easier way to go to the > toilet that didn't involve getting completely undressed when wearing > them. > A fully-faired recumbent with a "discharge tube" has its advantages.  -- Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia The weather is here, wish you were beautiful |
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12-04.-2008, 06:00 AM
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Re: Clothing/shorts for touring bike ride?
["Followup-To:" header set to rec.bicycles.tech.]
On 2008-04-09, Tom Sherman <sunsetss0003@REMOVETHISyahoo.com> wrote: > Marian Rosenberg wrote: >> >> I mean, if you are a pro rider of the male persuasion and have >> practice you might be able to stand up on the pedals pull the shorts >> up up up and pull it out and take a whiz while one of your teammates >> holds on to your saddle to keep you moving but if you AREN'T a pro >> rider, don't have teammates, or happen to be a girl (like me) peeing >> becomes really difficult. > A fully-faired recumbent with a "discharge tube" has its advantages. Where I work we call them "foley catheters." :-) -- John (john@os2.dhs.org) |
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