Subject: RE: Pee on the bike? Seriously?Yup. Often times you cannot stop and pee because it's a race. It's not like a bike race where if one person needs to go, they ALL stop and take a nature break, so it'll be fair. If you gotta go, then you gotta go. I personally have never peed on the bike, but I'm going to assume that for an IM course, you'll be drinking a LOT of liquids, water, and such, and that usually does not affect the smell of the pee. People will use a bottle of water and just rinse themselves off. They are already wearing Tri shorts (dry fasts), so it makes no difference, and there's no diaper feeling to it. It'll be the same feeling as if you came out of the water from the swim to the bike. Thin padding, drys quick. It's a different story if you're wearing BIKE shorts where the chamois is a lot thicker. That'll give you a diaper feeling. I was a bike catcher at Silverman Triathlon in 2010. I caught Macca's bike, and I held on to the saddle...it was a little wet and sticky...oops. Forgot, NO TOUCHING the saddle. Needless to say, the RD gave out gloves after a few people got in because he'd forgotten about the "peeing on the saddle". I had no idea that it was Macca's bike until I found out later...talk about getting close and personal with a pro. :-D |