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"Peter Cole" wrote in message ... recycled wrote: Guys only, likely, tho maybe the ladies have an opinion: When riding in the country and you find you haven't quite eliminated all the water through sweat. How far off the road do you go? Depends on the mosquitoes (seriously). Though we've been having wet summers I've never been that bothered by mosquitos. One trick if cover is sparse is to "hide in plain sight" by prominently placing your bike on the other side of the road. People naturally assume you're over there and often don't even look at the other side even if you're in plain view, which, I'll admit, isn't the best of situations. Usually I walk in a ways but once last year I felt the need on a stretch of road that was well grown over with foliage. The only problem was that the ground was only euphemisticaly 'ground' in that it was a soggy marshy wetland. The road seemed deserted until I got down to business and then the road got as busy as the 401. If you've lived in the city and are observant you'll see all kinds of creative techniques for peeing in public without getting noticed. The guiding principle is to not look like you're peeing. People (and cops) aren't generally so offended by peeing as flagrant peeing. That said, conditions and terrain permitting, I'll take what cover I can find. All-night rides have taught me that it's generally not a good idea to vault over guard rails in the dark, they're usually there for a reason. Guelph City council was the butt of jokes a few years ago when, thanks to drunken University students getting out of the downtown bars at closing time, made it illegal to urinate in public. The punchline was: "It's official. There is now absolutely nothing to do in Guelph." |
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recycled wrote:
"dgk" wrote in message ... On Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:15:58 -0700, Bill Baka wrote: In this respect I am lucky enough to sweat out most of my water and only sometimes have to pee after I get up into the mountains where there are plenty of places. Getting bit by a mosquito has happened to me, in the most personal part. Sometimes I can go on a 12 hour ride and not have to go until I get home and relax for an hour or so. I think my kidneys go to sleep during any serious exercise. Bill Baka I think there's something to that. The body does seem to know that we're doing physical work here so don't fill the bladder. Sort of counterintuitive though; I would think the body is producing more waste products and would need to get them out. I always took it as your body prioritizing. It figures it needs that water more as coolant than waste elimination. I also think the body puts digestion at a lower priority when engaged in heavy exercise: thus less waste processed. Ergo not so much pee. And finally I wonder if the body can use perspiration to eliminate at least some waste that would normally go via the kidneys and bladder? Interesting tidbit. I tend to listen to lectures on mp3. One on anatomy and organ functions had a Cliff Claven 'Little known fact'. The water used but the body to process waste is 99% recycled. IOW of the water used to turn food into poop and pee your body recovers and reuses 99% of it. Make of that tidbit what you will. I have a 15 mile commute and I don't think I've ever had to stop to pee. If I stop at the Taco Bell at the halfway mark I am more likely to need to find somewhere to poop but even that is rare. Taco Bell definitely has the side effect. Not to be indelicate but in August weather I sweat like a pig. Never really noticed much in the way of salt stains on my shirt but for once. I swear it was like a car fender in a Canadian winter. Dunno why it was so noticeable that one particular ride. In hot weather long distance rides (e.g. double centuries), it's not uncommon to get thick salt deposits on helmet straps and have black shorts turn gray from salt crystals. Some claim that bodies acclimated to heavy sweating will conserve salts, but I don't know for sure. I did learn the hard way that in such weather, after the 10-12 hour mark or so, dietary salt didn't seem to keep up and I did much better with salt capsules. For a lot of people, digestion seems to slow or even shut down under heavy exercise. I think the decreased urinary flow is just a symptom of mild dehydration, though. Highly concentrated urine (color) is the usual tip off. |
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"recycled" wrote in message ... Guys only, likely, tho maybe the ladies have an opinion: When riding in the country and you find you haven't quite eliminated all the water through sweat. How far off the road do you go? ==== I pull my 15" love machine out of its Zip Code pouch .. And let that firehose rip.. |
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