Could a #2 be beneficial for a ride..
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A #2 pre-ride is weight reduction for the ride and allows a more accurate measurement of weight loss resulting from the ride. Also psychologically makes up for having "upgraded" to components which are a few grams heavier than their predecessors.
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Most days its not a problem going out first thing in the morning for a 20-30 mile ride. However, I keep a big bottle of strong home-brewed tea in the refrigerator. When I first get up in the morning and feel something's 'at the door' I mix a cup of that tea with an equal amount of soda and chug it down. By the time I finish dressing its worked its magic and the 'brown trout get released into the pool'. Yep, I've got a cast-iron stomach and can drink strong tea or a stiff cup of coffee with no other after-effects than the previously mentioned 'release.'
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Most days its not a problem going out first thing in the morning for a 20-30 mile ride. However, I keep a big bottle of strong home-brewed tea in the refrigerator. When I first get up in the morning and feel something's 'at the door' I mix a cup of that tea with an equal amount of soda and chug it down. By the time I finish dressing its worked its magic and the 'brown trout get released into the pool'. Yep, I've got a cast-iron stomach and can drink strong tea or a stiff cup of coffee with no other after-effects than the previously mentioned 'release.'
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A hard log makes it hard to get it over the top when powering a 56 but a mushy mess makes spinning the little ring a chore.
Just bring a bidet for your bidon to clean the cul.
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Are we going for a 30 minute ride or a 3 hour ride?
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I check the plumbing before leaving the house for anything. Why not?
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When I use to do two and three week backpacks in the Sierra, the morning would come quick and need urgent attention. I learned to dig my hole the night before and make sure I could locate it with a headlamp in the dark. Something about nine mile days, 3,000 feet of ascent and descent and freeze dried food and dried fruit! I have been called only a few times on a bike ride but had the paper to comply!
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In college before a game (football) we were given a can of Nutriment as a way of stimulating an evacuation. You feel lighter and more supple IMO. And, yes to the OP's original question.
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Also, baby wipes are ace for keeping that fresh feeling on longer rides.
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Are you saying you don't give a crap?
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Attended a 2 hour talk by Bob Roll in Seattle many years ago. He was describing what it was like riding the TdF. After one stage, most of the riders in the tour bedded down in a large gym after a substantial dinner. Before midnight Bob started getting abdominal cramping and bad gas which could only mean one thing- the big D - diarrhea. He described a frantic episode steeple chasing the cots from the center of the gym to the restrooms in the out corridors hoping he would not explode while jumping over fellow riders in the dark. He fortunately did make it but his GI system kept him up most of the night sitting on the pot.
His start the next morning was questionable but the episodes had slowed down dramatically and he didn’t want to DNF, so he headed out with his team. About two hours out, the cramping began again as his breakfast was rushing to get out, so to speak. He was desperately looking for a place in the countryside to get off his bike and relieve the pressing urgency. He saw a large hedge ahead and made a desperate last surge to get to one end where he dashed off his bike, dropped his bibs and dropped his watery load. When finished and feeling much better, he looked around and discovered a French family with two young children just off to the side of the hedge with faces aghast, after witnessing his relief.
His start the next morning was questionable but the episodes had slowed down dramatically and he didn’t want to DNF, so he headed out with his team. About two hours out, the cramping began again as his breakfast was rushing to get out, so to speak. He was desperately looking for a place in the countryside to get off his bike and relieve the pressing urgency. He saw a large hedge ahead and made a desperate last surge to get to one end where he dashed off his bike, dropped his bibs and dropped his watery load. When finished and feeling much better, he looked around and discovered a French family with two young children just off to the side of the hedge with faces aghast, after witnessing his relief.
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I can tell you from experience that having extra baggage can be quite painful. Unloading can make the difference in finishing a day long ride.
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LOL. Not worried about the last slices or cups but.. Had an episode where I barely made it to work. Since then I try to evaluate my waste removal problems better before a ride.
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To answer the OP's question. Yes, this is part of my training for a long Saturday brevet.
Here's what I do. Thursday afternoon, a slice of greasy pizza. Thursday night, about 3-5 beers. Friday afternoon? It ain't pretty, but I usually succeed.
Come Saturday for a nice 9 hours or more on the saddle, I'm usually worry free.
I've had enough rides where I've experienced a countdown. A sharp pain in the stomach, and then 60, 59, 58, 57.... before I MUST find a place. It's usually worse when it happens on my recumbent.
Here's what I do. Thursday afternoon, a slice of greasy pizza. Thursday night, about 3-5 beers. Friday afternoon? It ain't pretty, but I usually succeed.
Come Saturday for a nice 9 hours or more on the saddle, I'm usually worry free.
I've had enough rides where I've experienced a countdown. A sharp pain in the stomach, and then 60, 59, 58, 57.... before I MUST find a place. It's usually worse when it happens on my recumbent.
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Unfortunately, I can't manage a bowel movement before a ride. I really should have listened to all of those BF sages that told me that I didn't need lighter wheels and that I could just take a crap before my ride, instead. Alas and alack, I bought the lighter wheels and now pooping pre-ride is no longer an option.
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I got some bad jerky for an overnight ride a couple of years ago. It wasn't fun. Fortunately I was in some mighty isolated areas.
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I was saved by a community center facility on a ride earlier this summer. It was an unfamiliar neighborhood and I was seriously thinking about knocking on a stranger's door for help. Thank goodness for that community center, I shudder to think what would have happened otherwise. I make it a point now to release what I can before a ride.
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Should the urge & purge left a little doubt prior to a ride, it may or may not be a concerning factor for some. I've postponed the ride until I feel all systems are a go... errr have had a full go.
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