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So, what's your strategy when cycling in the middle of nowhere re: bathroom breaks (lemmy.ca)
submitted 1 year ago by Showroom7561@lemmy.ca to c/bicycles@lemmy.ca
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I cycle quite a bit (500-1000km / month), but my recreational routes have all been near areas where I know I'll have access to public toilets and clean drinking water.

I'd love to venture out onto more rural roads and areas, way outside of areas that might normally have toilet access, but that's quite literally the only thing holding me back from doing so.

What are your strategies? Piss by the side of the road and hope nobody sees you? Squat out in a heavily forested area and risk ticks?

This is not a topic that ever gets talked about with cycle tourists, endurance riders, and other long-distance cyclists, so I'd love to know how to approach this!

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[-] GCanuck@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

Not a cyclist, just here from “All” on a slow Friday afternoon. But I am a country boy.

If it’s just piss, hang brain wherever there is some seclusion. Ain’t no one gonna care, unless you’re pissing on someone’s lawn that is.

If you have to shit, well that’s a different story. Shit before you go is the best strategy. But in cases of emergency, find a bush with a tree trunk you can grab onto and let ‘er rip. Leaves or a clean stick will deal with most of the nasty, but it might be good to keep a tissue or two in the fanny pack.

Bear in mind no one wants to see you shitting in the wild. Seclusion is much more important in this case.

[-] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

haha. I appreciate the insight.

I don't expect any emergency bathroom breaks, but I am curious to know how people do it.

Some heatmap areas for cyclists (which helps with route planning) are really out of the way of any civilization, so even a coffee shop would be difficult to find.

I can't imagine any one going before they leave, cycling for 6+ hours, then going home to use the bathroom.

[-] fixerdude2@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

This.. and look out for google map vehicles.

[-] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

and look out for google map vehicles.

Oh god, to be immortalized squatting by the side of the road would be soul crushing.

[-] oo1@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

so that you can chuck shit at their cameras . . .

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