Full vs Empty bladder, an unscientific experiment
I commute to work on my bike, not very far just a bit over three miles each way. I record each ride for fun just to see if I'm getting any faster. A few weeks ago I was closing down and had to go pee fairly bad, but decided to try and experiment and held my pee until I got home in order to see if the pressure on my bladder would encourage me to ride faster. The average moving speed on my way home for the week before was 14.8 mp/h with the lowest average moving speed ride being 14.5 mp/h and the highest being 15.3 mp/h. On the day with a full bladder my average moving speed was 15.7 mp/h and I had a road closure that detoured me an extra quarter mile, so even with a ever so slightly longer ride I absolutely crushed it on my way home. I decided that with my short commute the extra few seconds I shaved off my ride wasn't worth the discomfort so I did not continue the experiment to get better data.
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Dangerous game you’re playing haha
Don’t think the extra motivation is worth the risk of public humiliation
Agreed, although I'm curious what the speed increase would be from having a duce locked and loaded
From my experience it’s hard to pedal hard when desperate for a shit lol
Had a couple times when touring where I rolled to a cafe as gently as possible before committing war crimes in their restroom
Yea thats not too surprising to hear if I'm being honest, I can't even drive fast when I gotta shit
I feel as soon as you hit a hill it'll be hard to push the pedals while not also dropping the locked and loaded payload.
Yea one wrong squeeze and your name is mudd
Cue Primus bass riff...
Ha. Awesome. Glad you realized its not worth the discomfort.
I used to commute, and my game was constantly accelerating. I would go through jthe gears from a srop and try to be accelerating always. On straight flat areas I would just keep pushing as hard as I could until effort vs wind resistance etc sort of balanced out.
Pros. Everyone said my sweat smelled amazing, built large lower quads.
Cons: chain and sprocket set wears out very quickly
I rode my bike home from work a few times in my previous career (long story). I ride a lot, and this was only 25 miles, so it should be easy for me!
But I was so excited the first few times, that I just couldn't slow down and relax. My calf muscles clamped a few miles in, causing major pain.
Set some great personal records though.