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!
If you figure out something, be sure to share your solution. Could be very cool, for all kinds of activities. Some kind of accessory Ortlieb roll top bag with a heavy liner and absorptive pellets… mad scientist time!
A few people online said after their stubs failed and they went to stomas, that the stomas were pretty good. It does seem like for biking or hiking managing a bag would be a bit more stealth than squatting behind the shrubbery!