r/BikeLA • u/WorldwideDave • 6d ago
Where to stop to pee while on a bike ride
Went on a 30 mile ride yesterday mainly through residential along the bike path. Saw public bathrooms and had my two locks with me but was frankly not going to risk leaving $4000 worth of bike and accessories in public.
While heading down Fiji way in the bike lane in marina del ray there was this parking lot that I believe is used exclusively by the LA county marina or parks or beaches or something. Had a few blue pickup trucks in it. Have to have a card to scan to get in and out.
Rode right in on my bike, put on kickstand, looked around, did my #1, and then rode off.
I know there are porta potties and those public bathrooms along the bike path, but they aren’t for me.
8
u/TheInternet_Vagabond 6d ago
You had public restrooms at fisherman's village with a little bike rental shop next to it, you can lock it there or bring it in the restroom, but honestly I locked mine up often the last 15years or so (even when the area wasn't as nice as it is now) and never had any issues there.
6
u/Amazing_Pin_3337 5d ago
Anonymous REI employee here. All bikers please come use our bathroom in the Marina anytime you like, we have two private bathrooms, can bring your bike in with you easily, and we even have a water fountain you can fill your bottles up in.
4
5
u/thelambstechie 6d ago
The park right there at marina del Rey has a handful of bathrooms.
2
u/maseffect 6d ago
This, there is a restroom in front of gazebos big enough to bring your bike in and park it in front of the stall you're in.
5
u/TheRealGenkiGenki 6d ago
marina del rey fishermans village, near the bait dock. Bunch of bike parking and walk in restrooms. Juuust Right off the bike path too!
pin here
3
u/bt1138 6d ago
Disabled rest rooms are the biker's friend.
-12
u/WorldwideDave 6d ago
Two family members are disabled. Bad enough finding a place to park a car for disabled. Not going to also take their bathrooms.
6
u/silentbuttmedley 6d ago
lol unless there’s a line of wheelchairs waiting just use the bathroom.
2
u/bt1138 5d ago
Well I did care for my father in his declining years and learned first hand how special those disabled facilities are and how much it means for people who need them. You learn that the bigger restrooms are not just for a wheelchair, but it has to be big enough for two people because you have to help. I have been there.
Also I'm an architect and am fully aware of all the disabled requirements and design issues. I have designed hundreds of disabled restrooms, parking stalls, ramps and stairs.
Nevertheless, I am on my bike and there's a disabled public restroom on a trail by a riverside, and no one's waiting for it, I am taking it!
5
u/Delicious-Sale6122 6d ago
Yeah, that’s not what a ‘disabled’ bathroom means. It only means that the features are useable by a ‘disabled’ not that others can’t use it.
4
u/Pure_Common7348 6d ago
I hear you, but, you’re in there for 3 minutes. That said, it’s not my 1st choice.
Along the strand in Santa Monica the public bathroom single stalls are barely enough to bring in a bike.
-7
u/WorldwideDave 6d ago
Three minutes. Think about it. You are disabled or a caregiver. In a wheelchair. If you can’t make it on time and you have an accident, you or your caregiver is cleaning the person up for 15 minutes. Cleaning poop, changing clothes, it’s embarrassing and a whole routine. Please stay out of handicapped stalls. Always.
4
1
u/prclayfish 6d ago
We used to park in that lot when I worked on the sport boats back in the early 2000’s. One night we were drawing dicks on our coworkers car and a guy rode up on a bike, flashed a badge from his wallet and yelled about how cops park in that lot and we shouldn’t messing with peoples cars in that lot.
Take that for what it’s worth but id avoid that lot.
1
u/WorldlinessCertain63 5d ago
Sorry to hear about your uromysotisis.
1
u/WorldwideDave 5d ago
Love Seinfeld. Fake disease, in case anyone doesn't want to look it up. Jerry said if he couldn't pee he might die to avoid a ticket. Great episode.
1
u/elemnopee 5d ago
Your $4000 bike has a kickstand?
1
u/WorldwideDave 5d ago edited 5d ago
Yes - center stand. Specialized Globe Haul LT with 4 panniers, front cargo basket, and rear cargo basket. Not a small or light bike.
1
u/smearing 5d ago
no one wanna see all that
1
u/WorldwideDave 5d ago
sounds like an employee at r/REI said we could bring bikes into their store nearby to use the restroom - that's cool.
18
u/pensive_pigeon 6d ago
Most park bathrooms are big enough to bring your bike inside. I do it all the time.