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I am shopping for a hydration pack.
The bottle route does not supply enuf water for long rides. I would appreciate feedback from users. Like make/model of what you use. Thanks, Andy |
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On 8/7/2019 5:56 PM, AK wrote:
I am shopping for a hydration pack. The bottle route does not supply enuf water for long rides. I would appreciate feedback from users. Like make/model of what you use. I use multiple bottles for long, hot rides. I also stop to refill, and/or to pay for a cold drink if desirable. -- - Frank Krygowski |
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On 8/8/19 7:56 am, AK wrote:
I am shopping for a hydration pack. The bottle route does not supply enuf water for long rides. I would appreciate feedback from users. Like make/model of what you use. Thanks, Andy Do you mean a camelbak sort of thing? They're good for MTBing where you can't readily take a hand of the bars, and there's no bottle to bounce out of a cage, but for road riding I'd not go that way. Can you fit at least 2 water bottles within the main frame triangle? I think you can get oversize bottles too, up to a litre or so? https://www.merlincycles.com/zefal-magnum-bottle-1-litre-150768.html In very hot (40C) and humid weather, I drink about 1 to 1.5 litres per hour. My 2x 750ml bottles are just enough to get me from one town to the next around here. My latest acquisition is a gravel/touring bike. The frame has room for 3 bottles on the main triangle, and another 2 on the fork! -- JS |
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On Wednesday, August 7, 2019 at 10:32:07 PM UTC-5, James wrote:
On 8/8/19 7:56 am, AK wrote: I am shopping for a hydration pack. The bottle route does not supply enuf water for long rides. I would appreciate feedback from users. Like make/model of what you use. Thanks, Andy Do you mean a camelbak sort of thing? They're good for MTBing where you can't readily take a hand of the bars, and there's no bottle to bounce out of a cage, but for road riding I'd not go that way. Can you fit at least 2 water bottles within the main frame triangle? I think you can get oversize bottles too, up to a litre or so? https://www.merlincycles.com/zefal-magnum-bottle-1-litre-150768.html In very hot (40C) and humid weather, I drink about 1 to 1.5 litres per hour. My 2x 750ml bottles are just enough to get me from one town to the next around here. My latest acquisition is a gravel/touring bike. The frame has room for 3 bottles on the main triangle, and another 2 on the fork! -- JS I can fit 2 bottle holders on my frame. The problem is that one of them would interfere when I need to work on the bike and have to turn it upside down. Andy |
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On 8/8/19 2:08 pm, AK wrote:
I can fit 2 bottle holders on my frame. The problem is that one of them would interfere when I need to work on the bike and have to turn it upside down. Hmm. I guess you want to attach a work stand clamp to the seat tube? I don't turn my bike upside down. If I wanted to do what I suspect you do, it would be trivial to remove the bottle and unscrew the cage. Be careful clamping the tube. Many bike frames these days have thin walled tubes that can be damaged. -- JS |
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On Wed, 07 Aug 2019 14:56:33 -0700, AK wrote:
I am shopping for a hydration pack. I've never like any pack wiggling around on my back whilst riding. The bottle route does not supply enuf water for long rides. I bumped the water bottle holding capacity up to five off the frame. That was two inside, one hanging off the downtube and one off each fork. There was also options to mount a pair off the handlebars, but I prefered mine clean. To stop bottles bouncing out, I used a custom cut "rubber band", If you know the methof of slicing beans diagonally, I made them that way from old "thornproof" tubes. It leaves a nice tab you can grip with your fingers to obtain access. I would appreciate feedback from users. Like make/model of what you use. Used a rack(front or rear) and a simple saddle bags set of panniers. then you can carry whatever amount of water you need. I think my panniers can carry a 5L bottle each. That is 1(UK)gallonn or 1.3(US)gallon. If the sloshing worries you, you can just load up a number of market water bottles these days. In those days, the give away gimmick was water bottles and I have a box of them from that source I could use. |
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On Wed, 7 Aug 2019 21:08:06 -0700 (PDT), AK
wrote: On Wednesday, August 7, 2019 at 10:32:07 PM UTC-5, James wrote: On 8/8/19 7:56 am, AK wrote: I am shopping for a hydration pack. The bottle route does not supply enuf water for long rides. I would appreciate feedback from users. Like make/model of what you use. Thanks, Andy Do you mean a camelbak sort of thing? They're good for MTBing where you can't readily take a hand of the bars, and there's no bottle to bounce out of a cage, but for road riding I'd not go that way. Can you fit at least 2 water bottles within the main frame triangle? I think you can get oversize bottles too, up to a litre or so? https://www.merlincycles.com/zefal-magnum-bottle-1-litre-150768.html In very hot (40C) and humid weather, I drink about 1 to 1.5 litres per hour. My 2x 750ml bottles are just enough to get me from one town to the next around here. My latest acquisition is a gravel/touring bike. The frame has room for 3 bottles on the main triangle, and another 2 on the fork! -- JS I can fit 2 bottle holders on my frame. The problem is that one of them would interfere when I need to work on the bike and have to turn it upside down. Andy You can also fit a behind the seat rack that holds two large size bottles and with the bottles removed does not protrude above the saddle. -- Cheers, John B. |
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