View Poll Results: How do You Drink?
Bottle from cage or pocket
111
82.22%
Camelbak
5
3.70%
I can't ride one handed, I stop to drink
18
13.33%
I don't ride long enough to need hydration
1
0.74%
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How do You Drink?
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12-27-20, 08:41 AM
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I used to use a Camelback for a couple years but it was too much weight on my back and shoulders. Bottles are just plain KISS.
That said I might consider a Camelback mounted to my frame in the future.
That said I might consider a Camelback mounted to my frame in the future.
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12-27-20, 08:46 AM
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Thermos or water bottle... I always stop to drink. The reason that I stop is because I am not in a hurry to get to my destination and I am not racing against anybody.
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12-27-20, 08:53 AM
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Aquafina water bottles fit my cage perfectly and I can pitch them recycle them if they get nasty looking or dustier than I want to deal with cleaning. Oh, and I stop to drink.
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12-27-20, 08:56 AM
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Alone. With nobody else.
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12-27-20, 09:00 AM
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All of the above. Depends on what and where I plan to ride that day. On the hottest, most humid Oklahoma summer days if I plan to ride where there are no options to refill my water bottles, I will wear a CamelBak. Short rides or routes I know I can refill, I have two bottles in a cage and while pulling a bottle from a cage is no problem, I'm not in a hurry so I'll stop somewhere to drink.
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12-27-20, 09:00 AM
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Bottoms up. Is there another way?
12-27-20, 12:10 PM
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Originally Posted by shelbyfv
Another entry in our 2020 race to the bottom....
To the point:
1) King Cages on all but one of my bikes. The only cages I''ve bought in the past ten years.
2) On my custom frame, the single best decision was having a third set of water bottle mounts added (on the underside of the downtube). This past year, while trying to avoid c-stores, three bottles (750ml) would get me through most rides -- and on longer (60+ miles) rides, they would get me to a public park with a water tap.
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12-27-20, 01:15 PM
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
Alone. With nobody else.
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12-27-20, 01:57 PM
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With a water glass, filled with the best water from Clermont Kentucky in my experience its the best hydration solution and it all fits in my handlebar bag
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12-27-20, 02:49 PM
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You need a Trail Chicken™
This just brings up yet another reason to eschew a normal bike and ride a tricycle.
On hot days you can just cradle your 108 oz. Ultra Big Gulp filled with sarsaparilla soda between your stick-like legs as you recline your way down the sidewalk.
It's easily accessible with a very long crazy straw and keeps your boys nice and cool to boot.
On hot days you can just cradle your 108 oz. Ultra Big Gulp filled with sarsaparilla soda between your stick-like legs as you recline your way down the sidewalk.
It's easily accessible with a very long crazy straw and keeps your boys nice and cool to boot.
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12-27-20, 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted by bruce19
Bourbon. Neat.
I have always lived by that advice.
12-27-20, 04:19 PM
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Originally Posted by TomM
I swallow.
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12-27-20, 05:40 PM
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Originally Posted by badger1
My grandfather told me never to ruin a perfectly good whiskey by putting something in it -- water, ice, anything.
I have always lived by that advice.
I have always lived by that advice.
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12-27-20, 05:49 PM
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King SS cages rock. I have them on my super fly custom ti bike.
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12-28-20, 09:22 AM
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
Alone. With nobody else.
12-28-20, 09:28 AM
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Well, I mainly use water bottles, but on longer rides out in the middle of nowhere I take along a hydration pack, especially on hot days. It's not unusual for me to go through both bottles and most of the 2 liter hydration pack on long rides during the summer.
And I don't stop to take a drink unless I'm taking a break or something. Not because I'm in a hurry to get anywhere, but it just seems like a pain in the butt to stop every time I want some water. So I either reach down and grab a bottle or I unclip the hydration pack straw and drink from it.
And I don't stop to take a drink unless I'm taking a break or something. Not because I'm in a hurry to get anywhere, but it just seems like a pain in the butt to stop every time I want some water. So I either reach down and grab a bottle or I unclip the hydration pack straw and drink from it.
12-28-20, 11:21 AM
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Your supposed to drink slowly enough so that the fluids warm up inside your mouth and mix with a sufficient amount of saliva before swallowing if you are concerned about hydrating yourself properly.
12-28-20, 11:28 AM
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Camelbak on the seatbag on my recumbent. Camelbak beside me in the velo.
12-28-20, 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Moisture
Your supposed to drink slowly enough so that the fluids warm up inside your mouth and mix with a sufficient amount of saliva before swallowing if you are concerned about hydrating yourself properly.
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