Miles per bottle
09-03-11, 05:45 AM
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Last time I checked I was getting about 2 miles to the pint (Imperial pint BTW) it is a mile from my parents house to the pub...
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Also depends on my speed and how masochistic I'm feeling. (how many hills today?)
I average about a bottle of H2O per hour, a touch over 10 mph currently.
I average about a bottle of H2O per hour, a touch over 10 mph currently.
09-03-11, 08:27 AM
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Yesterday the heat index was 98F and I drank 3or 4 bottles on a 12 mile ride. On Monday it's supposed to be 63F, and I will probably go 12 miles without taking a single sip of water.
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For my commute? None. It's less than 8 miles round-trip.
95F temperatures on long rides? I'm stopping everywhere I can to refill water bottles.
Pub run? I ride 4 miles there and back, usually drink 3 - so 1 1/3 mile per pint.
95F temperatures on long rides? I'm stopping everywhere I can to refill water bottles.
Pub run? I ride 4 miles there and back, usually drink 3 - so 1 1/3 mile per pint.
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Most of the time I get about 16 to 24 miles from one bottle.When it gets cold then it's coffee time.
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I'm not sure of the mileage,but after about a fifth...I'm done.
Depends alot on the temps,could be 1 bottle every 20 miles...could be 4.
Depends alot on the temps,could be 1 bottle every 20 miles...could be 4.
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I have a 16-oz double-walled stainless steel coffee tumbler that fits nicely into an aluminum bottle cage. When I carry it on my commute (cold temps), I always put it in my seat tube cage so it stays mostly upright.
Works like a charm. Except, you know, that charms don't actually work, and this does.
Works like a charm. Except, you know, that charms don't actually work, and this does.
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I get about 1 hour per water bottle. How many miles per bottle is determined by how fast I'm going. 
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Where I live the summer climate is very mild and it rarley goes over 80, usely I can get 20-30 miles out of one water bottle.
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I can get through a fifty mile ride with just two 16 oz. bottles, but I'm pretty parched during the last five miles, and typically need to down another 30 oz. once I'm done.
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I need to update my last post after today's ride. I rode 66 miles in ~4 hours on 2 bottles. Either the temperature is coming down or I need to ride harder. Or both.
