Road cyclists and hydration

[Mike Muz]

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Don't forget the lace up Shimano spd boots too !

 

[jimo746]

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Ok, so the pros get a service car and bottles brought up to them, but what about us amateurs out for a ride? 2 x 750ml bottles would last me a couple of hours depending on the weather, so what if you were out for 4 or 5 hours? Surely a camelbak would make sense then?
And as for aerodynamics, don't motorbike racers have a hump on their backs to help with aerodynamics? Would a similar thing (like a Camelbak) not do a similar job on a road bike? Especially during time trials?

 

[Logic.Al]

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I think it's that old division between friendly mtb'ers and miserable toadies. In every sort of activity there's always a them and us attitude I guess.

 

[widowmaker]

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I think it's that old division between friendly mtb'ers and miserable toadies. In every sort of activity there's always a them and us attitude I guess.

I get this a lot of the time, I have been out for a 54 mile ride, and 2 x 750ml bottles are not enough for 4 hours riding in 20c weather.

I am currently building a Univega bike for roadwork, running on 26" slicks with cityjets, road bike ratio gears, when he found out I was intending to use straight bars and bar ends his jaw almost hit the floor :roll:

I don't see why you should have to conform to any so called styles

I ride what feels the best for me.

And this really happened, last year on the 2013 Macmillan Dorset Cycle ride, I was overtaken on a hill on my Roadbike by a man wearing beach shorts, flip flops, riding a shopper style bike complete with a huge radio bungee corded to the pannier listening the Cricket :facepalm:

 

[David B]

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I get this a lot of the time, I have been out for a 54 mile ride, and 2 x 750ml bottles are not enough for 4 hours riding in 20c weather.

I can just about get by with 2 x 750 bottles over that sort of time/distance. 8+ hours and 80+ miles in the saddle on my tourer is another matter, though, especially with a weekend away's worth of stuff in the panniers. In such cases extra bottles shoved in jersey pockets or in pannier side pouches are a must!!

David

 

[cce]

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Ok, so the pros get a service car and bottles brought up to them, but what about us amateurs out for a ride? 2 x 750ml bottles would last me a couple of hours depending on the weather, so what if you were out for 4 or 5 hours? Surely a camelbak would make sense then?
And as for aerodynamics, don't motorbike racers have a hump on their backs to help with aerodynamics? Would a similar thing (like a Camelbak) not do a similar job on a road bike? Especially during time trials?

a camelback if worn has to be proven not to provide any aerodynamic benefit....

 

[FMJ]

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that and the baggies will really get you some serious scowls.

Try showing up wearing PI shorts, gloves, socks, Ergo 3s, and a 20 year old t-shirt with the sleeves cut off, Merlin logo on the front, and "It's only a bike" on the back.

Where do you put your food?

It's only 60k FFS. If I can't ride that far without having to jam packets of toaster strudel topping down my throat I should take up lawn bowling.

Uh, ok.

 

[JamesM]

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I guess I'll have to see what the reactions are when I see my first roadie as a roadie.

If they smile, nod, wave, or say hello (I do all four) then they are not a 'serious' rider.

Smiling uses up watts, nodding and waving isn't aero and saying hello reduces oxygen intake!!!

 

[NeilM]

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Smiling uses up watts, nodding and waving isn't aero and saying hello reduces oxygen intake!!!

Ahhh that'll be it then, plus any friendly acknowledgement of other forms of humanity dissipates the 'cloud of gloom' and they then have to build it up all over again.

 

[mattr]

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Smiling uses up watts, nodding and waving isn't aero and saying hello reduces oxygen intake!!!

Maybe if you smiled, nodded, waved and said hello less often you might manage to crack the hour. Rather than trying to do it by dicking around with pointless pedalling techniques.

And I'll be fecked if I can work out where you lot meet your roadies.