General Cycling Discussion - Cool idea for hot days cycling.

Pour out a bit of water (ice expands) from your 2'nd water bottle and throw the bottle in the freezer night before..

Enjoy.

Standard practice for me, and a good idea.

In the summer in Texas you don't bother filling the second bottle with ice because it will still be hot by the time you get to it.

Use a polar bottle, that'll buy you extra time.
Usually I try to pass by city parks with water fountains to refill on cold water.
Another thing that helps if it's a dry heat, soak a skullcap and your jersey in water, squeeze out the excess then wear it. It'll get downright chilly as the wind evaporates the water.

I do this. When I actually plan ahead enough to remember. Most often I'm rolling out the garage, realize my water bottles are empty, and have to fill them from the garden hose. Tasty!

i shun freezing water bottles because of supposed health hazards when the plastic can leach out into the water when frozen. i don't know if this is myth or not, but i am deferring for now. i've seen it in legitamate discussion >> just putting it out there. you can make your own conclusions as to truth....

Use a Camelbak, it really keeps the water cool! I am not sure what temperatures you guys are experiencing, but with 30 degrees celcius here, it's quite warm. You can put lots of ice in with just a bit of water, and when it melts, it'll be a really cold fluid.

The camelback, or any backpack seems to work best for me. When I go for short rides and use water bottles I am not too concerned about ice cold water. The thing that has to be ice cold for me is any sport drink I bring along, If it's not cold, it seems to sweet to drink.

I go a fair ways from water, services. Even in the pack, by afternoon it's warm.

I pour a bit from the pre-bottled waters and freeze them too sometimes. \ An idea for the polymer leachate theorists.

>jef.

I don't bother with chilling or freezing routine. I find warm water to be just as refreshing on a hot day as cold. In fact I find I drain warm water bottles faster than cold.

Al

Same here - I just need wet. As long it hydrates me, I'm good.

Yup, I learned years ago that it just isn't worth the hassle and got used to drinking warm water.

Good idea for hot days - throw some ice water on your chamois...

just drop at a convinience store, a buy a bottle of Ice cold water, for a dollar, that will cool you off...

Polar bottles do the trick for me.

Ice bottles in freezer the day before; wet a bandana and wrap it around your neck. Wet your cycling cap. Dump some water on your jersey.
Have cycled at 100+ degrees in Tucson, AZ for the past 26 years (warmest: 117!) . . . does it help? Yup! Is it perfect? Nope!
Better idea yet: we are spending this summer in Duluth, MN. Rode tandem this morning at 11 a.m. and had to wear arm warmers! Cool!

Pedal on TWOgether!
Rudy & Kay/Zona tandem

Ice bottles in freezer the day before; wet a bandana and wrap it around your neck. Wet your cycling cap. Dump some water on your jersey.

Pedal on TWOgether!
Rudy & Kay/Zona tandem

While you're at it, why not just throw your shorts into the freezer the day before? :D

The faster you go the more the breeze cools you off. :)

While you're at it, why not just throw your shorts into the freezer the day before? :D

Damn, I'm actually going to try that one. Hopefully, the boys can deal with the initial shock!