Living Car Free - Miles per bottle

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Snowman219
09-03-11, 02:05 AM
I get 12 miles per bottle. Post what you get :D.

Caretaker
09-03-11, 02:50 AM
Depends. Wine? Beer? Water? Temperature?
wahoonc
09-03-11, 05:45 AM
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...

Aaron :)

Cheshire
09-03-11, 07:48 AM
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. ;)
Roody
09-03-11, 08:27 AM
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.
Snowman219
09-03-11, 05:48 PM
Depends. Wine? Beer? Water? Temperature?

Eh, just as is. So last week, what is your water/mile?
dcrowell
09-04-11, 04:24 AM
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. :)
UberGeek
09-05-11, 07:09 PM
About a bottle per hour, depending on temperature.
KDC1956
09-06-11, 12:39 AM
Most of the time I get about 16 to 24 miles from one bottle.When it gets cold then it's coffee time.
Booger1
09-06-11, 10:13 AM
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.
Roody
09-06-11, 10:13 AM
Most of the time I get about 16 to 24 miles from one bottle.When it gets cold then it's coffee time.

Do you put coffee in your water bottle, or do you have a special thermal bottle for coffee?
KDC1956
09-08-11, 02:45 PM
Do you put coffee in your water bottle, or do you have a special thermal bottle for coffee?
No I stop for coffee asap.But I have been looking for a bracket so I can mount a cup in.And Velo-Orange is out of one.Hope they get them back in soon.
RichardGlover
09-09-11, 03:21 PM
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.
wahoonc
09-09-11, 06:14 PM
No I stop for coffee asap.But I have been looking for a bracket so I can mount a cup in.And Velo-Orange is out of one.Hope they get them back in soon.

There are several others out there. I saw a cup and holder combo at my LBS, but don't remember the brand. It was a SS thermal cup with the sippie top.

Aaron :)
nathan.johnson
09-12-11, 09:01 AM
I get about 1 hour per water bottle. How many miles per bottle is determined by how fast I'm going. :D
robbyrocks12345
09-17-11, 09:44 PM
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.
junkyardking
09-17-11, 10:31 PM
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.
nathan.johnson
09-18-11, 06:53 PM
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.