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Old 04-28-26 | 07:22 AM
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Originally Posted by datlas
I expect you may be flirting with dehydration. I almost always have to pee after about 3 hours.
Originally Posted by rsbob
Ya think?

I try to drink a bottle an hour. On a 7 hour ride, that would be a ton of fluid, necessitating a couple of rest stops. But then not everyone sticks to the bottle/hour rule.
when i was doing harder rides i’d bring a bottle when it was over 3 hours, and if over 4 or 5 hours would stop once to refill and also drink another 16-20 oz. but no peeing. and certainly no peeing from anything less on the easy 2 hr ish rides i’ve been doing lately,

am i wrong that putting so much fluid on board that you have to pee it out every hour is counterproductive? i probably am!
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