Hi, all!
i'm new here and pretty new to randonneuring. i'll just jump in with my own thoughts re camelbacks. i've ridden with and without and my feeling these days is i prefer without. controls are close enough that i can get by with two bottles and i can pack a third if i need it. mostly what i don't like about camelbacks is the extra pull i have to take on the tube. i know it should be insignificant but it just seems like it takes that little bit of extra breath that i'd rather not have to use. not to mention that it's happened a time or two when i pulled the mouthpiece off the tube and had a gushing fountain. try fixing that while riding in a group at 20mph.

otoh, what might change my mind is carrying a camelbak on the handlebars rather than my back. has anyone tried that?

** mp **