Joined: Jun 2005
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From: South of Raleigh, North of New Hill, East of Harris Lake, NC
Bikes: Specialized Tarmac, Specialized Roubaix, Giant OCR-C, Specialized Stumpjumper FSR, Stumpjumper Comp, 88 & 92Nishiki Ariel, 87 Centurion Ironman, 92 Paramount, 84 Nishiki Medalist
Almost all the trail riders use a pac when it's warm or hot out. I'm seeing more and more of them on road bikers for the reasons you listed. We've all seen water bottles getting dropped during club rides and if you don't have a second bottle, it's either bail out to get the bottle or ride on and dehydrate.
It's pretty hard to lose a pak.
I only put water in my pak and put sports drink in a small bottle for longer rides.
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