Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 3,520
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From: Colorado Springs, CO
Bikes: 1959 Bottecchia Milano-Sanremo (frame), 1966 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1971 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1973 Bottecchia Gran Turismo, 1974 Bottecchia Special, 1977 Bottecchia Special (frame), 1974 Peugeot UO-8
If you are caught using a Camelbak on a road bike your roadie union card will be pulled and you will be branded a Fred and banned from the Road Cycling forum. On a MTB, Camelbaks are the way to go. Just kidding about the roadie stuff but honestly I've never found myself in a situation on even long road rides where I didn't pass a convenience store every few miles so carrying large amounts of water has never been an issue. I tend to travel light with my wallet/cell phone/patch kit/spare tube/CO2 cartridge in my jersey, and a couple of bottles for the road. For MTB OTOH, I might be miles from nowhere and Camelbak a comes in very handy. Stopping to fill bottles from a stream with dirt and giardia parasites just doesn't get it.
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1959 Bottecchia Milano-Sanremo(frame), 1966 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1971 Bottecchia Professional (frame),
1973 Bottecchia Gran Turismo, 1974 Bottecchia Special, 1977 Bottecchia Special (frame),
1974 Peugeot UO-8, 1988 Panasonic PT-3500, 2002 Bianchi Veloce, 2004 Bianchi Pista