Originally Posted by
Andy_K
I would expect the good riders to be more likely to be able to drink than anyone else, because the rest of us are busy worrying about things like, "Can I puke here without losing too much of my momentum?"
+1, that is how I feel!!!
If I'd try to drink water during a race my gasping for good air would blow the water all over me or worse yet be sucked into my lungs. Yet, my son was in an A race and had me hand up a bottle at 30 minutes and 45 minutes. He was able to drink half a bottle while riding about 100' on each of the laps.