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Old 04-24-09, 01:21 PM
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A more Aerodynamic Fred?

Or whatever...

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I guess the Columbia guys are freds then?



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I guess the Columbia guys are freds then?


Well ya, as mush as this guy is
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moobs lol
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I would use that in a long TT
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Now we just need catheter shorts and we're good.
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Id use it too, not having to get out of the aero position to drink in a 40k TT and not having a bottle on the frame are ++
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It's not all about aerodynamica you weenie, it's about riding cyclosportives a.o. without having to stop for water
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Originally Posted by marsh283
Id use it too, not having to get out of the aero position to drink in a 40k TT and not having a bottle on the frame are ++
not always true

or true de facto
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not always true

or true de facto
-costs exponentially more
-still need to get out of aero to drink from it

If I had one i wouldnt complain tho...
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So...wearing a camelback = Fred?

Fred must not be thirsty then.
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My wife wants one of those in the worst way but they are expensive (price/performance) as far as i am concerned.
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I want one of those, but not to use on the bike. I would fill it with beer and sip on it while I do my yard work.
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Sprocket that sounds like a great idea. Execution however, is a slightly different storry. I had the great idea to fill up the camelback with a few beers once. The first few sips I thought I was in heaven, after about thirty minutes it was just a warm disgusting mess. Thank God all I could afford was Busch light at the time, it would have been a shame to waste something worth drinking.
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Sprocket it sounds like a great idea. Execution however, is a slightly different storry. I had the great idea to fill up the camelback with a few beers once. The first few sips I thought I was in heaven, after about thirty minutes it was just a warm disgusting mess. Thank God all I could afford was Busch light at the time, it would have been a shame to waste something worth drinking.
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Originally Posted by Ratfish
Now we just need catheter shorts and we're good.
Just replace the mouthpiece with the Camelbak Catheter attachment and you are good to go.
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