Water Bottles, Why?
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Water Bottles, Why?
Since I've never seen anyone actually die of thirst while riding a bike, why do we carry waterbottles? We spend thousands of dollars to shave ounces, chucking a water bottle can be as much as a pound and a half! I would guess that kind of weight loss would allow a normal guy who can spin a 53-13 the ability to spin 50-12. What do you think?
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Because carrying and drinking two water bottles is chaper and more convenient than an ER visit for dehydration. Any ride over 30 minutes requires fluids.
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Because you need water to stay hydrated and being dehydrated leads to a significant loss of performance.
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I know you're trying to be funny and entertaining, but I had a friend who got extremely ill from dehydration. The odd thing was, she had water in her camelbak. If she was alone, she would've died for sure cuz she was disoriented by the time anyone realized something was wrong.
hydrate or die
hydrate or die
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Originally Posted by Stealthman_1
Since I've never seen anyone actually die of thirst while riding a bike, why do we carry waterbottles? We spend thousands of dollars to shave ounces, chucking a water bottle can be as much as a pound and a half! I would guess that kind of weight loss would allow a normal guy who can spin a 53-13 the ability to spin 50-12. What do you think?
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i dont use water bottles...i carry a really large water bottle strapped to my back =)
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Originally Posted by Stealthman_1
Since I've never seen anyone actually die of thirst while riding a bike, why do we carry waterbottles? We spend thousands of dollars to shave ounces, chucking a water bottle can be as much as a pound and a half! I would guess that kind of weight loss would allow a normal guy who can spin a 53-13 the ability to spin 50-12. What do you think?
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Good idea.
I'm also going to throw away my component group controls and just wrap the cables around my handlebar to acheive the proper settings, ride in nothing but tighty whities and use solid rubber tires.
I'm also going to throw away my component group controls and just wrap the cables around my handlebar to acheive the proper settings, ride in nothing but tighty whities and use solid rubber tires.
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Originally Posted by 53-11 alltheway
...this forum gets a little dry sometimes...
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Over at analictic cycling.com you can see that a frame mounted water bottle does make you more aerodynamic, so...while they would need to run the numbers if you strapped a 5 gallon Alhambra bottle to your back I bet you would substantially reduce your wake turbulance. You could even carry a gallon of water in it, cause we all no thanks to ZIPP that aero is much better than light weight!
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Thats cause no one's dumb enough to go far enough without water to die.
That's like, "Why do we need a firesuit, I've never seen anyone burn to death walking next to a 2000 degree volcano flow without a firesuit.
That's like, "Why do we need a firesuit, I've never seen anyone burn to death walking next to a 2000 degree volcano flow without a firesuit.
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Originally Posted by Stealthman_1
Since I've never seen anyone actually die of thirst while riding a bike, why do we carry waterbottles? We spend thousands of dollars to shave ounces, chucking a water bottle can be as much as a pound and a half! I would guess that kind of weight loss would allow a normal guy who can spin a 53-13 the ability to spin 50-12. What do you think?
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Originally Posted by slvoid
Thats cause no one's dumb enough to go far enough without water to die.
That's like, "Why do we need a firesuit, I've never seen anyone burn to death walking next to a 2000 degree volcano flow without a firesuit.
That's like, "Why do we need a firesuit, I've never seen anyone burn to death walking next to a 2000 degree volcano flow without a firesuit.
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Originally Posted by Stealthman_1
Since I've never seen anyone actually die of thirst while riding a bike, why do we carry waterbottles? We spend thousands of dollars to shave ounces, chucking a water bottle can be as much as a pound and a half! I would guess that kind of weight loss would allow a normal guy who can spin a 53-13 the ability to spin 50-12. What do you think?
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I don't think we need food either. Just think..if we all stop eating we could loose weight then those hills wouldn't be so hard. Of course eventually we'd all starve to death. But think of the abs we'd have.
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Originally Posted by 53-11 alltheway
Hahahaha.....I know you are trying to mock me, but I still think you are funny as hell. Proceed by all means.....this forum gets a little dry sometimes......dry sometimes....dry........get it? (thread about water bottles....oh, never mind I'll take that joke back to the cheese factory)
When I fisrt started riding again, I dehydrated once and had softball sized cramps on each thigh. Hydration is no joke.
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water bottles are a good source of entertainment. just "accidentally" chuck a full one into some poor idiot's spokes during a criterium and watch the fireworks. priceless.
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Common sense is important.
I remember when my older brother was in late high-school, maybe early college, and he "got into" road biking for a short while. He once told me straight-faced, you don't need to carry along water unless you are going on a 2+ hour ride. I knew nothing about road cycling, but I almost instantly deduced he had confused food-related info with water-related info. He apparently read a cycling magazine that gave a 2-hour rule on food, and his mistaken recollection was that the 2-hr rule pertained to water.
Common sense, people.
I remember when my older brother was in late high-school, maybe early college, and he "got into" road biking for a short while. He once told me straight-faced, you don't need to carry along water unless you are going on a 2+ hour ride. I knew nothing about road cycling, but I almost instantly deduced he had confused food-related info with water-related info. He apparently read a cycling magazine that gave a 2-hour rule on food, and his mistaken recollection was that the 2-hr rule pertained to water.
Common sense, people.
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Originally Posted by Stealthman_1
Since I've never seen anyone actually die of thirst while riding a bike, why do we carry waterbottles? We spend thousands of dollars to shave ounces, chucking a water bottle can be as much as a pound and a half! I would guess that kind of weight loss would allow a normal guy who can spin a 53-13 the ability to spin 50-12. What do you think?
On the subject of bike weight, rolling resistance weight is what counts most - that's why people spend big bucks on light wheelsets.
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During the winter, I can ride hard for about an hour without any water. Summer, about a bottle per hour.
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Actually - you're right, water is a waste of time. I carry beer in my bottles, helps me up those hills. The advantage with beer is that it contains all sorts of other goodies to keep you going, and the more you have, the quicker you seem to go.