How do you hydrate while riding?

I have 3 off-brand camelbacks. I bought one last year, and won two of
them in a race.

They only hold 2 1/2 liters of water, but I have never used that much
at once before, even on the slickrock trail in Moab.

* Camelback is what you call an off-brand camelbak

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WTF is a Camelpack?

Read da 'post' (http://tinyurl.com/8czzb).

vivalargo said:

The challenge of a Camelbak on long technical muni rides is that fully
loaded it's pretty tricky with all that water sloshing around on your
back.

Yup, have to agree there. One thing I've found helpful in that regard
is to ensure all air has been purged out of the bladder before it goes
into the pack. If there is no air in the bladder, the water won't
slosh...only the pack will. So if the rest of the pack is full or
well-cinched, it greatly reduces that feeling of sloshing. If I don't
have a full pack, I toss in a towel or spare shirt to keep things from
flopping around inside. A full pack is a happy pack.

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I also use an off-brand pack. The pack itself has seen three different
bladders. The first two developed valve leaks.

I ride in the high heat of summer here and get soaking wet from sweat
early in the rides. Putting the bladder in the freezer when not in use
keeps the biology down. My bladders have only seen water in them so
that probably helps keep them cleaner.

I buy electolyte capsules from the local health food store instead of
sport drinks or gels. The capsules can be taken with water on the
trail. I also make a gel pak substitute by putting protein powder in a
sealable snack baggy and breaking an electorlyte capsule into it.
Sugar can be added for energy, but I usually skip that since I have
other energy stores that need to burn off. Taurine capsules are
available to make the mix like Red Bull. Out on the trail I just add
water, seal it, shake it, and bite the corner off to drink it. The
mixes can be varied according to the needs of the day.

Taking the electrolytes has made an amazing difference out on the trail
and especially recovering from a grueling ride.

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On urban rides I usually just keep an eye out for water spigots in
people's front yards (which is why I carry a crescent wrench😉 ).
Occasionally I get desperate enough to ask someone watering his yard if
I can grab a quick sip. If there's none of that, there are plenty of
open fountains around town...

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I use a small child's camelbak, but I'm wanting a larger one for the
ability to carry tools and such.

I like the small camelbak because it doesn't bounce on my back when I
ride trials, so I can still use it.

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camelback.
those are the best.

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Doug said:

Taking the electrolytes has made an amazing difference out on the trail
and especially recovering from a grueling ride.

Indeed.
I wish I had figured this all out 20 years ago rather than just a few
years ago. I finally figured out that I need more electrolytes during
a ride than what is considered normal. Now I take salt tablets
(electrolyte tablets) to get the extra salts during a ride. Energy
levels during the ride are up and I'm feeling much better at the end of
the ride. I've been using 'Lava Salts'
(http://www.squeezy.com/salts.htm), but there's others that are the
same or similar.

I just really wish I would have figured that out back when I was doing
a lot of road biking. I was trying to figure out why my energy levels
would die during longer rides and why my recovery time was so slow. I
tried extra water or extra carbs or extra fat or extra protein. Never
figured out that I should have tried extra salt. Course back then I
don't think they had special salt (electrolyte) tablets for athletes.

Older and wiser and all that.

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forrestunifreak said:

I have 3 off-brand camelbacks. I bought one last year, and won two of
them in a race.

They only hold 2 1/2 liters of water, but I have never used that much
at once before, even on the slickrock trail in Moab.

* Camelback is what you call an off-brand camelbak

I use a Rockrider backpack (off-brand camelbak).
It holds 2 liters of water and the backpack is SO COOL and handy.
Here's a picture from the internet:

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I got an off-brand camelback, but it's all the same. I think it even has
the same valve technology. Mine isn't a huge backpack by any means
though, there's not room in it for much more than one of those co2 tire
inflation deals. I prefer it like this, as I don't like to be carrying
around a lot of extra weight when I'm riding, especially MUni (and
freestyle, but I do that inside so I don't need a camelbak). I find
that making sure the bladder is air-free before putting it in the
backpack really helps, and mine also has a layer of mesh, and then
cheesehole-type foam that has prevented back-wet syndrome so far. I'm
going to have to look into this electrolyte stuff, it sounds like it
could really make a difference out on the trail.

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Probailer2 said:

If you land on a camelbak when you fall,doesn't the waterbag
"explode"😕

I've had one tiny puncture in the seam of a bladder that was probably
caused by me landing on it. Thing is I was rather glad to be wearing a
camelback at the time - I'd prefer to have an exploding bladder (sounds
painful) instead of a heavy landing on my back.

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My platypus water bag is guaranteed for life against puncturing in
normal use I believe, Its very tough and hasn't given me any problems
(my first bag developed a punture after a couple of rides). The 2 litre
bag gives me enough for any ride, but I run out doing snowdon because
the ascent is so difficult.

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i use an old bakpak with a water bottle..or two.. inside.

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To prevent sweating alot from a camelback, I either put my bladder in
the freezer with some water in it or add lots of ice cubes to it so
that it's nice and cool on the back while I'm riding. Then you have
nice ice cold water to drink and a nice cool back! If it's really hot
out the ice will slowly melt and turn into water so by the time you're
done riding almost all the ice will be gone.

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Before this, watersupply has been the only thing limiting my munitours
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unicycle6869 said:

To prevent sweating alot from a camelback, I either put my bladder in
the freezer with some water in it or add lots of ice cubes to it so
that it's nice and cool on the back while I'm riding. Then you have
nice ice cold water to drink and a nice cool back! If it's really hot
out the ice will slowly melt and turn into water so by the time you're
done riding almost all the ice will be gone.

Good idea.
I will do this to in the summer.

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I got this Camelbak from my mom and dad for christmas.
It holds 2 litres of water. It feels very easy to carry around on your
back.
I havn´t tested it yet, but i promise to give you report on how it
works when I have.

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unicycle6869 said:

To prevent sweating alot from a camelback, I either put my bladder in
the freezer with some water in it or add lots of ice cubes to it so
that it's nice and cool on the back while I'm riding. Then you have
nice ice cold water to drink and a nice cool back! If it's really hot
out the ice will slowly melt and turn into water so by the time you're
done riding almost all the ice will be gone.

Wearing a MTB cycling jersey instead of a cotton t-shirt will also
greatly cut down on the sweaty back. Cycling jerseys wick away the
moisture from your skin and allow the moisture to evaporate. Cotton
just gets wet and stays wet.

Cycling jerseys are so much more comfortable than cotton when you are
exercising enough to sweat a lot.

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Probailer2 said:

If you land on a camelbak when you fall,doesn't the waterbag
"explode"😕

Hasn't happened to me, and I *have* fallen on mine many times over the
years. Instead, what you get is a cushion on your back. There are many
testimonials on the Camelbak web site from bicyclists who credit the
product with saving their spines in major accidents.

I like the Camelbak brand because, though expensive, they are built to
very high standards of strength and quality. In other words, you get
what you pay for. Other brands may be of similar quality as well, but
if it's real cheap, don't expect much.

Great advice on the salt/electrolytes from JC. I'm sure that's what's
happened to me on long rides in very hot weather!

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the only prob lem i can see with a camalba(c)k is if your riding in
snowy weather but why are your going to need to carry water if you can
just eat snow
P.S dont eat yellow snow

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