Hey guys I'm doing my first 125 mile ride in two weeks and am very excited. My main focus right now is figuring out how to stay hydrated and nourished the whole ride while maintaining comfort.
For all my bike trips thus far I have used a simple Jansport school bag packed with water/gatorade bottles and things like trail mix to keep myself fueled (not the most comfortable, but it worked). However, for this trip I thought it would be a good idea to buy a bladder to fill, so I bought 2 Camelbak Omega Hydrotanium Reservoirs. These are just individual 2-liter bladders and do not come with any bag or anything. My plan is to fill one bladder up with water, and the other with gatorade. I was going to put them in the jansport bookbag I always use, but this bag has no hook to hang them from, so they kind of just collapse inside the bag.
Can anybody help me by suggesting an inexpensive bag that has a hook inside the main compartment that I can hang my bladders from? Or does anybody have any homemade solutions I can use to maybe attach my own hook to the JanSport bag I already have, that way I can hang my bladders inside there?
Also, am I in over my head thinking it won't be too cumbersome to carry two 2-liter bladders for this ride? Keep in mind that I will also be carrying food as well. Is this just too much?
Can you tell I'm new at this? Lol, thanks for any help guys.
For all my bike trips thus far I have used a simple Jansport school bag packed with water/gatorade bottles and things like trail mix to keep myself fueled (not the most comfortable, but it worked). However, for this trip I thought it would be a good idea to buy a bladder to fill, so I bought 2 Camelbak Omega Hydrotanium Reservoirs. These are just individual 2-liter bladders and do not come with any bag or anything. My plan is to fill one bladder up with water, and the other with gatorade. I was going to put them in the jansport bookbag I always use, but this bag has no hook to hang them from, so they kind of just collapse inside the bag.
Can anybody help me by suggesting an inexpensive bag that has a hook inside the main compartment that I can hang my bladders from? Or does anybody have any homemade solutions I can use to maybe attach my own hook to the JanSport bag I already have, that way I can hang my bladders inside there?
Also, am I in over my head thinking it won't be too cumbersome to carry two 2-liter bladders for this ride? Keep in mind that I will also be carrying food as well. Is this just too much?
Can you tell I'm new at this? Lol, thanks for any help guys.