How do you carry water when you ride your Haibike?
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Shea N Encinitas
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Backpack with: 2nd battery, lock, aspirin & ibuprofen, tums, money, clothes, camera, G9 etc. Or just put a small water in the doggie backpack. Looks like you found a good one. -S
Chris Nolte
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A couple of weeks ago we had a mechanic station setup at the 5 Boro Bike tour and someone came up to us with a broken spoke. Turns out his water bottle popped out of the cage and flew into the wheel. I got to thinking this could have been a very dangerous encounter. Just figured I would mention with this discussion.
stevenast
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I've mounted mine on the seat post and so far it has done well on all sorts of terrain.
Nice bike! Nice riding location! Where is that?
synapse
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Thanks very much! The photo was taken last weekend at the Bucegi mountains here in Romania (about 2 hours drive from Bucharest). Quite simply, the e-bike has made lots of this terrain really do-able by bike and so far the seat post mount and the water bottle cage have proved really robust (both are by SKS).
Tara D.
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These guys are pros @ carrying water -- http://www.businessinsider.com/water-bottle-vest-for-cyclings-tour-de-france-riders-and-teams-2014-7
@synapse I like where you have your bottle, Romania looks absolutely breathtaking!
@synapse I like where you have your bottle, Romania looks absolutely breathtaking!
synapse
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Thanks @Tara D ... glad you like the photo ... here's a few more from this weekend's Haibike adventure. You'll see that it's 'a tad hilly' in these parts but the views more than make up for it!
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Tara D.
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@stevenast have you tired a different way with your water yet? If so how did it work out?! I use a hydration pack by osprey-- its nice and a little roomy for my effects! @synapse Thank you for sharing more photos! It does look hilly The lake view is stunning and looks refreshing after a ride!
The lake view is stunning and looks refreshing after a ride!
When it's hot out, there's next to no way to drink enough from a water bottle if its not easily accessible.
A drinking tube to a bladder has me drinking more than twice as much water versus bottle. You just start to suck on it much more regularly when it's right there hanging over your shoulder.
And you stay much fresher longer.
A drinking tube to a bladder has me drinking more than twice as much water versus bottle. You just start to suck on it much more regularly when it's right there hanging over your shoulder.
And you stay much fresher longer.
I'm realizing that this will most likely be the case for me too, so I'm going to order a bladder for my Evoc backpack. Not sure why I didn't order one at the time I bought it. I used to have a Camelback eons ago and other than the pain of cleaning the darned thing, I loved it. I had hydration issues so I filled it with water and put a bottle of very chilled concentrated Cytomax on the frame. And put some crushed Cytomax ice in the bladder.
Sweetwater
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Hydration while biking is a big issue. I can not carry a hydration backpack due to low back problems. I have been using a fanny pack which places the weight more on my hips. I've just installed a seat post mounted rack so that will become my next location to carry items. The bike really has no good spots to mount a bracket.
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