So, I did my first long-ish ride with the Camelbak Rogue this morning, and here's the report:

I love it.

I'm not sure I could tolerate warm water out of it, because it does have a plastic taste that's pretty strong when warm, but for some reason the flavor doesn't bother me when it's cold. I haven't figured out why, yet.

Which leads to -- in no time at ALL the water in the tube warms up. So my first drink is the nasty warm water. I learned to either spit out the first mouthful, or hold the tube out and "milk" out a little water before drinking. The cold water is great.

This is so superior to bottles for me. I can't drink from a bottle without stopping because of where my bottle holder is. So I end up thinking, "Hmm, kind of thirsty but don't want to stop yet," then, "Hmm, I'm getting pretty thirsty, but don't want to stop yet," and sometimes even, "I'm dying for water but I do not want to stop," which leads to stopping, drinking.

Once I stop, I immediately feel heat and fatigue I didn't feel until I stopped, and then have to start up again.

Today, as soon as I had a twinge of thirst I grabbed a sip. I ended up not drinking all that much (probably not as much as from a bottle) but was never thirsty because the water was always available.

So the Camelback is my new best friend, and I'm not even aware of it on my back -- and I hate backpacks. It's small, but the Rogue holds the equivalent of 3 bottles of water.

The other issue -- I haven't had any problems with my saddle (Velo Plush) but now I'm thinking that as I spend more time on it, I may. My tail bone has been sore today, and it never has before. I also was aware of getting sore when riding, until I shifted my position.

Question: When you're seated properly on the saddle, is the nose of the saddle supposed to be between your thighs? When my saddle was bothering me, I shifted myself farther back on the saddle so I was sitting on the very back of it, which made me up a little higher so that I actually felt the nose between the top of my thighs rather than on my girly bits. Is that the way it's supposed to be? Or does it sound like I need an adjustment?