Quote Originally Posted by alison_in_oh
Yeah, it is a skill worth learning to A) seamlessly take water from your waterbottle cage, and B) drink regularly whether you're really thirsty or not. Remember, by the time you're thirsty you're actually already dehydrated.

Also, I feel good (and my appetite decreases a bit -- it's easy to mistake thirsty for hungry) if I drink a lot of water through the day. I keep a bike bottle at my desk, and if I refill it as necessary I go through like 4 22 oz bottles in a day!

that's why 100 ounce camelbacks were invented.