Water Bottle Location

[RolliePollie]

Another option is to make a sort of camel back think out of your water bottle
http://www.bluedesert.co.il/
I've got these, and they work really well. You have to really suck to pull the water into the tube, but once it's there it stays there.

Oh, I am SO getting one of these!!! Thanks for the link! I was recently joking to a friend that I needed to buy some surgical tubing to make a long straw for my water bottles. Now I see this wasn't such a silly idea!

I have just recently mastered the drinking-from-bottle-while-riding technique, but like many others here, I'm very unstable, have to stop pedaling, etc. And I can only reach one of my bottles. I've been using a smallish Camelbak, but now that the weather is getting hot, it's starting to bother me. On longer rides, I feel like I still need the Camelbak to ensure that I'm staying well hydrated. Soon, after I place my order, my problems will be solved!

[tygab]

Let me know how these tubes work out... I'd probably get one if I hear they do work for you guys....

My current technique is stop pedaling with my left foot down for stability, not sure where I put my left hand, so I'll check next ride. I reach down with the right and as others have said, grab bottle, rest bottle, drink, rest bottle, return. But have to be in a flat, quiet area. I practiced a bit of one handed riding today, no drinking involved but just reaching down and having my right hand off the bars. I think that's really where I feel I need to be comfortable.

[quint41]

Hey, tygab! Where in Mass are you? I'm outside of Hartford, CT, and my sister is near Fall River.

[tygab]

northern central (a stone's throw from NH border)... love it here! Not real close to Fall River however, but if you're ever up this way let me know! always fun to ride with TE visitors.