Carrying a second bottle (or bladder?) on a bike with one mount?

**joetron** · 03-09-2015, 09:59 PM

I just bought a .6L Platypus water bag today to augment the bottle on my bike. I'll put it in my jersey or bib pocket/and ski jacket pocket. I'll drink from the bag first, then just fold it up.
Pearl Izumi has mtb liners with back pockets, as does Giro.

**scrublover** · 03-09-2015, 10:43 PM

Same boat with my 5010c. (and the other bikes) Most rides are with a pack, bit I get in plenty of 1.5-2 hour quickly rides where it just isn't needed. Dislike the under downtube option. Not anti-pack by any stretch, it's just nice to not wear for shorter rides.

Pound lotsa' water pre-ride. Make sure you're using a large bottle,obviously.
I use a minimal oh shit bag for these rides. Goes on any of the bikes and is dropper friendly, at least for a Gravity Dropper and a Reverb.

In a 3x5 rip-stop zip pouch: a half dozen zip ties, 1.8" 26er spare tube, 2 small ti tire levers, 1 co2 cart. In a little Ziploc bad are: 2 quick links, a couple m4, m5, and m6 bolts to fit a couple random things.
That pouch gets combined with a mini- pump that has the co2 head bits built in. A couple feet of Gorilla tape is wrapped about the pump body. All gets strapped under/behind the seat with an Awesome Strap. Light, minimal, very secure, doesn't bounce around or make noise. Enough junk to take care of most basic breakdowns. Just make sure things that need air are in their happy places before taking off.

Blackburn something tool with its chain tool, phone/keys/wallet/camera whatever get stuffed in pockets here and there. Sometimes a second bottle or beer in jersey pockets. Sometimes will stuff things in one of these as well. Hold a ton without feeling bulky or bouncy fits nicely under whatever shirt or jersey I'm wearing.

http://www.spibelt.com/products/spib...iginal-spibelt

Otherwise, my newest bag is an Osprey Raptor 6 as a new daily driver pack. Minimal size, 100oz bladder, and you can still cram a lot in there without it feeling bulky and unwieldy. I like having the smaller pack for non all day kinda stuff.

**gravitylover** · 03-10-2015, 07:17 AM

Yeah handlebar bag or bottle cage might make sense if a frame bag is out of the question.

**D(C)** · 03-10-2015, 08:50 AM

Originally Posted by flowtron's ghost

I just bought a .6L Platypus water bag today to augment the bottle on my bike. I'll put it in my jersey or bib pocket/and ski jacket pocket. I'll drink from the bag first, then just fold it up.
Pearl Izumi has mtb liners with back pockets, as does Giro.

I tried that in my SWAT bibs. I hope you like your water piss-warm, because that's what you'll be getting.

**joetron** · 03-10-2015, 11:29 AM

Originally Posted by D(C)

I tried that in my SWAT bibs. I hope you like your water piss-warm, because that's what you'll be getting.

Who doesn't?!

I'll have a cold bottle on the bike, and the bag water will probably be involved with early-ride-cottonmouth-management.

**kidwoo** · 03-10-2015, 11:57 AM

Does anyone make any shorts with a cucumber shaped bladder that goes along the inside of one leg? Like a colostomy bag, but you know........for sporty.

If you're going to bloat parts of your clothing, might as well make some lady friends.

**bsavery** · 03-10-2015, 12:20 PM

Originally Posted by flowtron's ghost

Who doesn't?!

I'll have a cold bottle on the bike, and the bag water will probably be involved with early-ride-cottonmouth-management.

And then for the emergency situations you can always wring out your chamois for some extra "bag water"

**ridevt** · 03-10-2015, 01:40 PM

It's $35.....

http://dakine.com/p/backpacks-and-ge...t-laps-15l-15s

And does exactly what you want.

**kidwoo** · 03-10-2015, 02:26 PM

SB · 03-10-2015, 04:44 PM

Just you wait, fanny paks are gonna make a big come back.

**shirk** · 03-10-2015, 04:53 PM

I've got this great idea.

Take and IV bag, fill it with water, then put it into a white tube sock and put that in your jersey back pocket. Run the line from the IV over your shoulder and clamp it with a clothspin.

**Yeah!** · 03-10-2015, 08:38 PM

Originally Posted by jm2e

The anti hydration pack discussion has continued to baffle me. I like the pack.
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The anti anti hydration pack discussion is what baffles me. Also, people telling other people that they're opinion on whether or not to use a pack is wrong - that baffles me too.

I second the recommendations for the fanny pack type bottle carriers/cargo carriers if you're looking to carry an extra bottle. How many fucking tools do some of you need to carry that you need a backpack to carry them? I get a good multi-tool, tube, CO2, chain link, gu, clif bar, and chain tool in my Le Sportsac.

Fanny packs don't look any stupider than...
1) Troy Lee clothing (especially those pants with the codpiece-looking crotch)
2) Riding a $10k Santa Cruz and having no riding ability
3) Carrying a headset press and repair stand in your camelbak
4) Goggles with a halfshell
5) Complaining that the leverage curve/shim stack/fork trail/buzzword of your choice on your bike is holding you back
6) Spandex
7) Your mom

**mcski** · 03-10-2015, 08:49 PM

Can you get sick drinkin piss?

**54-46** · 03-10-2015, 09:13 PM

Originally Posted by scottyb

Just you wait, fanny paks are gonna make a big come back.

Alright alright alright
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/5691982

**jm2e** · 03-11-2015, 09:41 AM

What if you filled the inside of the handlebar with water? Wider bars = longer rides.

**shirk** · 03-11-2015, 05:24 PM

You could look like this guy. or just wear a backpack.

**jono** · 03-11-2015, 09:59 PM

Good move: maximum taint to nipple contact there. Left his actual braze-on mount free for the custom GoPro shock cam, too. Bonus.

**joetron** · 03-11-2015, 10:23 PM

Dropper lever on same side as shifter? Suspect.

SB · 03-12-2015, 06:53 AM

+1 for Platypus soft bottles/bags, been using one for skiing several years now.

**creaky fossil** · 03-12-2015, 10:01 AM

Originally Posted by Yeah!

3) Carrying a headset press and repair stand in your camelbak

so I should stop bringing an engine hoist in case I run across some nimrod "4-wheeler" who needs one? thanks.

**flatlander#2** · 03-12-2015, 12:21 PM

Huh.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...e-for-all-cycl

**bean** · 03-12-2015, 12:26 PM

^ cool idea, though I've somehow ridden for few years with an ordinary bottle in my jersey pocket and it hasn't burst in to flames...yet.

The anti-anti-pack side of this "discussion" is weird and confusing to me. I don't like to ride with a pack. I don't care if someone else likes riding with a pack. Why does anyone care if I don't like riding with a pack?

**flatlander#2** · 03-12-2015, 12:53 PM

I'd pack mine with M&M's, peanut for the protein of course.

**XXX-er** · 03-12-2015, 01:12 PM

Originally Posted by Bean

^. Why does anyone care if I don't like riding with a pack?

As long as you fix your own bike without shit you needed to carry in a pack (you carry it somehow?) no worries but if you don't have the basic tools/patches/spare tube/ pump cuz you chose not to wear a pack to put it in then you are depending on me if I am there, but if you are alone I don't care cuz if I don't know... it didn't happen