hydration packs

i wondered if anyone uses them on road bikes? from what i understand mtb riders tend to use them. i tend to take a lot of water out with me and sometimes end up with as many as 5 bottles in heat of summer. i just thought it could be a much easier way?
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The MTB crowd use packs because
a) a lot of full-suss MTBs only have one set of bottle mounts, so the carrying capacity is less than most road bikes anyway and,
b) they tend to ride in mucky stuff - would you want to drink from a frame mounted bottle that's been splashed from the mud (at least, you hope it's just mud) on a wet bridleway?
If you don't want something on your back (I find the extra "layer" makes me even hotter on hot days), you could get a bottle cage that fits behind the saddle. Some of those take two bottles, so with the two standard frame mounted cages, and some large 1L bottles, you could get 4 litres on the frame itself.
Same here. 2 x 700ml bottles gets me a fair way and a top up is never far away. Just carry extra hydration tabs or sachets.
Camelbak just gets uncomfortable and sweaty on the road bike. Also if you put anything with sugar in it gets manky very quickly.
I'd never use it when I ride my road bike.
Offroad, adventure X type events then it's the camel back, as bottles bounce out!!
I do own a camelbak, never used it on the road bike simply because I haven't needed to. I suppose if you're doing long distance social/touring type riding, it would be handy so you can carry more water and some supplies in the bag itself rather than in you jersey pockets, and I doubt it would get sweaty at low intensity. On the other hand, if you'd probably welcome a stop every few hours to refill your bottles anyway.
A third option is to stick hydration bladders in panniers and use longer tubes. You heard it hear first (probably)
The problem with putting 2 bottles on your bike for "long summer rides" imo, is that by the time you've moved on to bottle 2 it's warm and pretty horrible. I perhaps don't drink as much as some people but I never ride with more than one bottle. I much prefer to have a lighter bike and stop for a bottle of water if needed than lug 2 750cc bottles about. I guess our fluid needs are all different though.
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Surely the obvious solution to that is to just use an insulated water bottle and freeze the contents overnight?
I tried my small hydration compatible Berghaus backback, that arches the bag away form your back(it has plastic inserts that do this)on my road bike, but it felt heavy on my back and I ended up buying bottles. It's not really an issue on my hybrid though, despite having done longer rides on that.
I make up my own isostonic drinks with squash, salt and dextrose glucose and if I didn't empty it after a ride, it seemed to ferment, tasting vile. With bottles I tend to just take what I need and drink it all.
The camelbak chill bottles are pretty good at keeping drinks cool; the nozzles are good too.
Or you can freeze one and a half bottles the night before, filling the half one up with fresh drink. This way you get really cold drinks for a few hours, depending on how hot it is.
I wish I'd thought of saying that!
TBH it's never bothered me! I only use hydration tablets, so no sugary stuff in there, and I find a warmer drink goes down easier. Plus some of the routes i ride have no cafe stops on them!!
What about garages and shops? :shock:
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Wouldn`t be seen dead wearing it on my road bike though. Would be like using a saddle pack.!
I find it easier to drink water when it is warmer even on hot days and especially in the winter. Even in Tenerife at 30+ degrees there was no problem drinking warm water.