Tip for a Hot Weather Ride

Mike DeMicco said:

Use a Camelbak and fill the bladder with ice and then water/sports drink. I
did a 4 hr. ride today in hot conditions (90-100 deg. F). The water lasted
almost the whole ride (3 miles to the end) and the water was cold right to
the last.

Or, as Jobst and others do, just stop when you need a drink and find a
nice cool water source instead of carrying around 100oz of water.

Robin Hubert

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Or, as Jobst and others do, just stop when you need a drink and find a
nice cool water source instead of carrying around 100oz of water.

Robin Hubert

It's clear that Jobst doesn't ride on the back roads of Texas.

Pat in TX

Pat who? said:

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Or, as Jobst and others do, just stop when you need a drink and
find a nice cool water source instead of carrying around 100oz of
water.

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It's clear that Jobst doesn't ride on the back roads of Texas.

It's also clear that I don't ride in death valley for good reason.
You don't need to expose yourself to withering conditions to prove
manliness. Even here in the SF Bay Area we don't ride over the local
mountains like Mt. Hamilton in the 105F weather we have had the last
few days, CamelBak or not.

Jobst Brandt

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It's also clear that I don't ride in death valley for good reason.
You don't need to expose yourself to withering conditions to prove
manliness. Even here in the SF Bay Area we don't ride over the local
mountains like Mt. Hamilton in the 105F weather we have had the last
few days, CamelBak or not.

Who said anyone about proving manliness? Mike just wanted to go for a ride

I wouldn't put words in your mouth, you should pay Mike the courtesy of not
putting words in his.

Chris Neary
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"Prize the doubt, low kinds exist without"
- Inscription at Ramsmeyer Hall, Ohio State University

"Mike DeMicco" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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Use a Camelbak and fill the bladder with ice and then water/sports drink.
I
did a 4 hr. ride today in hot conditions (90-100 deg. F). The water lasted
almost the whole ride (3 miles to the end) and the water was cold right to
the last.

Why should you care if the water's cold? A cold drink when you're hot can
cause one big painful headache.

Ron Wallenfang said:

Why should you care if the water's cold? A cold drink when you're hot can
cause one big painful headache.

Whatever temperature you like to drink is great (even cold). Drinking COLD
water is lots better than not drinking hot water.

Jobst Brandt said:

Even here in the SF Bay Area we don't ride over the local
mountains like Mt. Hamilton in the 105F weather we have had the last
few days, CamelBak or not.

Or ride the Climb to Kaiser on the hottest day of the year, last
Saturday. Well, some of us weren't so clever, 159 finishers out of
some 270 starters:

http://www.fresnocycling.com/kaiser/finishers/kaiser_2006.html

It actually was pretty nicde, until the final descent into the
Central Valley. My thermometer read 112 at the final rest stop.

I was in bad shape at the finish and was taken to the hospital. I
couldn't keep anything in my stomach and knew I needed salt, but the
ER was full of patients and I had already been waiting in a
wheelchaair for 2 hours. So I licked off the salt from my arms and
fingers. Within 15 minutes, I could stand and walk out under my own
power.

Two things to watch out for on a hot day:

1. heat exhaustion
2. hyponatremia (lack of salt)

Either one can kill.
--
terry morse - Undiscovered Country Tours - http://udctours.com

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I was in bad shape at the finish and was taken to the hospital. I
couldn't keep anything in my stomach and knew I needed salt, but the
ER was full of patients and I had already been waiting in a
wheelchaair for 2 hours. So I licked off the salt from my arms and
fingers. Within 15 minutes, I could stand and walk out under my own
power.

Two things to watch out for on a hot day:

1. heat exhaustion
2. hyponatremia (lack of salt)

Either one can kill.

Hence Forester's advice to mix salt into your water (1/8 teaspoon per
half liter). Keeping a few restaurant salt packets in your
seat/handlebar bag or jersey pocket can also come in handy when this
happens.

--

__o Kristian Zoerhoff
_'\(,_ [email hidden]
(_)/ (_)

Ron Wallenfang said:

"Mike DeMicco" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

Quoted message said:

Use a Camelbak and fill the bladder with ice and then water/sports drink.
I
did a 4 hr. ride today in hot conditions (90-100 deg. F). The water lasted
almost the whole ride (3 miles to the end) and the water was cold right to
the last.

Why should you care if the water's cold? A cold drink when you're hot can
cause one big painful headache.

Depends what you're comparing the cold water to. After two hours in
80 degree weather, if I haven't drunk it already, previously iced
water in uninsulated bottles is so warm I don't want to drink it.

Pat

Email address works as is.

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It's clear that Jobst doesn't ride on the back roads of Texas.

It's also clear that I don't ride in death valley for good reason.
You don't need to expose yourself to withering conditions to prove
manliness. Even here in the SF Bay Area we don't ride over the local
mountains like Mt. Hamilton in the 105F weather we have had the last
few days, CamelBak or not.

Jobst Brandt

I didn't say anything about you proving your manliness. What I am saying is
that it is impossible to ride on back roads in Texas AND expect to find a
nice place to stop for water. Since I am in Texas, that's where I ride. And,
I use a Camelbak for a good reason.

Pat in TX

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"Mike DeMicco" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

Quoted message said:

Use a Camelbak and fill the bladder with ice and then water/sports drink.
I
did a 4 hr. ride today in hot conditions (90-100 deg. F). The water
lasted
almost the whole ride (3 miles to the end) and the water was cold right
to
the last.

Why should you care if the water's cold? A cold drink when you're hot can
cause one big painful headache.

Cold or cool water is absorbed faster than hot water AND makes the person
feel better right away. I took a water bottle along yesterday (to have
something to squirt at dogs) and while the water in my CamelBak was still
cold, I could have put a tea bag in the water bottle and made tea, it was
that hot!

Pat in TX

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