Camelback/Hydration packs...OUT OF FASHION??

[Nmag]

I just fill my frame with water and drink from a hose coming out the BB.

 

[Lorday]

I just fill my frame with water and drink from a hose coming out the BB.

Do you get that metallic taste in the water?

 

[October26]

I just fill my frame with water and drink from a hose coming out the BB.

Isn't that why they drill a hole under the BB in the old steel frames?

 

[kernsy]

Camel backs??? pffft, oztrail/outer limits bluetounge!

totally with you there, outer limits all the way

 

[climbo]

trials rider said that... well they only ride 20 metres from the nearest water source anyway.

I guess 99% of people I see riding are OUT OF FASHION - what a wank !!

 

[brodie_rider]

who gives a rats if its out of fashion. mine holds 3 litres. I can either get a back pack with 3 one litre bottles and have to stop every time I'm thirsty or I can get the same thing where I dont have to stop and dont need 3 bottles.
screw fashion anway, I ride around in a unitard

 

[Becoming the Archetype]

I don't really like that plastic taste of the camel back so I go old school, a big bottle in my back pack.

 

[Maurice.]

camelbaks cost a fair bit when you can justgo to your local camping shop and grab an 2L oztrail for $18. and they work perfectly

 

[Turner_rider]

I wasn't aware that XC was particularly hardcore.

Don't knock it till you've tried it

 

[thecat]

All the cool kids fill their tyres with water.
Saves carrying those oh so out of date hyrda packs.

When you want a drink just pinch flat.

Of course those hard core retro dudes still get around in super stylish hydra packs.

 

[PINT of Stella. mate!]

Do you get that metallic taste in the water?

That's why carbon frames are such a good investment!

 

[Red Peekay]

And a full hydration pack makes for an excellent airbag when you handlebar... better to be hydrated, injury free and "uncool" than a fashion statement.

 

[woody66465]

no way

they are still the best way to stay hydrated and gives u that bit more of protection when u fall off and its also great to carry other stuff, inculding a repair kit and my phone. well thats wat i think and im sure u agree

 

[dunndog]

Damn right
Hydration packs are so yesterday

What you MEAN to say is that they're sooo last season.. don't you listen to Paris!?!

 

[Lorday]

That's why carbon frames are such a good investment!

HA! Good call, but if you live in SA your tap water doesn't taste any different to water which comes from inside a rusty old steel HT.

 

[greekos]

camel backs out fashion never they are a god send, just add some cordial and ice and you have a nice cool drink all day long, who cares about fashion when its 30 degrees in the middle of summer

 

[Red Peekay]

HA! Good call, but if you live in SA your tap water doesn't taste any different to water which comes from inside a rusty old steel HT.

Nah, I reckon the water out of a rusty old steel HT tastes heaps better....

 

[dave3107]

Hydration rules!

The previous posts say it all. With high 30s and 40s at the moment, day after day, hydration packs are the go. Can't ride when you're dead! I pooh-pooh the nay-sayers!

 

[ozzybmx]

I hate these threads ..... you want to comment and tell people what a load of bullshit , then again you cant be bothered following up to defend you comment as it was a usless thread in the first place.

 

[ozzybmx]

.... the trail builder has spent so much time on his own building trails that when someone does rock up he dribbles shit from every hole !