If you have a sweet tooth, or a salty tooth, you could try adding a lot of sugar or salt to your water. Any solute when dissolved in water acts as an antifreeze by reducing the melting point. Now, I highly doubt you can make a beverage sweet enough or salty enough to still liquid at the temps you're proposing AND be able to drink it without getting ill, or at least grossed out. But it may enable you to ride longer and further before it does freeze.
Anton Tutter, who is currently trying to reduce both his sugar and his salt intake On Monday, November 24, 2014 4:13:03 PM UTC-5, Mark Reimer wrote: > > To the northerners here - what are your solutions for keeping water from > freezing on long winter rides? I'm mean when it's real cold, -10C to -35C. > I've tried it all - insulated water bottles (works for a little while), > insulated sleeves around insulated water bottles (works better than just > bottles, but still has limits), and my personal favourite, pouring a bunch > of bourbon into your water (kinda works I think, but maybe I just drank it > all before it had a chance to freeze..). > > I'm planning a 160km ride over Christmas break up to my family's cabin. It > will be cold, with stops approx every 40km. So I could just not drink any > water other than at the stops, but that isn't ideal. Any home-brew > solutions out there? I had also thought of insulating my Swift Ozette bag > with some heat reflecting material and air bubble wrap, sealing it > relatively tight and throwing a hand warmer in there (assuming there is > enough air movement to keep the chemical reaction going). > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
