Leah, It's hot and humid here in the sticky south so I go through lots of water too. I like the handlebar bag/pouch idea and may look at one of those. Doug
On Sunday, June 6, 2021 at 4:30:15 PM UTC-4 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: > [image: 37946C49-EA8C-4484-828D-EBC0F6DCF35B.jpeg] > Hi Doug! > > I cannot live without 32-40 oz of water on my rides in this parched > desert, but I don’t like bottle cages and I don’t like bringing multiple > bottles. I get around this by using a Randi Jo Bartender Plus bag. I can > bring my Hydroflask, either the 32 oz or the 40 fits fine, and I don’t > bring a second bottle. Shown is the 40 oz with the straw lid. I can flip it > up and sip from it without even taking the bottle out of the bag. Slick! > On Sunday, June 6, 2021 at 12:33:39 PM UTC-7 Lucky wrote: > >> I use one on all my bikes plus my family’s bikes, we’re running: >> Albatross, Simworks Fun3, Straight MTB bar, Soma dream bar...and a >> variety if stem lengths from 35-110mm. >> >> On Jun 6, 2021, at 11:31, Doug H. <dhansf...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Lucky, >> >> Yes, you got me thinking about bottles and cages but I wanted to start a >> thread to get opinions. Thanks for the topic! Do you use a handlebar bottle >> bag on upright type bars, Albatross etc.? >> Doug >> >> On Sunday, June 6, 2021 at 2:28:50 PM UTC-4 Lucky wrote: >> >>> I maybe brought this up with my search for a Mojave, but I *really* like >>> handlebar bottle/snack bags. If you’re carrying a lot of water, the Mojave >>> type cages give you more capacity, of course, with lots of bikepacking >>> gear. What I liked about the Mojave for my kid’s bike was that it won’t get >>> swiped in the bike rack at school like a handlebar bag might. But I like >>> the flexibility of the handlebar bag for things other than water bottles >>> too. I have bags from Cycle Cats, Oveja Negra, and Greg Newland. >>> Check the size bottle though, because this is how I found out that the >>> cheap Costco bottle is too skinny for a proper fit in a Mojave. >>> >>> On Jun 6, 2021, at 11:20, Doug H. <dhansf...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> I've always used standard size bottle cages and uninsulated bottles. >>> But, I'm intrigued by the Velo Orange Mojave large cage that holds their 32 >>> oz Nalgene and 32 oz insulated Klean Kanteen bottles. On long rides I will >>> take two 20 oz bottles but usually have some left so one 32 might do for >>> longish rides (30 miles or so). I'm looking for others' bottle setups and >>> opinions. >>> Thanks, >>> Doug >>> >>> -- >>> 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 rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/49443c1f-f64e-4636-87bb-416a273c222dn%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/49443c1f-f64e-4636-87bb-416a273c222dn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >>> -- >> 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 rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/93bc76f3-ab18-4488-a9a6-c339ef563e86n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/93bc76f3-ab18-4488-a9a6-c339ef563e86n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/7e6697ce-1d54-4205-bc45-d1c7c5943a51n%40googlegroups.com.
