What (readily-available) drinks are best?
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the_mikey
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- Location
- South Gloucestershire
If the op is such a successful rider, then perhaps he needs not concern himself with what he's drinking, water must be good enough.
Drago
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- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Was overtaken by a bloke on an Apollo the other day. He must've been doing 60, was smoking a cigar, and was giving a backie to a fit lass who was giving him a reacharound.
Didn't get a good enough look to see what front cassette he was running though.
Didn't get a good enough look to see what front cassette he was running though.
Boris Bajic
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Going back to the OP, I find water fine for almost all uses.
I've been known to make a thin mix of fruit juice and add a pinch of salt, but I'm not sure there is much benefit at my fairly modest level.
I find water extremely readily available. I've had brackets (or cages) fitted to the tubes on my bicycle frame and I nestle plastic water bottles in them. The frames are shaped and slightly sprung, so whilst the bottle can be easily withdrawn by a thirsty rider on the move, it is unlikely to fall out or be flung out - unless descending at speed in the Beacons....
As to the water I drink, this is also readily available. Before we moved into our family home, I asked a plumber to fit a series of valves at pipe ends. These valves were connected directly to a domestic cold-water supply. With the job complete, I was able to open a valve in one of several rooms where they were present and by holding the empty bottle beneath the pipe end, fill it with cold, potable water.
I think this a great step forward in domestic design. I pity the poor folk I see at Waitrose and similar retail outlets who still have to travel miles to buy containers of drinking water. It reminds one uncomfortably of some parts of Sub-Saharan Africa in decades past. For those of us lucky enough to move with the times, clean drinking water is available in the home.
OP, I hope this has helped. And welcome to CC. I'm sorry that some posters have chosen to be beastly to you.
Do remember to wear a helmet at all times when on a bicycle and take primary position whenever you feel slightly resentful of the higher cruising speeds achieved by cars in some traffic conditions.
Thank you.
I've been known to make a thin mix of fruit juice and add a pinch of salt, but I'm not sure there is much benefit at my fairly modest level.
I find water extremely readily available. I've had brackets (or cages) fitted to the tubes on my bicycle frame and I nestle plastic water bottles in them. The frames are shaped and slightly sprung, so whilst the bottle can be easily withdrawn by a thirsty rider on the move, it is unlikely to fall out or be flung out - unless descending at speed in the Beacons....
As to the water I drink, this is also readily available. Before we moved into our family home, I asked a plumber to fit a series of valves at pipe ends. These valves were connected directly to a domestic cold-water supply. With the job complete, I was able to open a valve in one of several rooms where they were present and by holding the empty bottle beneath the pipe end, fill it with cold, potable water.
I think this a great step forward in domestic design. I pity the poor folk I see at Waitrose and similar retail outlets who still have to travel miles to buy containers of drinking water. It reminds one uncomfortably of some parts of Sub-Saharan Africa in decades past. For those of us lucky enough to move with the times, clean drinking water is available in the home.
OP, I hope this has helped. And welcome to CC. I'm sorry that some posters have chosen to be beastly to you.
Do remember to wear a helmet at all times when on a bicycle and take primary position whenever you feel slightly resentful of the higher cruising speeds achieved by cars in some traffic conditions.
Thank you.
Possibly even more than that. Do you know his brother....
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