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RDCARRIE@xxxxxxx wrote:

> In a message dated 5/22/2005 9:10:25 PM Central Standard Time, 
> tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> > My experience with camelbaks was the heat the keep in because to the
> > large amount of surface area they covered was a huge problem. 
>
>
>
> They do make my back hot.  However, I for some reason never seem to 
> "remember" to get water bottles out to drink.  I'll go an entire loop 
> and not pull them out.  (Of course, I *am* blonde...).  My husband got 
> me the camelbak after I had to pull from a 50 at 38 miles from 
> heat/dehydration problems (had been puking off the side of my horse 
> for the previous 5 miles or so).  Another rider (ride vet Linda 
> Reznicek) came upon me sitting motionless on my horse, blacking in and 
> out, and got my horse to follow hers the remaining few miles to camp.  
> I'll take a hot patch on my back to *that* experience any time.  I'll 
> drink every little while out of the Camelbak, no problem.
>
> Dawn in East Texas

I had the opposite experience. I started using the Camelbak and started 
to get sick. It was great for conditioning rides but for a full 50 - at 
about 35 or 40 I'd be into the puking routine. Throw away the Camelbak - 
problem ended. I've talked to a few long distance bike racers and they 
tell me that most bikers have gone back to water bottles since they were 
having heat retention problems with a Camelbak.

The important thing is to drink early and drink often. If you wait till 
thirsty you are already too far gone.

Truman

--

"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm 
not sure about the former."  Albert Einstein





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