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Originally Posted by witcombusa
No one has mentioned that his bike has no water bottles or mounts for them.
I find that particular 'quirk' very interesting. Tom talked about how he knew where every spring or brook was all through the hills where they road. But what would it hurt to have even a small bottle just in case? It isn't just for drinking, it can cool you off or flush out some road rash too... Sound like a stubborn German to me  |
Brandt claimed that the reason that he didn't bring a water bottle was because he didn't mind stopping every hour or so to slake his thirst. He said that he knew all the places to get water around where he rode, so why carry it with you?
He used to make fun of the scare mongering CamelBak advertising slogan "Hydrate or Die", saying that people didn't actually need to drink as much as many people had been led to believe (and based on the well respected book "
Waterlogged: The Serious Problem of Overhydration in Endurance Sports", he wasn't entirely wrong).