Profile Design FC 25/35

Chris Ciannella

For bike hydration, I've historically used bottles stored behind my saddle or on my down tube.  This year, I used a Camelback backpack and absolutely loved it.  What I've discovered, as many of you probably already know, that grabbing a bottle, drinking from it, then storing it takes an extraordinary amount of time and energy - I always lose and my HR shoots up.  With the Camelback, this has been eliminated, so much easier than bottles.  With IMWI scheduled next year, I'm thinking the Camelback will be a pain in the arse.  So I've been looking at hydration systems and came across the Profile Design FC25/35.  Anyone have any experience with this system?  Any thoughts?   Thanks!

Alvin Hom

I have the FC25 and used it at IMMT and had no issue with it. It worked as advertised and I was happy as it was fairly leak free. Filling it from the provided on-course (gatorade) hydration was easy while moving and relatively mess free. I did add a camelbak big bite valve on to it as it doesn't have a value and I don't like sucking air.

ERO recently posted how it does aerodynamically in this great article depending on how you install it.

http://ero-sports.com/index.php/aero101/85-setup-can-be-crucial

Chris Ciannella

Alvin - thanks. Interesting read and very helpful - more secrets!