Tri-Bike Hydration
Hello fellow ENers. I am new to Triathlon and I just purchased my first tri-bike. I am wondering what everyone thinks about placement of hydration. I see many different systems and I think with all the time and money invested in getting these bikes as aero as possible, it would be wise to get the best and most effective hydration system. I see some people have the 2 bottles behind the seat which looks like it allows for maximum aerodynamics due to the body blocking the wind already. I also see the bottle between the aero bars and that looks like a good option too. What are your thoughts? Also, how a bout placement of a bag for spare tires etc.?
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Anthony, first - lots of collective wisdom on this thread LINK
I think there are two answers to your bottle placement question. Training - anyway you can get it on the bike, seat tube/downtube/BTA/BYA setup. Racing depends on your consumption rate / needs and race distance. Personally, I got with one bottle on the seat tube and one BTA bottle (via my high tech aluminum bottle cage + two zip ties custom aero setup).
I also run a small under the seat bag for all my tube/lever/tool needs.
Good luck in your quest for 'sneaky speed'
I use a Speedfil A2 mounted on my stem, and then have bottles behind the seat on the seat rails...for hot races. The downtube bottle held my toolkit here.
In training I run a normal bottle on the downtube and three (!) on the back...so 5 bottles on the bike and one in my jersey!