I have long been a fan of 1L bike bottles, for long days and high intensity in the heat. I have an above average need for water, as someone who runs quite hot and sweats a lot during exercise. For a baseline, during high intensity on the summer I can go through 1 an hour pretty easily, and if I do trainer work with no fan I can go through more than 2 per hour. I’ve been using the zefal magnums for years, but they leak a bit, and when using drink mix my bike turns into a sticky mess, even if I don’t fill them completely. Has anybody had better luck with others? Do many people use or want 1L bottles, particularly for training? I’d love for a company that makes good bike bottles (specialized, can you hear me?) to take this up, because good bike bottles have been around a while, and this would be a pretty simple change to make.

When will SlowTwitch publish? I’m assuming articles = articles, and not posting 7 threads on the forum. If I use your app, and put in 2 hours and 5 minutes at zone2 / Aerobic, it gives 120g carbs total 900mg sodium total 1000ml water total so that is two 500ml bottles with 60g carbs each. or roughly 500 calories total. Those rides for me are about 1200-1400kJ burned, and I generally consume 400-700 calories. Your app aligns nicely with what I’m currently doing, and I’m also timing pre and post ride meals. Your app has a setting for weight, but not FTP. Do you think the recommendations should be independent of kJ burned? Or is adding FTP and/or workout targets a future feature? At a potential ceiling of 120g/hour, that would be taking in 500 calories per hour.

Unsure on pub date on ST. Adding FTP & fitness levels is a future feature. The app can “know” a lot about a person based on what they’re already doing for fueling (which are early onboarding questions). An early goal was to see how good we could make the recommendations with as little data as possible. So far, results are very positive. Carb prescriptions should most often not be directly related to kJ burn or only slightly related. Most important is duration of exercise. Second most important is relative intensity. It’s assumed that most folks burn more than they can consume, especially when operating at higher intensities. But, yes, we’ll be growing the data intake list in the future.

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@Andrewbn42 dedicated thread for Alacrity fuel/hydration app: [image] Saturday: Pro Fuel and Hydration app: User inquiries Nutrition After some consideration, @IvyAudrain and I believe this housecleaning thread is the best approach to protecting the quality of discussion in other threads in this tremendous forum. Disclosures: This app will be a for-profit venture. It will only be in the nutrition & hydration space, not training. Here are the FAQ from other threads: Where can I sign up for beta? Sign up is closed, but you can download iOS & Android versions of app now! What is it? Available on iOS / android? EDIT…

Super late reply, but I use and like these. [image] MuckGuard™ Dust cover. Protects Surge™ Valve from whatever the trail dishes up. Price: USD 3.00

Well, I didn’t get anything yet so, not late at all. That and I’ll probably get the polar 30 oz. bottles, so there you go. Thanks!

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I love the idea of these but in practice they end up being zero mL bottles after they bounce out in a race. Good cages (Arundel, Specialized Zee and Rib) help but it still happens. I’m back to 750mL bottles for gravel, sadly.

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Water Bottle Recommendations Equipment	31	5159	September 3, 2024
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Insulated steel cycling bottles? Equipment	61	4181	March 6, 2026
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Hydrating 4+ hour rides w/o stopping to refill Equipment	36	5029	April 15, 2021

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