The 40 miles per bottle were on soft gravel in daytime, which resulted in more work per mile than the stretch from Fort Rock to Prineville, most of which is on harder gravel or even pavement. Plus, I did half of that stretch at night, with cooler temperatures. If I was concerned, I'd put a disposable water bottle or two in my jersey pockets, thus increasing my capacity by 40%.
It's important to be prepared, but not be scared off. In the end, you just have to go out and do it! If you have to ride 20 miles without water, it'll probably be fine. Jan Heine Editor Bicycle Quarterly www.bikequarterly.com Follow our blog at http://janheine.wordpress.com/ On Monday, November 24, 2014 7:28:38 PM UTC-8, ted wrote: > > Thanks for weighing in with your experience Jan. > Sounds like you got >40 miles per bottle, so with 3 bottles you had at > least 50% margin for an 80 mile gap between water. No worries, pretty > simple. > I presume warmer sunnier conditions would reduce your miles per bottle, > and would eat into that margin. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
