Topic: how to drink water in the car
We removed all the cup holders.
I've suck on a lemon drop, but could that be a choking hazard?
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We removed all the cup holders.
I've suck on a lemon drop, but could that be a choking hazard?
We put in a cup holder to fit qt gadorade, a hole is drilled in the top where a piece of vinyl tube sticks out long enough to get under the helmet.
We bring camelback drink bladders with us. In the space between the seat and the door bars we put a small bucket (usually the bottom of a windshield washer fluid jug zip tied to the roll cage), then each driver brings their own drink in and out of the car with them, and it is easy to access when you need it in the car. Makes a big difference in long shifts.
We use a 2-quart drink cooler (each driver has his own) that sits in a holder behind the seat, and uses a camelbak hose with bite valve. We switch it out for each driver on our pit stop.
With 2-hour stints, heat and humidity in the south, it's a must for us.
another camelback vote. Get a right angle bite valve, makes it easier to get up under the helmet to your face.
We have a full drink system. A cooler is mounted in the car with 2x1 gallon jugs of water in them. A small 12v pump activated by a button accessible to the driver. A bite valve on a clear plastic tube runs to the driver who can drink when needed. Swap out the jugs between races and pump an iodine solution through the hoses to sterilize it before it each race.
Camelback with adapter to plug right into helmet. Each driver has a bag and it gets switched out at driver change.
Sippy Cup that sits in a bicycle-style holder mounted to the trans tunnel.
The water-bladder system seems to be increasingly common. Fun Fact: Pyrotect actually makes such a system with a magnetic mounting system that you can buy in the Lemons Store. I couldn't honestly tell you if the price is good or not on that kind of thing, but there it is.
We chew gum. Not just any gum, but caffeinated gum: https://www.amazon.com/Jolt-Energy-Gum- … _sxwds-bia
We use the Longacre Drink Holder and each driver has their own bottle that change out with them.
That way we can each have our preferred hydration solution in the bottle.
We used to use a Camelback and change bite valves with each driver,
but the water would get warm by the end of the day.
We use the Longacre system too, but we switched out the bite valve for the nice 90 degree Camelback. Works great and At least for ME I drain it every stint.
I have to moma hen all my other drivers who come in half dehydrated with a mostly full drink bottle.
We chew gum. Not just any gum, but caffeinated gum: https://www.amazon.com/Jolt-Energy-Gum- … _sxwds-bia
Wouldn't gum be a choking hazard like a lemon drop (which works great, just seems a hazard).
I got one of these camelbak bladders at walmart for $12,
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Outdoor-Prod … k/51036881
Now have to figure out how to use it..lol Does it feed by gravity or is the bladder pressured?
Just bleed the air from the bag, bite and suck on the bite valve.
The bite valve keeps the liquid from draining back to the bag when you stop biting it.
Just bleed the air from the bag, bite and suck on the bite valve.
The bite valve keeps the liquid from draining back to the bag when you stop biting it.
Ahh, so just like a drink straw, but better. Thanks!
I'm going to need some kind of secure mount, as water is not lightweight, do they have extra light water for racing?
We use the Longacre system too, but we switched out the bite valve for the nice 90 degree Camelback. Works great and At least for ME I drain it every stint.
I have to moma hen all my other drivers who come in half dehydrated with a mostly full drink bottle.
I can never find the damn hose.....I will velcro it to my wrist next season
I'm going to need some kind of secure mount, as water is not lightweight, do they have extra light water for racing?
Carbonated water should be lighter weight, because, you know, carbon. Isn't that why carbon fiber parts are lighter?
can never find the damn hose.....I will velcro it to my wrist next season
We started hanging it from a zip tie loop from the roof so we can watch it flop around in the rear view mirror.
DelinquentRacer wrote:Just bleed the air from the bag, bite and suck on the bite valve.
The bite valve keeps the liquid from draining back to the bag when you stop biting it.Ahh, so just like a drink straw, but better. Thanks!
I'm going to need some kind of secure mount, as water is not lightweight, do they have extra light water for racing?
I just have the camelback hanging off the back of the seat with the arm straps looped around the seat wings. Presuming my pink lil bod stays strapped in the seat, it shouldn't go far even in a flip.
We use a Camelback with snap in tubes. Each driver has his own tube. Takes a second or two to swap the tube, the bladder stays in the car.
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Wow, all we do is stuff a bottle of water next to us into the seat. During yellow flag, stuff the bottle under the helmet, extend lips over the opening and squeeze.
Wow, all we do is stuff a bottle of water next to us into the seat. During yellow flag, stuff the bottle under the helmet, extend lips over the opening and squeeze.
Technically, that's against the rules (3.F.8). You're not supposed to have any loose items in the cockpit.
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We keep it really simple - 90 minute shifts in warmer weather, and drink up before you get in (with water and/or Powerade).
We'll add Camelbaks if we ever run a mid-summer race.
I'm going to need some kind of secure mount, as water is not lightweight, do they have extra light water for racing?
Well... yes. Deuterium-depleted water is a by-product of the extraction of heavy water. There's at least one outfit that sells the stuff for its strongly-implied-but-not-actually-stated-so-don't-sue-them "health" benefits, with eight liters of water at 10 ppm deuterium going for $240 or six liters of the even lighter 5 ppm deuterium going for the same $240. A bit pricey, but just think of the weight savings over ordinary water at around 150 ppm deuterium!
Of course even greater savings (of weight, anyway) are available by also running this in the radiator and cool suit.
Wait they're charging more money for the garbage part of concentrating heavy water?
Why did I have to be cursed with a technical mind and not a charlatans mind!!!!
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