Bladder in frame bag

[Dave Barter]

Anyone use a bladder in their frame bag to hydrate on the move? If so any tips/which one? I’ve just got one to fit my Cutthroat and I fancy giving it a go.

[GregMay]

Dave,

I used one for the TDR. Split coupler in place so I could leave the hose in and just pop the bag out to refill. IIRC it was a 2L bag, but I only ever filled it fully for the Basin and from Silver City to the end.

[lune ranger]

I've done it in the past and it worked fine.
I used a MSR Dromedary bag with a Camelbak connector on the hose to allow direct filling from a pump water filter - I used a Katadyn. Neat solution to filling on the go.
I was able to fill to about 3L in my set up.
I don't do this anymore. As all of my riding is in the UK at the moment I find a 700ml to 1L bottle more than sufficient.
I would get a magnetic hose clip if I were to do it again and the longest hose I could. I had to dip my head a little to drink and that made the whole thing z bit ungainly.

[Bearbonesnorm]

I'm liking the look of the Hydrapak bladder with the special pumped showerhead type thingy - could be ideal for giving yourself a quick hose down or washing the TD clag off.

https://www.ultralightoutdoorgear.co.uk ... -kit-p7545

[redefined_cycles]

I'm liking the look of the Hydrapak bladder with the special pumped showerhead type thingy - could be ideal for giving yourself a quick hose down or washing the TD clag off.

https://www.ultralightoutdoorgear.co.uk ... -kit-p7545

What a wonderful bag Stu...

[redefined_cycles]

Anyone use a bladder in their frame bag to hydrate on the move? If so any tips/which one? I’ve just got one to fit my Cutthroat and I fancy giving it a go.

I liked the feel of water in framebag and off bag and plenty of it... I squeezed it into the Wildcat Leopard on our Stan (the Sonder) and just released the middle velcro strap a little so most of the bag (old camelbak 2L) was in bottom compartment and top pocket exmpty eno8gh for other gear.

Two hings I learnt/concluded from my first proper use of it on the MaryTownley Loop were

1. Its only proper useful if you need to carry lots of water

2. Poppin it in and out (my camelbak) wasnt ideal on the zippers as the pouring lid is quote big and rigid (hence plan on getting a more mouldable bladder eventually). I had to be very careful getting it in and out of the Leaopard (to aid longevity of that bottom zipper).

3*. Thought about the hose problem during the ride. As whenever I drank I had to carefully release it through the front strap of the top tube bag, drink, tuck it away... To get round this (interested in how @gregmay has attached 2 hoses and the ability to release the hose and remove bladder without unthreading hose) I came up with the theory (mentioned on here above I believe) that I need to zip tie a magnet around the stem and get one of them osprey magnet thingies that can clip onto a hose. That way I should be able to drink easier on the fly without having to go through all the trauma.

NB. That bladder Stu mentioned above seems a lilely candidate for me pending hose length or ability to extend hose.

* I know that was 3 points... sorry

[Specialist Hoprocker]

Yes i use one in a half frame bag. It's and osprey one that has a magnet near the mouthpiece that sticks to the handlebar.

It's not super convenient as the tube is a bit short and i have to stop looking ahead to drink, but it's more fun than 2.5 litres on my back.

[fatbikephil]

Platypus 1.8l for me. I stuff the hose up twixt the stem and the GPS and wrap it round the GPS with a granny know to secure.
My frame bag has a vertical divider so I put the bladder in the front bit to allow plenty hose length

[Pirahna]

I did it for the Divide with a 2 litre Platypus bladder in the frame bag. I needed two hoses, one from the bladder to just inside the frame bag then another up to the handlebars with a Camelbak quick connector thing inside the from bag and an elastic reel from my work pass on the bars to secure the hose.

The hose from the frame bag to the bars, despite being a full length of whatever Platypus use wasn't quite long enough so I had to lean down to drink. The elastic reel thing gave up, I can't remember how I secured the hose to the bars after that. The Camelbak link got stiffer and stiffer until it refused to undo and I never knew how much water I had left. Luckily I'd packed a screw top for the bladder so I switched to using a water bottle in a feed bag and topping it up when needed.

I still pack water in my frame bag but for me, running a hose to the bars was a sub standard idea and I wouldn't do it again.