Full frame bag users, water ?

[FLV]

Hi,

Quite fancy getting a full frame bag, question is, where do you carry your water for multi day trips?

I know of the back route of course, and regularly use one in the winter (cleaner drinking spout)

My frame does have the under the down tube mount for one bottle if required.

Any top tips?

[Shewie]

I use Restrap stem bags, although I only carry 1L. and fill up/filter along the way

[Bearbonesnorm]

The frame bag for my Stooge has straps built into the top to hold a bottle but the twin TT make that possible, so not much help. However, I have mounted a bottle to the front of the seatpost before and that worked well.

I'm not a great fan of bar / stem mounted bags as I always seem to catch my knees on them but they are probably the most obvious and widely used solution.

[redefined_cycles]

I shove the bladder (3L) inside the framebag Dave and then route it to yhe stem where I've got a magnet on both hose and stem and both sit happily ever after. Thats what seems to work for Carig David too (I mean Jamea Hayden sorry )...

Nice saddle btw

[techno]

I shove the bladder (3L) inside the framebag Dave and then route it to yhe stem where I've got a magnet on both hose and stem and both sit happily ever after.

this is what i do too.
magnetic hose clip: https://www.ospreyeurope.com/shop/gb_en ... magnet-kit (available much cheaper elsewhere)

if you need a longer hose insert:
https://uk.rs-online.com/web/c/plumbing ... 4294431036
https://uk.rs-online.com/web/c/plumbing ... 4294966734

[whitestone]

In the UK at least it's rare to need more than a day's water but I can see it being a problem in hotter countries.

Does seem a shame to get a frame bag then use most of its capacity for water Without the frame bag how much water are you carrying at the moment? A couple of water bottles - that's 1.5L at most. I've a custom full frame bag for my Spearfish and I shaped it so that I still have a water bottle (500ml) mounted and just take a filter and fill up as required.

Without knowing your precise requirements it's a little difficult to suggest more.

[Bearbonesnorm]

I'm with Bob here as i can never see the point in placing a bladder inside a full frame bag. Makes more sense in my mind to use a half bag (in reality there's often not that much difference in capacity) and keep a bottle on the bike.

If I was wanting to put a bladder in a bag, I'd have something custom made with a bladder pocket on one side that also has a surgeons opening.

[FLV]

Thats what I have at the moment. A half bag made to fit around 2 bottles. It works well, but when its not overly hot I sometimes use a hydration pack.

I was considering if I could minimise seat and bar rolls by adding more kit to the frame bag but thinking of clever solutions for water. The most I ever carry is 3 bottles, that was on the Tuscany trail, generally I take 1 or 2 max.

[wriggles]

I have tried the bladder in full framebag on a tour in hotter climes and I didnt get on with it as I couldn't monitor how much water I had left so ended carrying too much or running out. Whereas with a bottle you see how much is left whenever take a sip.

It was also a bit more faffy than just filling a bottle from a tap on the side of the road. In the UK I just use a bottle in a cage or stem cell.

[Lazarus]

My frame has a bottle mount under neath ttube so i use that and secure it with a strap as its my only bottle

I would then use a 500 ml in stem bag if i wanted to carry more

[redefined_cycles]

I'm with Bob here as i can never see the point in placing a bladder inside a full frame bag. Makes more sense in my mind to use a half bag (in reality there's often not that much difference in capacity) and keep a bottle on the bike.

If I was wanting to put a bladder in a bag, I'd have something custom made with a bladder pocket on one side that also has a surgeons opening.

I was thibking similar to this before I tried it. With careful manipulation and the correct bladder (floppy camelbak as opposed to rigid Osprey) its amazing how I've managed to get 3 litres to sit in the low 2/3 or less of the inner triangle. That then left me around 5L or 6L of usable storage space above it.

Works better if you've got a framebag that has 2 pockets eith the zipper ay the bottom being designed smart enough to allow the bladder to get shoved straight into it. I then have a collapsible water bottle to fill it up if needed.

Noy sayin its the smartest solution but it does work suprisingly well...

[Bearbonesnorm]

Yeah but I'd never want to carry 2kg of additional weight Shaf

[lune ranger]

I have tried the bladder in full framebag on a tour in hotter climes and I didnt get on with it as I couldn't monitor how much water I had left so ended carrying too much or running out. Whereas with a bottle you see how much is left whenever take a sip.

It was also a bit more faffy than just filling a bottle from a tap on the side of the road. In the UK I just use a bottle in a cage or stem cell.

This^^

I did have a method for avoiding faff at filling time. I have a direct connector that pairs a Katadyn filter to a hydration pack tube so could pump in the water without removing the bag in places where I could get my bike next to the water source.

Ultimately for most of the time for UK use you don’t need to carry more than 700ml-1L at a time if you carry a small filter eg. MSR Trailshot. It’s rare to be very far away from surface water in any of our upland areas.
On lowland or road trips I usually carry more as it’s not so convenient to fill up and surface water is often of poorer quality.

[Dave Barter]

Another vote for bottles rather than bladder in frame bag. Bladder is a nightmare to get in/out and route the tube. Half the time it got constricted. Finally, if you puncture it. Nightmare.

I was using mine with 3 x 500 ml bottles no problem

[redefined_cycles]

Yeah but I'd never want to carry 2kg of additional weight Shaf

I've veen hanging around/reading too much of/with Karl(s)... anyway, you know what I mean and yes, carrying 2 or 3kg of water is a bit unusual in sunny England (and Scotland and Wales)

[FLV]

If I'm using bottle(s) which looks like the way many folk go. I would likely just fit side cages and wrap a frame bag around it / them I think.

[thenorthwind]

In my one experience of having to carry larger amounts of water at points during a trip, I used a full frame bag for luggage, so I had a bottle cage on the top of the top tube with a 700ml bottle (which I'd drink out of), a Topeak XL cage under the down tube, and Gorilla cages on the fork. Each of the latter could take a 1.5l/2l bottle bought and refilled on the way to expland/reduce capacity as necessary. Part of the reason for doing that was limited space in luggage when flying for large volume containers.

[composite]

Bladder in the frame bag. Its quite flexible that way. If you want all the frame bag space 'back' you can use your bladder in a hydration pack. If you want half of it back just half fill the bladder.

My frame bag had a hose slot and my bladder a quick-release thing so it was easy to take the bag out without having to unroute the hose.

[dlovett]

I've started using a couple of decathlon 500ml soft bottles. Stick them where ever and roll them up as you use them, they then take up no space when empty.

[Pirahna]

I first tried using a hose from the bladder in the frame bag but gave up, difficult to drink from and impossible to keep a check on how much was left (and the Camelbak QR's I was using became difficult to operate). I kept the water in the frame bag but used it to top up a bottle in a stem cell, easy to drink from and easy to see how much is left.

[FLV]

I decided to go inbetween the two. Ive ordered a frame bag for my new bike, left room for one big, or small, bottle on the frame.
Might try a filter, never used one in all my years!

In italy last year i used 3 bottles and needed them. The Frame has fixings for an under the tube bottle so i can just add a soft bottle or stem bag for that odd occasion.

[Scud]

For me, usually one bottle under the down tube, and have two Stem Cells on bars, XL one can take a 1 litre bottle, and then i have snacks and phone in the second.

I have just ordered a frame bag which takes up most of gap in triangle, but allows 1 litre bottle in seat tube bottle cage. So still gives a good size space.

If you need to carry more water, then fork legs is good place, keeps the weight low and actually bike handled well

[Bearlegged]

Might try a filter, never used one in all my years!

I used one (MSR Trailshot) for the first time last month. It worked very well, was little faff, and meant I could do ride out, brew, porridge and ride home with just one bottle. I was pleasantly surprised (as much at my own lack of ineptitude as the actual filter).

[ericrobo]

I use one water bottle (the ones you buy in the supermarket that are destroying the planet, and are unnecessary, what’s up with tap water ? Fluoride ? Boil it.)

As a permanent accessory, see, so I only use one (actually two, because I carry a spare one in my bag, very useful when setting up your 2litre platypus for the night when setting up camp, if you have difficulty filling the platypus )

They only weigh 13 grams (that’s less than half an ounce !)

The one in the frame bag is full when I set off.

I also have a Trailshot all the time and rely on streams to refill the 13 gram bottle...

Where I ride there is ALWAYS water.... ALWAYS ....
Too much of it...

[Fat tyre kicker]

I run a full frame bag all the time, spares,snacks, pump etc, if it's a short ride
I use a downtube or fork ( anything cage) to carry a bottle, more often than
Not though I use an ex army camelback with the hose over my shoulder, lasts
All day, not sure of the capacity but must be 3L, I drink a lot of water......the
Camelbacks can be bought quite cheaply too, often unused