01-11-2005, 02:23 PM
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#10 (permalink)
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In article <Xns95DB9C141A811mikelatshawca@64.59.144.76>,
Mike Latondresse <mikelat@no_spam_shaw.ca> wrote:
> "Mike Jacoubowsky/Chain Reaction Bicycles" <MikeJ@ChainReaction.com>
> wrote in news:uIYEd.9538$wZ2.7333@newssvr13.news.prodigy.co m:
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> > #3: Whatever your favorite sports drink is, chances are high it
> > won't be available where you go. If you're partial, say, to
> > Cytomax, you'd better bring it with you.
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> I won't comment on the bike packing practice you recommend because my
> experiences are different but I had a buddy who brought his own drink
> powder in a large water bottle taped in his cage. Needless to say CDG
> security picked his bike to unpack and took a fit when they saw the
> powder in the bottle. Neither his offer to taste it nor all claims
> that it was what it was avoided a 40 minute farce, and he finally
> ended up tossing it down the toilet even though security really knew
> it was sports drink.
Luckily, my wife and I are both imbibers of water on our rides. We're
not hard-core enough to pay for liquid refreshment.  Besides, on an
island that's only 25 miles long, we'd have to travel it twice to really
start getting tired. Water will suffice for us.
*Goes to take pictures of the bikes before the tear-down begins*
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