I’m not really a hydration pack person. If I have the opportunity to don a bottle and a hip pack, or just use my bike’s trendy in-frame storage box, I’ll take it. I generally find packs to be stiflingly hot and bulky. It’s a pain to sync all the adjustments, they cause back pain, and they throw off my center of gravity in high-speed technical terrain or while in the air. But, on all-day adventures, having some extra space–and extra beverage–is a necessity. So, riding with a pack becomes, well, necessary.
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