FatandSlow wrote:
For me, I carry about 20 oz. and usually drain it by the 50 minute mark in hot and humid weather. But I have an abnormally high sweat rate. For a 2:20 Saturday morning group ride, I'll consume 2 quarts and still lose 4+ lbs on the ride. Drinking seems to allow me to stay at FTP more consistently.
That's the key - what's your sweat rate and the humidity/heat index. Yesterday in under 3 hours I downed 3-4 liters and still lost a couple of pounds. Years ago on a 105-110 F heat index afternoon I lost 6 lbs in an hour and had to call in sick the next day at work. I was out to do a set of 2x20s. The first was one of my best of the year, the second was a total collapse.