SpeedSip is new type of water bottle. You can drink out of it in absolute aero position. You can carry it in any cage. Simple. Straightforward. Eric Lagerstrom was winning with it in Santa Cruz. He was drinking from the one on the aero bar and swapped the full one from behind the saddle. See the next photo below. There are plenty of options. In a 70.3 you can carry all you need and drink in uninterrupted aero position. On the long distance; if you want to carry your extras like carbs or electrolytes in a separate bottle you will be better off with SpeedSip. Check it out on Facebook: SpeedSip.
Eric Lagerstrom under way to his victory with SpeedSip.
SpeedSip was designed originally to carry it in any cages as a regular water bottle.
You can drink from it holding it upside down and stay in aero position.
SpeedSip is not available yet. If it will earn its reputation on its own merit I will organizing a crowd funding campaign at Kickstarter to make SpeedSip available for everyone. (It is not by chance that it is not existing yet. Actually, to make the reversed spout is very tricky!)
If you go to SpeedSip at Facebook there you can see a “gif” that shows a rider drinking from SpeedSip from behind the saddle. This video is not edited in any way (except the gif loop).
Thanks again,
Peter Szedlacsek
Eric Lagerstrom on a trainer practicing with SpeedSip.
The second set of pictures make more sense. If you are going to advertise, use those. The first pic and description just make it look like an old speedfil missing a straw.
So is it available or not?? You says it is but then say you need a Go fund me…???
I updated my response.
SpeedSip is rather an “idea” at the moment. It is existing in 6 copies, made by 3D printing.
If riders will like it I will move on with the Kickstarter campaign to make it happen.
i dont get it. I mean i get what you’re trying to do, but I dont see the improvement over any other hydration option currently available. Its clearly not disposable, so its no good for bottle swapping on long courses, nor can it be easily refilled while racing, so it is no good for anything over oly distance where 1 or 2 bottles is enough hydration for the race. but it seems like a lot more work then the BTA + straw systems most people already have who aren’t bottle swapping.
Not to you specifically, but I can see this being good for people who concentrate their nutrition, and so don’t throw their bottles away during a race.
I’d throw a few $$ at this if went to Kickstarter.
Improvement? No. But it is different. It may be minor—-but then again, the differences between all these products is—-but I do find the angle at which I sometimes have to tilt a bottle to get liquid out annoying, especially if riding aero. Again, I realize this is minor stuff in the grand scheme, but I could see some utility for this product provided it is priced correctly (maybe $10-15 for the cap itself)
SpeedSip will be disposable and replaceable. Read my lips: it will be in the price range of a regular water bottle.
The point is that it is not a direct competitor to any fixed hydration system at the front.
What SpeedSip does: it makes drinking from a replaceable bottle closer to the ideal situation: “drinking in aero position at uninterrupted speedâ€.
Now the question is: will this improvement bring in any advantage?
It depends on preferences, distance, weather and so on:
refill or replace; carry what you need and avoid stations; or tote the minimum and grab on the fly.
SpeedSip will be disposable and replaceable. Read my lips: it will be in the price range of a regular water bottle.
The point is that it is not a direct competitor to any fixed hydration system at the front.
What SpeedSip does:* it makes drinking from a replaceable bottle closer to the ideal situation*: “drinking in aero position at uninterrupted speedâ€.
Now the question is: will this improvement bring in any advantage?
It depends on preferences, distance, weather and so on:
refill or replace; carry what you need and avoid stations; or tote the minimum and grab on the fly.
explain to me how that works. I’m racing, I have2 bottles with speedsip nipples, they’re both empty and I’m am coming up to an aid station. Explain the process for leaving that aid station with at least 1 full bottle with a speedsip nipple.
The second set of pictures make more sense. If you are going to advertise, use those. The first pic and description just make it look like an old speedfil missing a straw.
So is it available or not?? You says it is but then say you need a Go fund me…???
Yeah, to me it just looks like a non-refillable Speedfil. Design similarities aside, the name seems a bit derivative as well.
ooohh… okay, so ALL the bottles at the race will have the speedfill ( or at least they will be an available option at the aid stations). Well if you can make that happen then the system make a lot more sense, but I think that will be a big ask. good luck though!
tfleeger,
Thanks!
A couple (thousands) more “ooohh…okay†like yours and we will rock and roll! Yes, SpeedSip should be distributed to race organizers too.
Actually, you and all the fellow triathletes can make this happen. As I wrote before I want to do this in a crowd funded project ( Kickstarter) and a project like that depends on the support of the community that will benefit from its result.
So, spread the news and stay tuned.
Thanks again.
Grabbing SpeedSip from the cage on the down tube. Holding it in the upside down way and drinking out of it in aero position.
