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Cup holders will make sure to have plenty of fluids with you to keep you hydrated as you ride. This not only applies to hot days, but any time you ride. Most people don't realize that just by riding, you loose fluid from the wind wicking it right off your skin, no matter what the temp is. So getting fluids while you ride is important.
We ride with two big 20oz. insulated mugs, one up front and one in back. Really simple and they work just fine. I've seen others use the back packs that cyclist use. They go on your back and a tube is clipped onto your jacket with a demand valve on the end of it. Just bite and suck and you have a drink. These are great and can be used elsewhere like hiking etc.
If you are pulling a trailer, make sure to have a cooler full of drinks. We will pack ours with ice and some 16oz. bottles of water. We also found flavor packets of ice tea and lemonade etc. that are designed for a 16oz. water bottle and we pack them along for variety. We also save our empty bottles and fill them with the water in the cooler after the ice has melted. If you do this, make sure to clean the cooler well first and don't contaminate the ice with other things such as food. Anything that goes in our cooler, sandwiches, fruits, veggies etc. should be sealed in either Tupperware or Ziploc bags.
Now you can even step up and get fancy cups that plug into an accessory adaptor and will keep your coffee warm or your ice tea cold! Either way, as long as you have something. Getting dehydrated while you ride can be very dangerous. You can easily become disoriented which would not be a good thing. So a simple drink of some means will go a long way.
Oh, and one quick tip, if you have a full-face helmet, make sure to use a longer straw and you'll be able to get a drink without too much fuss.
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