Ice Pack in Back Armor Pocket

[SweetB]

My husband's tired of hearing about this, so thought I'd come here to ask.

Does anyone ride with ice packs between their back armor (or inside the pocket) and clothing?? I have a heavy leather/canvas winter jacket that I use on daily work commutes since I travel 50 miles on the interstate (1 way). The other day, I had a frozen meal in my backpack and noticed it felt really good through my jacket and kept me feeling significantly better than riding without.

First idea was to just get one or two regular freezer packs and put them into the armor pocket. Second idea was to use a water reservoir bladder thingy I found at walmart (about $17 in camping) to shove in there. The water reservoir thingy also has quilted pockets of freezer goo to keep the water cool, so double win.

Have any of you done this before or are you currently doing it? Would love feedback before I try to water bladder thingy.

[Alex]

Doesn't seem like a bad idea to me.

http://www.webbikeworld.com/r4/moist...ce-pack-shirt/

[bdavison]

Better idea....Get a Frogg Toggs Chilly Pad towel.
Basically, you soak it in water, then squeeze it out, and it gets cold...Drape it down your back, and fold it over your collar. It stays cold for about 4 hrs if you wear a jacket over it.

They run around 14 bucks or so.

The problem with a icepack is for a long time, it might give you mild frostbite where it contacts your back....not a good thing.

[Bosgarage57]

I use a hydration bladder I wear on my back. On top of my tshirt, below my jacket. While its frozen its really nice and feels goods, whats NOT good is when it starts to melt and the condensation soaks the back of my shirt. Not too much a problem if im just riding around but if you have to wear "work" clothes or something, its something to consider.

[TheJimmyEnglish]

I use the hydration pack in front of ny back armor. Works great

[2010Zen]

I always wondered how many ppl use ice packs and such. I didn't thing of the hydration badder thing. What a great idea!! The thing about some of the frozen coolers to keep us cool just wouldn't make it very long in Las Vegas Nevada. It just gets waaaaaaay too hot here. I will give it a shot next year and see how it does.

[Skippii]

So, instead of something to protect your spine from injury, you put a bunch of rock-hard ice cubes with sharp edges against your vertebrae?

Initially, I like the idea, but after a breif consideration of the consequences, I think I like the wet towel idea better.

[jamesio]

I personally would never use my back pocket to store miscellaneous items in. The only thing I would recommend putting in between the jacket and your back is a back protector. Anything else and you are risking some possible horrible back injuries in the event of a get off or crash. I would hate to think what something frozen as a rock could do to your spine upon impact. Something as small as a cellphone or ice pack could paralyze you. If you are really dying out there, look into one of these

[algerath]

I think i read this idea in another thread here, but I tried it and I works.

I soaked an underarmour t shirt and wrung it out and wore it under my mesh jacket. It is only good for 30-45 min but it is like air cond once you get moving! Would probably work under a non- mesh jacket that has vents too