Modeled after what NASA uses to cool off astronauts:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_Cooling_and_Ventilation_Garment
I'm thinking of taking a length of tubing, sewing it to coveralls or a nylon "warm-up" style suit and using a submersible water pump (http://www.mainlandmart.com/aquapump.html) in a simple soda cooler full of ice and water. Using valves similar to those used on IV tubing the system will not leak while off the bike and the tubing will not need to be refilled for each ride.
Maybe I will need to use a sealed circulation system using antifreeze for the circulatory fluid and a reservoir of ice water to cool through a radiator to ward-off growth inside the tubes. Or just pump chlorine or vinegar through it once in a while... not sure :P
or maybe just use something like this: http://www.motorcycle-superstore.com/4/19/448/1388/ITEM/SixSixOne-Core-Cooler-Personal-Radiator.aspx
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you could try algacide to inhibit growth. I used it in one of the labs I worked in, and it seemed to work well. I'm not sure if you could buy it through a scientific supply catalog without an institutional account, but they might let you. Just don't get any in your eyes. I made that mistake, and that's how I learned the hard way that the eyewash stations in the geology building at UCLA have no drains. they just flood the hallways. dumb.
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