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Old December 25th 18, 06:05 AM posted to rec.bicycles.misc
John B. Slocomb
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Default AG: Storing bottles

On Mon, 24 Dec 2018 23:04:03 -0500, Joy Beeson
wrote:

On Sun, 16 Dec 2018 11:55:58 +0700, John B. Slocomb
wrote:

Good Lord! I wash my bike bottles as soon as I finish the ride.


I keep mine in a refrigerator. The garage is heated only by leakage
from the furnace/water-heater closet (which isn't particularly warm),
and by having two walls in common with the house. I keep my "root
cellar" (a paper lunch bag containing a quart-size paper-mache' berry
box of onion sets) against the back wall of a cupboard hanging on an
inside wall to be sure it doesn't freeze.


Well, as my bottles are normally empty when I get back to the house I
just wash them out and put them on the kitchen shelf till the next
time.

I'll be taking the bottle out of storage sooner than expected. On
Tuesday's ride, I warmed the bottles in the humidifier pot and put my
Sheriff Goshert bottle in the insulated pannier, and it was still hot
when I took it out, experiment a success.


I have an insulated (thermos) that I bought thinking I could carry
cold water on the hot days but it wasn't a real success as it didn't
fit the bottle cages very well and secondly it was kind of a pain in
the neck to have to stop, screw off the top and pour out a cup full.
The regular bike bottles you just squirt a mouthful :-)


In an excess of caution, I wrapped the bottle in a plastic grocery bag
first, and it's lucky that I did: the sack had a puddle of water in
it when I took the bottle out. So after I got home, I tossed it into
the recycling bin. The bottle, that is. I tossed the sack when I
passed Owen's. Together with a lot of the sacks I'd used to cushion
the lamp I left at the recycle depot, since I'd hit two stores on the
way to the depot, and ate half of a foot-long submarine on the way
back, and pannier space was getting a bit tight.

Sheriff Goshert stepped aside for Sheriff Dukes about the same time.

It was a few campaigns back that I picked up the bottle at a garage
sale, so it's done its duty.


I've been buying the cheap Chinese made bottles. I was initially a bit
apprehensive but after trying one they seem as strong as other bottles
and don't seem to have any "plastic smell" or taint the drink and they
are in the neighborhood of $3.00 each.

cheers,

John B.


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