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Hydration Hygiene
In another thread Curtis wrote:
[My wife] thinks [water bottles] should be washed after every ride, or at least every week or so. My wife began using clear 'disposable' plastic bottles of water - the .75L or 24-ounce size, bought from Sam's Club, usually - several years ago. They fit fine in most standard water bottle cages, and she rarely drinks while rolling. I like the caps without pop-up nipples. Actually the bottles can be reused several times before they're ready for recycling, especially if they're refilled with purified or deionized water (which we get from roadside kiosks). They seal well enough to be tossed into trunk bags or panniers. We also use them with sports drinks, which I prefer watered down to about one-fourth their standard packaged strength. Trying to clean and sterilize a standard soft plastic bottle that's been used with goopy drinks is NOT one of my favorite pastimes! It's nice just to toss one in the bin instead. On longer rides I often carry one or two bottles like that, along with the underseat hydration pack that I normally use for straight water. For tadpoles with mesh seats, a Camelbak Unbottle with buckled straps works great. We have Vagabond Source bags, which have a slightly better interface for the straps. If you've had problems with water bottles popping out of horizontally mounted cages, or getting in the way of calves - a common occurence on tadpoles with boom-mounted bottles - you may want to try the Zefal S-Cage. It's cheap, but works as well as anything I've tried. Regards, Wayne |
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Hydration Hygiene
On 17 Jan 2007 23:08:07 -0800, "32GO" wrote:
My wife began using clear 'disposable' plastic bottles of water - the .75L or 24-ounce size, bought from Sam's Club, usually - several years ago. They fit fine in most standard water bottle cages, and she rarely drinks while rolling. I like the caps without pop-up nipples. Actually the bottles can be reused several times before they're ready for recycling, especially if they're refilled with purified or deionized water (which we get from roadside kiosks). They seal well enough to be tossed into trunk bags or panniers. etc. Uh, this would be fine information for my wife (who actually also often uses one form of bottled water or another), but I'm the one who is asked, "where did you get the grey water bottles?" and the answer is, "They were white - its just that the little black mold spots inside are now evenly dispersed." Aside from this annoying cough I've developed, I don't have a problem with my water bottles... Curtis L. Russell Odenton, MD (USA) Just someone on two wheels... |
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Quads
On 01/18/2007 14:19:11 Peter Clinch wrote: Curtis L. Russell wrote: Going up hills, if speed truly is not an issue, is not an issue on trikes and quads until they start rolling backwards. With no minimum speed to maintain balance, you can creep up as slow as you wish. Not /quite/: traction can be a problem with some designs when it gets really steep. But that would be seriously steep! Pete. I think the French offering used a LSD, however they seem to have gone very quiet in the last 3 months so maybe they are in difficulties. -- Buck Give a little person a little power and create a big problem. http://www.catrike.co.uk |
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