The High Cost of Water Bottles

[Mikej]

Originally Posted by shovelhd

My vote goes to gilet.

Bang - beat me to it!! Or brevet. I buy TWIN SIX purist bottles when they have a sale( get on their list or check facebook often, they are usually flash sales), I will get a seasons worth (about 20) I race MTB with my son and its not uncommon to use 5 each during a race. I transport our water to remote locations and also like to have different bottles mixed up. And a quick shower bottle. We also lose them often enough. The purist should not be scrubbed on the inside, btw.
https://www.twinsix.com/collections/bottles

[ls1togo]

I use Spec' Hydroflo/Moflo primarily because with arthritic thumbs they are easy to squeeze especially as the weather grows colder. Flexibility wasn't a problem until aging set in..sigh!..I would like some options since they only come in 23oz sizing. They disposable (SmartWater) sounds like an option.

[tctyres]

Originally Posted by choke

These are Specialized bottles though the color may not work for some....https://www.sierranevadagiftshop.com...er-bottle.html

Wow! Those are ugly. With the holidays coming up, I might just have to buy some to give to my brother.

[Clancy]

Originally Posted by cderalow

To be fair, their repair kit comes in a nice neat little wallet, and the Allen key set is a collectible and not really supposed to be used as a real Allen key set.

And that is why people have issues with Rapha....
$220 for a "collectible" Allen key set that's not intended to be used?
P.T. Barnum all the way

[William]

Originally Posted by Cicli

I recycle. Unfortunatelly, finding water bottles made out of vegan leather is hard these days.

You are not looking hard enough...

· Full leather with pitch interior waterskins are the most traditional
· Handmade since 1899, using the same process, materials and knowledge
· Top quality goat skin, hermetically sewed, vegetable pitch interior and Bakelite mouthpiece
· Quality tested and cured before shipping
· Ready for immediate use
· Suitable for all kinds of cycling activities: gravel grinding, stage races, Tour parties, Cyclo-Skeet shooting, cyclocross, Hipster fixed gear showboating, Mountain Biking, home use etc.

William

[jemoryl]

Originally Posted by AngryScientist

i have only lost one water bottle that i can remember. d2r2 a number of years ago, before i had the common sense to use king cages bent in for max tightness for offroad duty.

this year though, i threw a bunch in the recycling bin. once they get to a certain age, they just wont come clean anymore, and the roughness of the inside seems to hold "mung" better. they just dont last forever, especially in frequent use with fluid other than water in them.

I've looked at the inside of my Spec bottles when cleaning them and the surface seems to remain quite smooth. But I usually only carry water and don't use anything abrasive to scrub them.

I tend to keep them for as long as possible because I'd really rather not contribute more to the problem of plastic waste. That, plus I'm cheap. What usually makes me chuck the bottle is the valve getting loose. Some start to look pretty bad as well, wonder if bead blasting (or similar) to give the outside a nice matte finish (no logo - yeah!) would work?

[dbnm]

Rapha water bottles are on sale
https://www.rapha.cc/us/en_US/shop/r...oduct/BDN04WHT

[jemoryl]

Originally Posted by dbnm

Rapha water bottles are on sale
https://www.rapha.cc/us/en_US/shop/r...oduct/BDN04WHT

Those are not mere water bottles, but hydration bidons!
BTW, is it really necessary to import a plastic bottle from China?

[rwsaunders]

Originally Posted by jemoryl

BTW, is it really necessary to import a plastic bottle from China?

That's always bothered me about the CamelBak bottles.

[fignon's barber]

Last year, I ordered a pair of "light blue" Rapha water bottles from their site because they were on sale and I like the small Camelbacks. Light blue was important, as the bike is red with small powder blue bands. I received celeste green bottles. This was the phone dialogue when I called their west coast office:

me: "hello, I'd like to return these bottles because they are celeste green"
rapha:" yes, they are actually green"
me: " well, you should probably change the description on the site"
rapha " no, we have blue on there intentionally because it sounds more British"

I gave up.

[makoti]

Originally Posted by fignon's barber

me: "hello, I'd like to return these bottles because they are celeste green"
rapha:" yes, they are actually green"
me: " well, you should probably change the description on the site"
rapha " no, we have blue on there intentionally because it sounds more British"

I gave up.

Well, they had a point. Celeste Green is SO Italian.

[Drmojo]

Originally Posted by Louis

I read somewhere that it's best if you replace all the air in your tires at least once every 3 rides, otherwise it gets stale and causes your tubes (butyl or latex) to break down much faster than they would otherwise.

injecting much needed pataphysicss (dada) into this bizzare Rapha bottles thread

Bravo!

[jemoryl]

Originally Posted by Louis

I read somewhere that it's best if you replace all the air in your tires at least once every 3 rides, otherwise it gets stale and causes your tubes (butyl or latex) to break down much faster than they would otherwise.

Or, the ultimate solution to this problem is to only use the Rapha bespoke inflation mixture in your tires. Mind you, the Silca inflation adapter that is required is on backorder at this time.

[johnmdesigner]

https://forums.thepaceline.net/showt...+water+bottles

[beeatnik]

Originally Posted by johnmdesigner

https://forums.thepaceline.net/showt...+water+bottles