bottles

Mark Alexander

Does anyon have a good way of keeping water bottles clean? I use PSP22 in two and water in the other. both seem to be difficult to clean.
Any ideas?

fluff.

SIS do a bottle cleaner http://www.scienceinsport.com/acatalog/Supplements.html
it's at the bottom of the page, it's just tri-sodium phosphate, so I guess could be found cheaper elsewhere. Other than that, I've used the stuff for sterilising baby milk bottles in the past, but I think prevention is better than curse, if you can rinse and dry them fairly quickly after you get off the bike.

piedwagtail91

soak in milton (sterilising fluid for babies bottles) then rinse out well.

schlepcycling

If you can stick 'em in the dishwasher or as already mentioned use sterilising fluid/tablets.

OnTow

Bicarb. - a couple of heaped teaspoons or more, plus warm water - then stand overnight (brimmed up) - I usually stick the lid in the water up-side-down, so the opened nozzle gets a dunking too.

bobtravers

2 tricks:

First, pour a teaspoon of Javel with your bottle full of water, let it sit for 3-4 hours, then rinse well... After, put 1 teaspoon of baking soda with half bottle of water, shake well than rinse again... (The recipe is from Camelbacks Hydrapacks...)

Second way is to put your bottles in the freezer for 1-2 days, then rinse well. Cold kills all bacteria...

sonicred007

wrote in wrong forum - deleted message

bobtravers

sonicred007 wrote:

I recently got a langster - online via Wheelies Direct (Cycle to work scheme) - and although the dimension on the spec diagram appeared to be the same as my road bike the compactness of the frame means I'm sat right over the drops compared to my normal road bike.

Looking at the two bikes side by side the seat post on my road bike bends back. Whereas the Langster is straight up. So I guess changing the style of seat post will make a difference

However, I guess the easiest and possibly cheapest solution will be fit a longer stem.

Stem length is currently 100mm (I have the 54). How long do they go to? As far as I can see its 130mm

Are you sure you posted on the right topic???

on the road

Washing up liquid?

sonicred007

bobtravers wrote:

sonicred007 wrote:

I recently got a langster - online via Wheelies Direct (Cycle to work scheme) - and although the dimension on the spec diagram appeared to be the same as my road bike the compactness of the frame means I'm sat right over the drops compared to my normal road bike.

Looking at the two bikes side by side the seat post on my road bike bends back. Whereas the Langster is straight up. So I guess changing the style of seat post will make a difference

However, I guess the easiest and possibly cheapest solution will be fit a longer stem.

Stem length is currently 100mm (I have the 54). How long do they go to? As far as I can see its 130mm

Are you sure you posted on the right topic???

no. sorry

richa

Normally: Washing up liquid & a bottle brush.
Sometimes: Dishwasher.
Occaisionally: Milton tablets.
Rarely: Throw 'em away and treat yourself to some new ones.

giant_man

Dishwasher every time, gets them clean as clean.

Jonathan Mcp

Daily washing in bog standard washing up liquid, with a soak overnight in Milton every few months. I don't have a dishwasher (well, the wife I suppose) and would use one if i could.

roger645

bobtravers wrote:

2 tricks:

First, pour a teaspoon of Javel with your bottle full of water, let it sit for 3-4 hours, then rinse well... After, put 1 teaspoon of baking soda with half bottle of water, shake well than rinse again... (The recipe is from Camelbacks Hydrapacks...)

Second way is to put your bottles in the freezer for 1-2 days, then rinse well. Cold kills all bacteria...

No it doesn't, think of salmonella in frozen chicken!

spasypaddy

i only use water in my bottles at the moment. do they really need to go in the dishwasher?

penugent

spasypaddy wrote:

i only use water in my bottles at the moment. do they really need to go in the dishwasher?

Do you stick the spout in your mouth when drinking? Does your bottle ever get hit by roadspray?

Whats hard about sticking the bottle in the dishwasher, unless you don't have one!! Seriously, the dishwasher is easy and effective -- I have never used anything else myself. The only problem is that you need a few bottles so that you aren't using the diswasher every time a single bottle is used