Waterbottle malfunction!

Roastie
Roastie Posts: 1,968
edited June 2009 in Commuting chat
Stupid SIS bottle. Until now I've loved them, they are cheap, easy to drink from and just worked pretty well so much so that the SIS bottle had become my preferred option.

So last night, a few laps into the race at Palace, my mouth was getting very dry and I desperately needed a squirt.

Pull open the thingie (with teeth), squeeze ... nothing, and the bottle won't squeeze. Suck, just air. Try again next lap.

Pull open the thingie (with teeth), squeeze ... nothing, and the bottle won't squeeze. Suck, just air. Fiddle fiddle fiddle. Try again next lap.

...

Pull open the thingie (with teeth), squeeze ... nothing, and the bottle won't squeeze. Fiddle fiddle fiddle. Contemplate jettisonning the bottle. Try again next lap.

You get the picture. So now I am very much in need of a drink and so pull to the edge of the group, fiddle a bit more and FINALLY get the much needed sticky, red liquid inside. It works fine after that.

I've never had any problems before with a water bottle (anyone else had this?), and still can't work out what caused it. It certainly didn't help my cause last night.

Afterwards another dude suggested trying one of those new fangled Camelbak bottles, looks interesting - but overkill for something that really should be so simple.

Gr.

Comments

  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Pop it in the dishwasher, perhaps? Sticky badness build-up seems a possibility. I've had that happen before.
  • Cafewanda
    Cafewanda Posts: 2,788
    I reckon Camelbak, aided by that "dude" put a hex on your water bottle to encourage you to buy their product instead. Resist!!! :D
  • PO Paul
    PO Paul Posts: 114
    Palace?

    Is that Crystal Palace? Do they have evening races there? Can you post any more details please?

    I live local and would be interested in spectating (maybe even entering, if they're open events).

    Thanks
  • fossyant
    fossyant Posts: 2,549
    Those Camelbak's are great.
  • alfablue
    alfablue Posts: 8,497
    Yep, Camelbak Podium, double the price of regular bottles but they will probably last twice as long. Worth every penny.
  • tardington
    tardington Posts: 1,379
    I love my ones. I am afraid to put non-water liquids in though, in case it gums up the valve or makes it go foosty.

    Are SIS bottles just the normal sort of bike bottle?
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    I have the opposite problem: my SIS bottles leak from everywhere, so don't use them except for the commute on odd occasions.
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    PO Paul wrote:
    Palace?

    Is that Crystal Palace? Do they have evening races there? Can you post any more details please?

    I live local and would be interested in spectating (maybe even entering, if they're open events).

    Thanks

    Yup. Check out this thread: http://www.bikeradar.com/forum/viewtopi ... &start=640
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • Roastie
    Roastie Posts: 1,968
    edited June 2009
    Pop it in the dishwasher, perhaps? Sticky badness build-up seems a possibility. I've had that happen before.
    I am the dishwasher. :(

    But before my dish washing skills, and general hygiene in the Roasted household, are brought into question, the offending bottle was a new 'un.
    cjcp wrote:
    I have the opposite problem: my SIS bottles leak from everywhere, so don't use them except for the commute on odd occasions.
    Exactly! I left out that when I squeezed, the red liquid of life sprayed out from under the cap ...
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Roastie wrote:
    I have the opposite problem: my SIS bottles leak from everywhere, so don't use them except for the commute on odd occasions.
    Exactly! I left out that when I squeezed, the red liquid of life sprayed out from under the cap ...[/quote]

    Yup, it's not annoying in the slightest, is it?





    :x
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."