Do you drink road water?

2Phat4Rapha

Just out of curiosity, my water bottle tops get quite mucky in the wet and dusty in the dry. I try to give em a squirt and a wipe before drinking but I wonder if there are all kinds of lurgees hanging about on 'em. Oh I'm so sensitive I know but I nearly rolled over the rotting carcass of a fox 'tother day in the rain. All that run off was splashing over me and me botter watles (no muddies). But hey, I suppose if I'm still here typing, kind of ...

teulk

Most of the time i take my camelbak so dont have that problem, i always have a bottle of water on the bike tho'. I have often drank from my bottle when its been covered in dirt / water / dust / mud etc and its done me no harm - obviously i give the bottle top a wipe before i drink from it.

nicensleazy

Just get on and drink!

mask of sanity

I have to say I'm rather partial to the drinking from the odd puddle ever now and then! You just can't beat the grittiness of it!

bobtbuilder

Just out of curiosity, my water bottle tops get quite mucky in the wet and dusty in the dry. I try to give em a squirt and a wipe before drinking but I wonder if there are all kinds of lurgees hanging about on 'em. Oh I'm so sensitive I know but I nearly rolled over the rotting carcass of a fox 'tother day in the rain. All that run off was splashing over me and me botter watles (no muddies). But hey, I suppose if I'm still here typing, kind of ...

Man up FFS :roll:

Angus444

(In mock Yorkshire-Monty Python accent).....'water bottle? we could only dream of a water bottle!! Cow-trough by side of t'field, were good enough for us......'

Woodenleg

"ee, yer wer' lucky, we us'd to dream o' drinking from t'cow-trough. We'd to suck rain-water from t'grates at side o' road..." oh, give over now!

hamstrich

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/mid/7759532.stm

You're probably better off drinking road scum than liquid sheep poo!

fletch8928

Nawt wrong wi bi tu deed tup juice. watar b wata, reet tasty un we t. or as they say up in my new homeland. Haway man ye can nee drink that shyte man haway man man ant dec toon man

skyd0g

Woodenleg wrote:

"ee, yer wer' lucky, we us'd to dream o' drinking from t'cow-trough. We'd to suck rain-water from t'grates at side o' road..." oh, give over now!

Thou 'ad grates??? Posh were yer?
Sheer bl**dy luxury that!
We had sixteen families sharing a puddle. If we were lucky, on Sundays we got t' lick t' dew off nettles as a special treat.

FCE2007

'Deed tup juice'

STEFANOS4784

Drink it up. Extra protein and it will build your imune system..........or kill you :?

Stone Glider

Or both Corpses are , pretty much, immune to everything :P

STEFANOS4784

Stone Glider wrote:

Or both Corpses are , pretty much, immune to everything :P

Nice..... 8)

skyd0g

2Phat4Rapha wrote:

Just out of curiosity, my water bottle tops get quite mucky in the wet and dusty in the dry. I try to give em a squirt and a wipe before drinking but I wonder if there are all kinds of lurgees hanging about on 'em. Oh I'm so sensitive I know but I nearly rolled over the rotting carcass of a fox 'tother day in the rain. All that run off was splashing over me and me botter watles (no muddies). But hey, I suppose if I'm still here typing, kind of ...

If the anti-bacterial properties of your lipstick aren't enough, just dust 'em off with the tassles on your handlebars.

Man Up FFS :roll:

BikeNewby

2Phat4Rapha wrote:

Just out of curiosity, my water bottle tops get quite mucky in the wet and dusty in the dry. I try to give em a squirt and a wipe before drinking but I wonder if there are all kinds of lurgees hanging about on 'em. Oh I'm so sensitive I know but I nearly rolled over the rotting carcass of a fox 'tother day in the rain. All that run off was splashing over me and me botter watles (no muddies). But hey, I suppose if I'm still here typing, kind of ...

I have to say that this never occurred to me. I have something like these on my bike:

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_165718

Guess that might save you the cleaning process?

AndyRubio

It's a fair question - basically if you allow road water into your body you're increasing the risk of lurginess. You've thought about what's in it, and there'll be more besides. What can you do apart from give it a wipe?

mask of sanity

AndyRubio wrote:

It's a fair question - basically if you allow road water into your body you're increasing the risk of lurginess. You've thought about what's in it, and there'll be more besides. What can you do apart from give it a wipe?

Increased exposure to things like road water is actually more likely to decrease the amount of times you get ill as it should cause your immune system to develop and become a lot better!

verylonglegs

Well if it worries you that much I take it you ride with your mouth closed at all times?

mmitchell88

You take drinks with you on rides??? But thats like 1, possibly 1.5, additional kilos of weight!

You know, if you want to avoid contamination of the fluids you imbibe, there's a liquid the human body produces which comes out totally sterile. It also kind of looks like energy drink.





What am I writing?

scwxx77

Angus444 wrote:

(In mock Yorkshire-Monty Python accent).....'water bottle? we could only dream of a water bottle!! Cow-trough by side of t'field, were good enough for us......'

This is what my dad used to do when he was out on long training runs for marathons. That or go out in the car beforehand and hide a water bottle under a bridge somewhere.

cyclingmev

aye, just drink it, you'll be right....However, i would advise checking the top of your water bottle before slurpage, as i almost downed a dead slug once. It was like having a chunk of soap in my mouth......... :?