Converting a Water Bottle

Ratan
Ratan Posts: 55
edited June 2011 in Road buying advice
Does any one know of a product that can convert the lid of a normal Elite water bottle into a Tri type system by using a straw fixed in the lid long enough so as not having to remove the bottle from the bottle cage on a standard bike while in a tuck position? I have thought about using the Profile system but while I am not really worried about losing a minute at the fuel stations refilling and have heard a lot of negative comments about splash. I would assume that you throw the bottle away and keep the lid and straw for your replacement bottle. For use on my road bike with clip-ons.

Many thanks

Ratan

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  • JRooke
    JRooke Posts: 243
    I've used this lid in the past, removed the rubber mouth bite and their straw, put in a longer one and it slides in perfectly

    http://www.wiggle.co.uk/camelbak-better ... er-bottle/
  • Ratan
    Ratan Posts: 55
    JRooke wrote:
    I've used this lid in the past, removed the rubber mouth bite and their straw, put in a longer one and it slides in perfectly

    http://www.wiggle.co.uk/camelbak-better ... er-bottle/[/quote

    I am looking to throw away the bottle and keep the lid for sportives. Do you know if the lid will fit an standard elite 750 ml bottle. Sounds exactly what I am after. What tubing did you use, Camelbak?

    Thanks
  • Slow1972
    Slow1972 Posts: 362
    Clip ons, a bottle with a straw so you don't have to get out of a tuck... for a sportive.. really?
  • nakita222
    nakita222 Posts: 341
    Slow1972 wrote:
    Clip ons, a bottle with a straw so you don't have to get out of a tuck... for a sportive.. really?

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    I was thinking that too.
  • springtide9
    springtide9 Posts: 1,731
    There is a really good solution for this... but some roadies are stuck in the past and follow 'the rules' (registered trademark) like the company is run by gods. lol

    The clue is in the Wiggle title... lol. Oh, this has made me chuckle :)
    Simon
  • Ratan
    Ratan Posts: 55
    The answer to my question is then there are no replacement caps with built in tubing for standard water bottles. It's a case of buying a Camelbak bottle and modifying it or spending alot on a Profile or similar and get covered with the stuff.

    It's really for an IM but I don't want to brag.
  • JamieRa
    JamieRa Posts: 82
    Ratan wrote:

    It's really for an IM but I don't want to brag.

    :lol:
  • springtide9
    springtide9 Posts: 1,731
    Ratan wrote:
    The answer to my question is then there are no replacement caps with built in tubing for standard water bottles. It's a case of buying a Camelbak bottle and modifying it or spending alot on a Profile or similar and get covered with the stuff.
    It's really for an IM but I don't want to brag.
    Top man! Good luck!
    Simon
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    Ratan wrote:
    The answer to my question is then there are no replacement caps with built in tubing for standard water bottles. It's a case of buying a Camelbak bottle and modifying it or spending alot on a Profile or similar and get covered with the stuff.

    It's really for an IM but I don't want to brag.

    Problem is that there are no "standard" bottle caps. Unless you know beforehand which bottles the organiser is going to use OR you can have your own bottles held at the stations, you could end up with a cap that fits nothing.

    Assuming you can find out which bottles will be used, I think that if you were to remove the stopper assembly from a lid, install one of these (possibly using a tie-wrap on the hose above & below the cap to keep the hose in place)and make a small vent hole in the cap to let the air in.

    Mind you, even with the self-sealing valves on the camelback hoses, sucking liquid up the half metre from your bottle will give you something to take your mind off the pain in your legs.
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • Ratan
    Ratan Posts: 55
    Thanks Alfa Lum. Looks like yours is the best solution.
  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    Which IM is it ? I've used the straw ones before and discarded them - splashy and the straw is a pain to drink from - literally if you hit a bump when drinking.

    Normal water bottles are much better and more flexible.
  • Ratan
    Ratan Posts: 55
    For those who took an interest in this thread I have been informed by Wooliferkins that there is something called the Smartube which is exactly what I am looking for . Address is http://www.bluedesert.co.il/index.html.

    Thanks to all for comments etc.
  • Ratan
    Ratan Posts: 55
    That should be http://www.bluedesert.co.il
  • Ratan
    Ratan Posts: 55
    That should be http://www.bluedesert.co.il

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