Water Bottles

I often forget my water bottle on my bike after a ride. I was leaving for a ride last week and took the old bottle out of the rack and called for my wife. I threw it into the house and it landed at her feet on the kitchen floor. I put my fresh bottle in the rack and rode off.

When I arrived home I found the very same bottle in the yard. My wife blamed the dogs. It was far from my best bottle and if you participate in any riding event or race you probably have plenty of bottles yourself, often included in what is called a schwag bag. A bag of free promotional items often including a gel packet and sample size Cliff Bar.

Water bottles often fail around the base of the nozzle collar. The plunger nozzle usually doesn't open and close easily resulting in material fatigue due to undue force on the collar. Some styles are also hard to clean with a small opening at the top. Things can start to grow inside if you're not careful.

The WORS water bottle is a superior product. Available for purchase at any WORS event. It is easy to clean with a wide opening and the nozzle pops in and out very smoothly. It is somewhat larger than most nozzles. It is also part of the schwag for WORS' premier mega event, the 'Subaru Cup'. At least it was last year.

I most often ride with Gatorade in my bottle when I'm exercising. When there is a race or I'm going for a long hard ride I'll use the better stuff. I'm sure I'll go through several bottles when I try some three hour races this year. Not sure if I'll have the same thing in every bottle.

I tried the Blogger poll feature a while back. Results still at the bottom of the page. Happily there is no one who has 'never been here once'. Half said this is the 'best MTB blog ever' and only one claimed they are stalking me, but that was my wife so... ...?...!

I think the dogs were framed!