Easy drink bottles

woppi

I've been looking for a while now for a drinks bottle that is easy open and does not involve tilting. The bike shops around Dublin all have the basic 'sports bottle' design.

Some rugby teams have been using the aline chin sipper which is along the lines of what I'm looking for. i.e. keeping the eyes on the road while havin' a wee sip. Has anyone found anything similar?

Nietzschean

i hate to ask but...where do you be looking while drinking? you should be able to tilt the bottle at ~30degree's have your eye's firmly on the road and drink no?

DirkVoodoo

Tilting is all part of the game.

Camelbak use a nifty nozzle design that requires no pulling with your teeth and you can technically squeeze it to build pressure without tilting.

It really is something you should work on though, it just comes naturally through practice.

Don't get a hydration pack/bladder unless you are MTBing, it's totally not euro!

waitforme

Here you go, and they do various colours:

http://www.cocktailequipment.com/products/product.asp?ID=3&title=Thirst+Aid+Helmet

stuf

waitforme wrote: »

Here you go, and they do various colours:

http://www.cocktailequipment.com/products/product.asp?ID=3&title=Thirst+Aid+Helmet

jaysus - not another helmet thread :rolleyes:

copacetic

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

Tilting is all part of the game.

Camelbak use a nifty nozzle design that requires no pulling with your teeth and you can technically squeeze it to build pressure without tilting.

It really is something you should work on though, it just comes naturally through practice.

Don't get a hydration pack/bladder unless you are MTBing, it's totally not euro!

I have these camelbak podiums, you don't have to open with teeth, you just squeeze the bottle and it pops the seal.

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/Camelbak_Podium_710ml~24oz_Bottle/5360033553/


I also have this camelbak but I don't use it on the bike. It's got a tube and a bite valve, but again you can pop it by squeezing. So basically what the OP is looking for
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/Camelbak_Better_750ml~25oz_Bottle/5360026590/#more


These aren't designed to fit bottle cages, but you can take the top off them and put them on the podium or most 750ml bottles and it will work fine.

Morgan

You can look at the road perfectly well while using a regular drinks bottle - just stick it in the side of your gob and keep your eyes ahead.

Raam

copacetic wrote: »

I also have this camelbak but I don't use it on the bike. It's got a tube and a bite valve, but again you can pop it by squeezing. So basically what the OP is looking for
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/Camelbak_Better_750ml~25oz_Bottle/5360026590/#more


These aren't designed to fit bottle cages, but you can take the top off them and put them on the podium or most 750ml bottles and it will work fine.

I have one of those chaps, I don't use it on the bike, but once I did carry it on the bike and if you have a tight fitting cage, or one which can be bent a little, then you should be fine with it.

EH

Jenson USA are selling the 21oz size for $3.50 and the 24oz size for $4 but only in pink if your brave enough!

Dr.Millah

copacetic wrote: »

I have these camelbak podiums, you don't have to open with teeth, you just squeeze the bottle and it pops the seal.

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/Camelbak_Podium_710ml~24oz_Bottle/5360033553/

I have this bottle also. I recommenced it

brayblue24

Dr.Millah wrote: »

I have this bottle also. I recommenced it

+1

Bunnyhopper

EH wrote: »

Jenson USA are selling the 21oz size for $3.50 and the 24oz size for $4 but only in pink if your brave enough!

They do have the 21 oz in silver/red though - and decent value even with the postage added, by the look of it.

biomed32

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=2878

i have two of these, got them in stagg cycles cheap and functional

Jumpy

I actually use a camelbak 2L backpack. I hate delving for the bottle.

Raam

Jumpy wrote: »

I actually use a camelbak 2L backpack. I hate delving for the bottle.

Where do you keep it?!

mockler007

bottles are out dated, get a camel back, argos do a cheaper version, 30 euros, it has loads of storage, and 2ltr bladder, well worth the buy, it even fits a large pump, tubes allen keys and bog roll lol

Lumen

mockler007 wrote: »

bottles are out dated, get a camel back, argos do a cheaper version, 30 euros, it has loads of storage, and 2ltr bladder, well worth the buy, it even fits a large pump, tubes allen keys and bog roll lol

There is nothing outdated about bottles.

Camelbacks are for mountainbikers who don't like getting crud on their teats.

CheGuedara

mockler007 wrote: »

bottles are out dated, get a camel back, argos do a cheaper version, 30 euros, it has loads of storage, and 2ltr bladder, well worth the buy, it even fits a large pump, tubes allen keys and bog roll lol

crashoveroid

mockler007 wrote: »

bottles are out dated, get a camel back, argos do a cheaper version, 30 euros, it has loads of storage, and 2ltr bladder, well worth the buy, it even fits a large pump, tubes allen keys and bog roll lol

Yeah that's why the entire pro tour is on camelbaks oh wait they are not.
Camelbak has launched a range of bottles cant see them being out dated anytime soon.

Beasty

waitforme wrote: »

Here you go, and they do various colours:

http://www.cocktailequipment.com/products/product.asp?ID=3&title=Thirst+Aid+Helmet

This one seems perfect for Raam and El Tonto:

copacetic

crashoveroid wrote: »

Yeah that's why the entire pro tour is on camelbaks oh wait they are not.
Camelbak has launched a range of bottles cant see them being out dated anytime soon.

a fair number of them were using the camelbak racebax vests this year, be interesting to see how that works out. Don't think it can hold enough for a full stage though so it may never fully catch on.

crashoveroid

copacetic wrote: »

a fair number of them were using the camelbak racebax vests this year, be interesting to see how that works out. Don't think it can hold enough for a full stage though so it may never fully catch on.

They have been banned by the UCI as they have been deemed an aero aid

Nietzschean

and were only using them in the TT's as far as i'm aware?

mockler007

sorry didnt know you were on a racer, !!! mtb more my thing, and i use camelbacks for hygene, much and **** and what ever else doesnt get sprayed up over it, road racing is a tad bit dull for me, but each to there own i suppose .... its only a bleeden whistle!!!

mockler007

hygene hyyyygene, next time ur drinking from a bottle in the wet think of the crap that has sprayed up on it, maybe you like the taste, but i dont, i used to use bottles but it wasnt a bit gritty, maybe not out dated for the mach 3 guys, but sure dere you go;)

Dr_Colossus

What's the biggest water bottle you can get for a standard cage, is 750ml the biggest? I tend to guzzle the water down on a spin and regularly run out so wondering what you guys do out on the road to refill, stop at a shop and buy a bottle of water to refill the two bottles?

E@gle.

Is a bottle not a bottle?

rottenhat

Dr_Colossus wrote: »

What's the biggest water bottle you can get for a standard cage, is 750ml the biggest?

You can get 1 litre bottles if you look around, not sure about larger.

Dr_Colossus wrote: »

I tend to guzzle the water down on a spin and regularly run out so wondering what you guys do out on the road to refill, stop at a shop and buy a bottle of water to refill the two bottles?

Yes. Or ask the barman to fill them while your pint settles.

CheGuedara

E@gle. wrote: »

Is a bottle not a bottle?

No not always - sometimes its a duck. Just like sometimes a tea pot is a death star