Cleaning water bottles

[pawl]

I don't use alumium bottles because or the links to dementia. I don't use plastic bottles due to the links to cancer. I use only stainless bottles, although I seem to have become mildly magnetic since doing so.

Is that a problem if you ride a steel bike.

 

[Moodyman]

Rinse after every ride and leave to air dry.

Periodic wash in the dishwasher or handwash with brush.

Bacterial growth increases when water is left in the bottle for a while.

 

[Alan O]

When I got home today, my water bottle was full of blackberries! But I've already cleaned those out

 

[Apollonius]

A small amount of bleach. Leave to stand until all stains are gone and then rinse thoroughly.

 

[PeteXXX]

Dishwasher, occasionally, for water bottles, usually after I’ve had stuff other than pure H2O in them.
For the hydration bladders, I use Miltons or Campden Tablets, from my wine making supply, to cleanse them properly.

 

[Katherine]

When I got home today, my water bottle was full of blackberries!

What a good idea!

 

[mikeymustard]

When I got home today, my water bottle was full of blackberries! But I've already cleaned those out

Mmm blackberry rum, my favourite (it's just like sloe gin but better), very refreshing served with lashings of home made ginger beer!

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Mmm blackberry rum, my favourite (it's just like sloe gin but better), very refreshing served with lashings of home made ginger beer!

That's all very well but does it make you quicker up hills?

 

[Accy cyclist]

I made the mistake of soaking one of my 'bidons' in lemon smelling washing up water overnight. Two years on i still get a lemon taste when i have a drink out of it. Actually it's not that bad a taste.

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

Water bottle on my latest Raleigh was really minging when I got it. Got the worst of the green stuff out with a scouring pad, then left it soaking for a couple of days in water dosed with washing up liquid. Looks nice and clean now, but even though I must have rinsed it out over a dozen times, there's still that little extra "something" in the taste of the water drunk from it. Never mind, when I'm really thirsty I'm not too fussy, plus it is gradually getting better....

 

[vickster]

You use a bottle that was on a bike you got out of a skip

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

You use a bottle that was on a bike you got out of a skip

No, that particular bike didn't come out of a skip. I actually paid legal tender for it!

 

[vickster]

No, that particular bike didn't come out of a skip. I actually paid legal tender for it!

Even so, a second hand bottle...minger

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

Even so, a second hand bottle...minger

So when you go out for a drink somewhere, do you imagine you're getting a brand new virgin glass that hasn't previously been used by someone else? It doesn't matter if something is secondhand or not, so long as it gets cleaned before re-use.

 

[Biker Joe]

Now and again I wash my water bottle out with antibacterial hand wash. I've never had any problems with smelly bottles.