Drink "problem"

[CopperCyclist]

Here ya go... knew there was a name for it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mpemba_effect

I remember when someone told me about it, I went straight off, boiled a kettle and tried it using two ice cube trays because I didn't believe it!

 

[DCLane]

I've got a few water bottles which can cope with 65 degree c. drinks in them.

That'd do it!

 

[I like Skol]

How long is your commute? Even at the height of summer when temps are in the mid 20's I never take a bottle for my fast paced 10 mile/40 minute commute. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't pack a drink until I was travelling more than 1hr/15 miles.

 

[Steve Saunders]

Wouldn't keeping a bottle in a jersey pocket not stop it freezing ... it would be sheltered from the wind-chill and the transfer of body heat would hopefully be enough to stop it freezing. I'm wondering about the same issue to be honest as I have a 21 mile each way commute that used to take about 1hr 3 mins on the road bike ... but on the hybrid which I've just fitted Marathon Winters to I'm expecting it to take nearer 1hr 25mins.

 

[jarlrmai]

don't use the Bear Grylls method

 

[hennbell]

Camelbak do an insulated bottle. Bit expensive. It's the Podium bottle with insulation

As it is quite cold here in the winter and warm in the summer I have a couple of these insulated bottles, they keep cold stuff cold and warm stuff warm. The bottle top is not insulated so they don't work quite as good as a proper thermos.

 

[hennbell]

Here ya go... knew there was a name for it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mpemba_effect

I remember when someone told me about it, I went straight off, boiled a kettle and tried it using two ice cube trays because I didn't believe it!

This theory is quite controversial if you look at the ice cubes that result from using boiling water they are significantly smaller than ice cubes made from tepid water. So you are actually freezing a smaller quantity of water so you really can't compare the time to freeze both ice cube trays, Its really is a complicated issue. If you ever get the chance try throwing a cup of boiling/very hot water into the air when it is -30C outside, the water instantly coverts to steam, very cool. As a teenager on cold nights we would throw hot water "grenades" at the pizza delivery car, the water "explodes" in a cloud of steam then flash freeze a very thin layer of ice, good times.

 

[CopperCyclist]

This theory is quite controversial if you look at the ice cubes that result from using boiling water they are significantly smaller than ice cubes made from tepid water. So you are actually freezing a smaller quantity of water so you really can't compare the time to freeze both ice cube trays, Its really is a complicated issue. If you ever get the chance try throwing a cup of boiling/very hot water into the air when it is -30C outside, the water instantly coverts to steam, very cool. As a teenager on cold nights we would throw hot water "grenades" at the pizza delivery car, the water "explodes" in a cloud of steam then flash freeze a very thin layer of ice, good times.

-30!!! Does it even get that cold in the UK?