I haven't washed my bottle in a year.
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Let me clarify, I am not trolling.
As of today, I have not washed my primary water bottle in 1 year. I simply refill and squirt into my mouth as needed, never touching it to my lips. I just wanted to see what would happen. No excessive road grime, no mold build up, nothing.
Call me an idiot, call me an attention seeker, but I'm still alive and pedaling.
As of today, I have not washed my primary water bottle in 1 year. I simply refill and squirt into my mouth as needed, never touching it to my lips. I just wanted to see what would happen. No excessive road grime, no mold build up, nothing.
Call me an idiot, call me an attention seeker, but I'm still alive and pedaling.
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Me too. No even funky yet.
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donham1 wrote:Let me clarify, I am not trolling.
As of today, I have not washed my primary water bottle in 1 year. I simply refill and squirt into my mouth as needed, never touching it to my lips. I just wanted to see what would happen. No excessive road grime, no mold build up, nothing.
Call me an idiot, call me an attention seeker, but I'm still alive and pedaling.
We are more interested if you have not wash yourself for a year.
Glad I'm not the only one!! I have two bottles I use for everything, and as long as I'm riding frequently, the bottles stay nice (even if I'm slobbering all over them). If I take time off though, even if they're dry when they're put away, they're funky when I take them out and I need to wash them again. I think that the water flowing in and out repeatedly sorta cleans them for you if you ride enough!
Where does your water come from, mains or a private well? What do you add to it as well?
Commercially provided mains water, which you never add anything to shouldn't "go off" if it's regularly replaced/topped up/used. It's full of chemicals to ensure its "purity".
That'll soon change if you add sugar to it, or move out into the sticks and get your own well. Our water goes manky after 2 or 3 days, as there's nothing in it to keep the stuff from growing. (Comes out of a 110m borehole in the garden, that goes thro 80m of granite. So the waters clean, just no chemicals.)
Commercially provided mains water, which you never add anything to shouldn't "go off" if it's regularly replaced/topped up/used. It's full of chemicals to ensure its "purity".
That'll soon change if you add sugar to it, or move out into the sticks and get your own well. Our water goes manky after 2 or 3 days, as there's nothing in it to keep the stuff from growing. (Comes out of a 110m borehole in the garden, that goes thro 80m of granite. So the waters clean, just no chemicals.)
"just no chemicals"
...except for the dihydrogen oxide, sundry other chemicals from the journey through the ground and a smidge of whatever the plumbing system is made of
yes, much tap water is chlorinated to discourage various nasties that might otherwise make a home in water systems, but that's minor compared to what you'll find in groundwater
...except for the dihydrogen oxide, sundry other chemicals from the journey through the ground and a smidge of whatever the plumbing system is made of
yes, much tap water is chlorinated to discourage various nasties that might otherwise make a home in water systems, but that's minor compared to what you'll find in groundwater
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As long as it is just plain water you should be fine.......not surprised there wasn't any noticeable filth.
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I leave Gatorade in my bottles if I don't finish it... call me sick.
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