This probably comes up each year, but I'd be interested to know if anyone has any tricks for preventing/lessening a water bottle from freezing up? - besides the obvious, of replacing the water with vodka :-)
It was circa -3degC this morning and by the end of my commute - 1hr40m - it wasn't easy to get a swig - nipple stuck and when finally loosened there was much floating ice to hinder the flow.
My bottle's only an inexpensive plastic unit - which cost about a fiver, but I did turn it upside down as recommended by the good folk at www.icebike.com (so when you turn it back round, the ice is supposed to be at the bottom and not the top).
Maybe some bottles are better insulated than others, or placing a ping- pong ball in the water might help, etc.?
This probably comes up each year, but I'd be interested to know if anyone has any tricks for preventing/lessening a water bottle from freezing up? - besides the obvious, of replacing the water with vodka :-)
It was circa -3degC this morning and by the end of my commute - 1hr40m - it wasn't easy to get a swig - nipple stuck and when finally loosened there was much floating ice to hinder the flow.
My bottle's only an inexpensive plastic unit - which cost about a fiver, but I did turn it upside down as recommended by the good folk at www.icebike.com (so when you turn it back round, the ice is supposed to be at the bottom and not the top).
Maybe some bottles are better insulated than others, or placing a ping- pong ball in the water might help, etc.?
If you can bear to drink warm water at the start of your journey that would certainly stave off freezing, and any insulation (even a few layers of newspaper) between the bottle and the airflow should help.
This probably comes up each year, but I'd be interested to know if anyone has any tricks for preventing/lessening a water bottle from freezing up? - besides the obvious, of replacing the water with vodka :-)
I've found for XC skiing that adding an isotonic powder like Gatorade or Hi5 tends to move the freezing level down a little.
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This probably comes up each year, but I'd be interested to know if anyone has any tricks for preventing/lessening a water bottle from freezing up? - besides the obvious, of replacing the water with vodka :-)
I'd try putting sugar/juice in. I take a bottle of dilute apple/grape when XC skiing in Norway (mostly because I like the taste), and although it has frozen a bit, never solid. And the crystals are smaller.
This probably comes up each year, but I'd be interested to know if anyone has any tricks for preventing/lessening a water bottle from freezing up? - besides the obvious, of replacing the water with vodka :-)
I've found for XC skiing that adding an isotonic powder like Gatorade or Hi5 tends to move the freezing level down a little.
Last winter I had a bottle of Lucozade Sport (made up from powder) freeze into a solid block. That was a night when freezing fog had made the roads so slippery it was impossible to ride up one hill due to wheel spin. Even walking up it was tricky, and going down the other side was also interesting.
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This probably comes up each year, but I'd be interested to know if anyone has any tricks for preventing/lessening a water bottle from freezing up? - besides the obvious, of replacing the water with vodka :-)
It was circa -3degC this morning and by the end of my commute - 1hr40m - it wasn't easy to get a swig - nipple stuck and when finally loosened there was much floating ice to hinder the flow.
My bottle's only an inexpensive plastic unit - which cost about a fiver, but I did turn it upside down as recommended by the good folk at www.icebike.com (so when you turn it back round, the ice is supposed to be at the bottom and not the top).
Maybe some bottles are better insulated than others, or placing a ping- pong ball in the water might help, etc.?
Many thanks,
Duncan.
Don't know if this helps much, but I've got an insulated bottle bought from Decathlon in France. It also has a clear plastic dome over the drinking nipple. Perhaps something similar can be bought here?
This probably comes up each year, but I'd be interested to know if anyone has any tricks for preventing/lessening a water bottle from freezing up? - besides the obvious, of replacing the water with vodka :-)
If you can bear to drink warm water at the start of your journey that would certainly stave off freezing
I wonder if the Mpemba Effect applies to water bottles on bikes?
This probably comes up each year, but I'd be interested to know if anyone has any tricks for preventing/lessening a water bottle from freezing up? - besides the obvious, of replacing the water with vodka :-)
If you can bear to drink warm water at the start of your journey that would certainly stave off freezing
I wonder if the Mpemba Effect applies to water bottles on bikes?
A very interesting point.
Certainly a couple of the proposed explanations could apply, and a couple definitely couldn't.
I wouldn't know as I've only done the reverse: Taken the drink partially frozen so that it's still cold(ish) at the end of a long, hot, summer, ride.
That works OK if you get the degree of freezing correct (which obviously varies according to ambient temperature and the speed you're going).
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This probably comes up each year, but I'd be interested to know if anyone has any tricks for preventing/lessening a water bottle from freezing up? - besides the obvious, of replacing the water with vodka :-)
It was circa -3degC this morning and by the end of my commute - 1hr40m - it wasn't easy to get a swig - nipple stuck and when finally loosened there was much floating ice to hinder the flow.
My bottle's only an inexpensive plastic unit - which cost about a fiver, but I did turn it upside down as recommended by the good folk at www.icebike.com (so when you turn it back round, the ice is supposed to be at the bottom and not the top).
Maybe some bottles are better insulated than others, or placing a ping- pong ball in the water might help, etc.?
Tacx do a thermal bottle that has a flip cover on the top.
Maybe some bottles are better insulated than others
Vacuum flasks are particularly well insulated. Otherwise you can get insulating sleeves for bottles such as Siggs, I got some very cheap copies from Lidl. However, the bottles won't fit in a regular holder with the sleeve on.
