I heard a while back that one should place water
bottles in the dishwasher after each ride. Even if
just water was used.

I do that and store my water bottles in the frig.
They seem to keep clean.

Have a good ride Sunday.

Andrew.

--- Jack Rawlins <jrawlins@...> wrote:

> Had an interesting and potentially
> health-threatening experience the other day with my
> water bottles, so I thought I'd share. I rinse my
> water bottles and caps after every ride, I use only
> clear bottles so I can see contamination at the
> onset, and I wash the bottles and caps in soapy
> water with a bottle brush after using supplements
> like Perpetuem. So the other day I took a swig and
> found a large piece of what seemed like kelp in my
> mouth. When it happened again, I investigated, and
> found a large colony of slime/mold/algae in each of
> my three water bottle caps, tucked back in the
> opening-closing mechanism when (I've learned)
> brushes don't reach. We're not talking
> discoloration here--we're talking established
> culture. I tried soaking, brushing, toothbrush, cue
> tips, etc. and nothing could reach it, so I soaked
> the caps in pure bleach, then boiled them in soapy
> water in the microwave. That did it. Just thought
> I'd mention it, since I would never have seen the
> growth if I hadn't gone looking for it. J.Jay says
> he sends his regularly through the dishwasher, which
> I don't do, and his were clean.




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