Originally Posted by
cyccommute
Bottom line? Buy HDPE and PP bottles and use them. Check the resin code (the little triangle on the bottom of the bottle). If it is a 2, 4 or 5, drink up...
Right. Next you're gonna tell me my bike needs chainstays longer than 430mm...
J/K, I agree completely on both points. I imagine bicyclists as a group are actually at greater risk from the toxins and carcinogens spewed from motor vehicles, to which we are exposed at high concentration (at stoplights).
I think the whole Al bottle fad is simply a successful marketing ploy to sell bottles made cheaply in China with much higher margin. We can still make plastic bottles cheap here in USA, but not as much $ to the sellers.