Zero_Enigma

Ok, I'm north of the 49th parallel but not quite sharing a beer with the polar bears. Yah it gets cold up here for sure. Now, I'm looking for an easy to clean thermo water bottle that can be operated while riding to supply a warm drink. Like nothing boiling right out of the kettle but more like stopping over to the local Timmys (Tim Hortons) and getting a hot chocolate and dumping it into the bottle. I've used a stainless travel mug before but it's hard to drink while you hold it in the vertical bottle holder. Heck it's more a hazard to drink while in motion with that setup. I always have to stop then take a few chugs then put the mug back in place making sure I push the handle all the way in so I don't catch it while pedalling.


Zero_Enigma

2manybikes

There are a few. I think I have tried most of them if not all of them. The best one for hot drinks (don't try hot drinks in the ones that say cold only) Is the thermos jmw 350 (350ml) and the jmw-500sbk. (500ml) A larger body of liguid has more stored heat that a small one. The big size will stay hot a tiny bit longer.

You can drink one handed and they don't spill even upside down. They are vacumm insulated stainless steel. Nothing will keep something hot any longer. They are slightly smaller diameter than a bike bottle. You could bend in your cage a little if you like. I don't do that, I use a cheap bottle cozy or cover to make the bottle a little wider. Where I live it has not been below about 10 degrees since I have been using these bottles. It will keep coffee prettty warm about 45 minutes at 15 degrees. And slightly warm about 1.5 hours. Below that temp I have no idea. You can buy these from Thermos on line, and a few other places. I think they call it the backpacking bottle. I bought one from Campmore a few years ago and one from Thermos.

Warning: don't leave stainless vacumm insulated bottles out so long they will freeze. Eventually these could freeze and be ruined.
I keep water above freezing with these for more than 6 hours on long rides. (at my temperatures)


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Jarery

I use a Zefel Alloy Isotherm.
Basically its a thin aluminum version of a water bottle, with a plastic inside.
I use it to hold hot coffee on my cold wet winter commutes. Only problem is it doesnt hold a lot. its like a large waterbottle size but only holds a regular water bottle worth of coffee.

2manybikes

And it's insulated with air so it does not keep the coffee hot as long as a vacuum insulated bottle.

oboeguy

That thing is great. I got for my wife last year for taking to work on the bus. How do you go about mounting it on a bike? I seem to recall there existing some sort of soft, adjustable cage.

2manybikes

There is a velcro on bottle cage made by Twofish. It is not adjustable. It fits a typical bike bottle, that means this one is too small diameter for a good fit. I put something around my thermos bottle to make it wider to fit a normal cage but it does not fit the Twofish cage that way. There is a rubber strap cage with a metal bracket but that does not fit this very tightly.

Any typical metal bike bottle cage works if you bend in the cage slightly.

Do you not have bottle cage mounting holes on your bike?

slvoid

If you only have an air insulated (or not insulated at all), try storing it upside down in the cage. The bottle freezes from the top down, so even if the bottom of it is frozen, you'll still be able to drink the cold water.

Here are a few more tips, if your bottle's not insulated and you don't need to be out there for more than 2 hours or so, pour boiling hot water in there. By the time you need to drink it, it'll be cooler. Just don't forget not to drink it 5 minutes into the ride or you're gonna be like that guy on seinfeld who grabbed kramer's hot coffee during the marathon (yarrrrrgggggggggg!!!!!!!)

Or you can get a cylinder of titanium surrounded by a peek or torlon shell, heat it up to 500 degrees, then drop it into your bottle. That'll keep your water warm while still allowing you to use your plastic squeeze bottle.

Bekologist

there's a twenty dollar OXO "Good Grips" handleless travel mug available at Bed, Bath and Beyond stores that fits a water bottle cage perfectly and has a pushbutton, easy to drink on the fly lid.

Tried it after a recommendation on some wild biking coffee commuter website, compared to all the others this one stood out. and it really works well.

perfect for hot cocoa from a tim horton's.

fender1

[QUOTE=2manybikes]There are a few. I think I have tried most of them if not all of them. The best one for hot drinks (don't try hot drinks in the ones that say cold only) Is the thermos jmw 350 (350ml) and the jmw-500sbk. (500ml) A larger body of liguid has more stored heat that a small one. The big size will stay hot a tiny bit longer.

You can drink one handed and they don't spill even upside down. They are vacumm insulated stainless steel. Nothing will keep something hot any longer. They are slightly smaller diameter than a bike bottle. You could bend in your cage a little if you like. I don't do that, I use a cheap bottle cozy or cover to make the bottle a little wider. Where I live it has not been below about 10 degrees since I have been using these bottles. It will keep coffee prettty warm about 45 minutes at 15 degrees. And slightly warm about 1.5 hours. Below that temp I have no idea. You can buy these from Thermos on line, and a few other places. I think they call it the backpacking bottle. I bought one from Campmore a few years ago and one from Thermos.

Warning: don't leave stainless vacumm insulated bottles out so long they will freeze. Eventually these could freeze and be ruined.
I keep water above freezing with these for more than 6 hours on long rides. (at my temperatures)


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I have the nissan picturd above and this thing is AMAZING! It actually keeps the coffee I carry to hot to drink while riding. I put coffe in aroud 6:30 am and it can still be hot at 12:30 pm. It is stainless steel and I have dropped from a moving bike and other than a few scrathces, it is fine. I would highly reccomend it. I also bought an adjustable Topeak water bottle cage for it to mount on my bike. It has NEVER leaked and the fact thatyou can drink right from it is another plus.

Overkll

+1 on the Topeak Modula cage. Very happy with it. I bought the Nissan JMH-400. Not 100% spill proof, but fits the cage well, easy to drink out of, and keeps drinks hot (too hot really!) for my entire 30 minute commute in about 0C/32F (so far). Here is a picture:

withak

I also have one of those Nissan thermos bottles and it is great. I have never tried to use it while riding though.

CrosseyedCrickt

https://bicyclecoffeesystems.com/

GTcommuter

This is my recommendation also. I used it yesterday for some coffee on a short around town trip. At first it didn't fit in my bottle cage very well so I replaced the cage with a $5 Profile Designs plastic cage that has a bit of give to it. The OXO mug fits very securly, is very insulating, and the Liquid Seal cap is spill proof. It would be difficult to drink out of while riding, but it's a great excuse to stop and look around while you're sipping.

oboeguy

I like the idea of the Modula bottle cage with a Nissan bottle. Drinking warm liquids while on the move... mmm, sounds like a nice way to extend those ice-cold rides in the winter.

2manybikes

I have all of those vacuum bottles and more. The Thermos Nissan posted already is better than all the ones on that sight. Better design and much better for drinking on the move and the small size is lighter than the other vacuum bottles. And better for hot liquids.