MrCjolsen

A while back, I put two water bottles in the freezer. When I tried to pull out the thing you pull on to let the water out, it broke. So now there's just a hole in the top of the bottle and it doesn't matter if the little thing is up or down, water flows through a 1/4" hole no matter what.

So the other day, I stuck a straw in the hole and went for a ride. Drinking was much easier than with a properly functioning water bottle because now I didn't have to tilt my head back to drink.

So why aren't water bottles designed like this? It makes so much more sense. True, if my bike ever becomes inverted during a ride, water might spill out the top of the bottles. But I'll worry about that when it happens.

mrbubbles

how bout some pictures?

the sloth

why not just tilt the bottle instead of tilting your head?

Hammertoe

Flip your hand over so you pick the bottle out of the cage with your pinky up. You do not need to tilt your head much to get a drink.....

rufvelo

You don't usually grab the bottle upside down? - so you don't have to tilt your head back too much?

Straw is good, but the guy who invented the twin beer can holder with plastic tubing is way ahead of you

DrPete 

Sorry... Camelbak beat you to it.

https://outside.away.com/outside/gear...ck-bottle.html

mrbubbles

yea, that came out a while ago, don't think it would fit in my bottle cage

DrPete 

I'm pretty sure it does, actually. I thought I saw that mentioned somewhere.

2manybikes

You don't have to change your original method without the straw. Nothing is wrong with it.

Just put the bottle on the bike and go for a ride or put the bottle on the table, the nozzle will thaw very quickly at room temperature, just leave it alone for a few minutes.

branman1986

that's how I do it...and strangely enough, I too have hammertoes

EventServices

You can't breathe when you're sucking through a straw.

MrCjolsen

Because water dribbles down my chin when I try that. Also does not work with near-empty bottles.

MrCjolsen

I can't breathe when I'm gulping a water bottle.

MrCjolsen

It's a water bottle with a straw sticking out the top. Use your imagination.

JayC

They don't.. I have two of them. They absolutely rock but Ive yet to find a cage they will fit in.

gurana

I personally hate bottles with straws... they work good, I suppose, but they can be a PITA to clean.

aadhils

You can't? I can breathe pretty well actually. I suggest you go see a doctor...

Wil Davis

Try circular breathing. If you don't know what that is, ask any wind-player, or look it up.

When I was a kid (1960's), bike water bottles came with a cork stopper, which was drilled to take a plastic tube.

- Wil

Grasschopper

Ohh ohh I have a great idea:

badkarma

Water bottles with straws have been around for over 20 years, where's the invention?

enamore22

Bottles with straws mounted between the aerobars is pretty common in long distance Triathlons, no?

Either way, don't hit a bump.

n4zou

I've been adding a straw to my water bottles for years. You simply make a hole in the bottle nipple to fit the straw. I usually use one that’s about 1/4" in diameter. Cut one end of the straw at an angle so the bottom of the bottle can't stop it up and the other end of the straw is cut about 1" above the nipple. I use a bottle cage with a handlebar clamp on my touring bike and the bottle I use there has the straw in it. I refill that bottle with my other bottles in the triangle.

The Carpenter

You can't breathe ANYTIME you're swallowing. It's natures way of keeping us from drowning when we drink.

MrCjolsen

I haven't yet found one that has the shape to fit in a normal water bottle cage.

acape

And that also solves the "I need a helmet that doesn't look like a mushroom on my head" issue.