Originally Posted by
TheDudeIsHere
I tried an insulated bottle once. Riding in temps over 100 degrees, pretty useless unless I was going to drink it in the first 5 miles of a 40 mile ride. My wife insisted on an insulated bottle (camelback Podium?). After a couple of rides she tossed it. Well, she didn't toss them, they're sitting in the cupboard collecting dust.
Heck, some rides I use so much water that no way would one bottle get me through anyway. There have been times that I'm happy if some dude watering his lawn lets me use his water hose!
BTW, that little cap would bug the snot out of me!
On a hot summer day, a Polar Insulated bottle that has been frozen until the water is solid ice the night before has a fighting chance of still being cool in the third hour of a ride.