by Dombo » Fri May 18, 2007 4:55 pm
[quote="John Czernobay"]Like with all plumbing, the main thing is to keep it clean
; there a great book written about a cyclist following the TdF route, but he unfortunately went down with a bacteriol infection
due to all the bugs growing in the camalbak
. Lovely.
Just toss it in the freezer after every ride. Whatever's left will nicely chill the next batch of drink next time you use it. I clean mine with Milton maybe once a year if I remember, if that. Bladder is six years old and on its 3rd mouthpiece. If you mix up drinks like orange juice then some bacteria may form, so need more frequent cleaning, but the sports drinks eg GO, SP22 etc are fine.
BTW is it ok to have one of these on a roadbike? I never see them except on mountain-bikers.