when you get desperate enough to do an order next year Cake I will pass on the details........
the minimum buff order was over £1500 and when it was time to order we only had names down for half of them.......
a kindly pirate offerred to pay for the balance so that we could go ahead with the order............as it turned out I didn't have to take advantage of their kind offer as they all went within a month or so............as soon as the word got around and people saw them then they all went.
Alas don't have credit cards or enough cash each month to be able to place order myself. Got in touble with the nice bank manager a few years back. Long story.
I'm fine paying up whenever you want JD ? And I'd round the bottle cost up just so we overpay rather than underpay.
Is it worth asking how scuff resistant the printing will be ? Most bottles have been fine, but some of the ones I've used lost their design very easily - I think Foska was like that for me.
I know the La Santa and Ironman bottles keep their print on though.
i'll check about the skuffing you mention. it looks like the design is done with a film wrapped around the bottle. the bottles on the site look pretty tough though. also, if you subscribed to triathlete europe and got the free bottle (that's what got me thinking about it as every bottle i have is branded differently showing my individuality), it's the same people we're getting to make ours. read a website that just said look on your nice bottles and see who made them.
actually the cervelo test team made teh nicest bottle i've got, but i couldn't track down the maker i think. or they needed something like 5000 ordered minimum which is a few bottles beyond us.
I had a cervelo bottle in a goody bag from a sportive, lid broke about the fifth time I used it. My SIS ones have lasted forever though (with regular Milton-ing!)
I tell you what I would also like if you need more ideas and that's a decent Pirate branded sports bag. The IMCH bag I got was great for about 3 months and is now falling to bits so if anyone is with me on this, I am happy to find out more and try and see what can be organised. I have a feeling they can be bought and branded Pirate but also each with a unique name on the side i.e. your name! whoopy!
Aliaird x2 Artful Hen x 4 Barley x4 Bedders x4 Cake x2 Callycat x2 Cona x4 Cougie x4 Crashie/Squishy x4 Donald x2 Ditchy x4 Farnie x2 Flyaway x4 Fraggle x 2 Gazmanmeister x4 Hope x2 K9 x2 kittenkat x2 Little N x2 Loser Baz x2 Magna Carter x2 Meldy x2 M.ister W x2 Purple x2 Rio x2 Seren x2 Schmunkee x2 Shiva x2 Silent Assassin x8 Slimshady x2 Sore Shins x2 Soup Dragon x2 Sue x2 Tommygun2 x4 Trogs x 4
Only comment I would have is that I really like the SIS rubbery made tit-thing you suck on () rather than the horrid tasting plastic ones? Are these ones rubber or plastic, do you know?
Works well, I was told by a cyclist that you should do them weekly if there used often. I try and do them once a month if I can remember. The smell usually reminds me
Aliaird x2 Artful Hen x 4 Barley x4 Bedders x4 BMBecky x2 Cake x2 Callycat x2 Cona x4 Cougie x4 Crashie/Squishy x4 Donald x2 Ditchy x4 Farnie x2 Flyaway x4 Fraggle x 2 Gazmanmeister x4 Hope x2 Ironwolf/LJS x 4 Joggerchick x 2 K9 x2 kittenkat x2 Little N x2 Loser Baz x2 Magna Carter x2 Meldy x2 M.ister W x2 OrangeCannon/Shuffle Bunny x6 Purple x2 Rio x2 Seren x2 Schmunkee x2 Shiva x2 Silent Assassin x8 Slimshady x2 Sore Shins x2 Soup Dragon x2 Sue x2 Tommygun2 x4 Trogs x 4 Trickster x2
Just a caution - especially to those racing at Roth. Don't use your Pirate bottles during the race, at the drinks stations you're expected to exchange your empty bottles for full ones. I always take old ones with me.
Just a caution - especially to those racing at Roth. Don't use your Pirate bottles during the race, at the drinks stations you're expected to exchange your empty bottles for full ones. I always take old ones with me.
This is the case at all Half Ironman and Ironman distance races.
That said you can ride without exchanging bottles, I just use one bottle on my downtube which is full of a 4-5 x strength migture of energy drink. I decant a portion of this into my aerobottle just before feedstations and then top up with water.
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when you get desperate enough to do an order next year Cake I will pass on the details
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the minimum buff order was over £1500 and when it was time to order we only had names down for half of them.......
a kindly pirate offerred to pay for the balance so that we could go ahead with the order............as it turned out I didn't have to take advantage of their kind offer as they all went within a month or so............as soon as the word got around and people saw them then they all went.
Is it worth asking how scuff resistant the printing will be ? Most bottles have been fine, but some of the ones I've used lost their design very easily - I think Foska was like that for me.
I know the La Santa and Ironman bottles keep their print on though.
Cheers !
thanks cougie. i'll round it up slightly.
i'll check about the skuffing you mention. it looks like the design is done with a film wrapped around the bottle. the bottles on the site look pretty tough though. also, if you subscribed to triathlete europe and got the free bottle (that's what got me thinking about it as every bottle i have is branded differently showing my individuality), it's the same people we're getting to make ours. read a website that just said look on your nice bottles and see who made them.
actually the cervelo test team made teh nicest bottle i've got, but i couldn't track down the maker i think. or they needed something like 5000 ordered minimum which is a few bottles beyond us.
I didnt get a bottle with my triathlete sub - just a teeshirt. Pah.
Cheers !
ah, i've only just signed up so a bottle is what you get now.
did a bit of googling and it seems the bottles are basically SIS bottles. so that's good. but i can't find out much about their printing.
JD - these bottles are a great idea.
I tell you what I would also like if you need more ideas and that's a decent Pirate branded sports bag. The IMCH bag I got was great for about 3 months and is now falling to bits so if anyone is with me on this, I am happy to find out more and try and see what can be organised. I have a feeling they can be bought and branded Pirate but also each with a unique name on the side i.e. your name! whoopy!
Water bottles
Aliaird x2
Artful Hen x 4
Barley x4
Bedders x4
Cake x2
Callycat x2
Cona x4
Cougie x4
Crashie/Squishy x4
Donald x2
Ditchy x4
Farnie x2
Flyaway x4
Fraggle x 2
Gazmanmeister x4
Hope x2
K9 x2
kittenkat x2
Little N x2
Loser Baz x2
Magna Carter x2
Meldy x2
M.ister W x2
Purple x2
Rio x2
Seren x2
Schmunkee x2
Shiva x2
Silent Assassin x8
Slimshady x2
Sore Shins x2
Soup Dragon x2
Sue x2
Tommygun2 x4
Trogs x 4
Only comment I would have is that I really like the SIS rubbery made tit-thing you suck on (
) rather than the horrid tasting plastic ones? Are these ones rubber or plastic, do you know?
Not a huge deal but would be great if rubberised.
Water bottles
Aliaird x2
Artful Hen x 4
Barley x4
Bedders x4
Cake x2
Callycat x2
Cona x4
Cougie x4
Crashie/Squishy x4
Donald x2
Ditchy x4
Farnie x2
Flyaway x4
Fraggle x 2
Gazmanmeister x4
Hope x2
K9 x2
kittenkat x2
Little N x2
Loser Baz x2
Magna Carter x2
Meldy x2
M.ister W x2
Purple x2
Rio x2
Seren x2
Schmunkee x2
Shiva x2
Silent Assassin x8
Slimshady x2
Sore Shins x2
Soup Dragon x2
Sue x2
Tommygun2 x4
Trogs x 4
Trickster x2
Works well, I was told by a cyclist that you should do them weekly if there used often. I try and do them once a month if I can remember. The smell usually reminds me![image](https://us.v-cdn.net/6027274/uploads/forum/smilies/sick_smiley.gif)
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Water bottles
Aliaird x2
Artful Hen x 4
Barley x4
Bedders x4
Cake x2
Callycat x2
Cona x4
Cougie x4
Crashie/Squishy x4
Donald x2
Ditchy x4
Farnie x2
Flyaway x4
Fraggle x 2
Gazmanmeister x4
Hope x2
K9 x2
kittenkat x2
Little N x2
Loser Baz x2
Magna Carter x2
Meldy x2
M.ister W x2
OrangeCannon/Shuffle Bunny x6
Purple x2
Rio x2
Seren x2
Schmunkee x2
Shiva x2
Silent Assassin x8
Slimshady x2
Sore Shins x2
Soup Dragon x2
Sue x2
Tommygun2 x4
Trogs x 4
Trickster x2
Aliaird x2
Artful Hen x 4
Barley x4
Bedders x4
Cake x2
Callycat x2
Cona x4
Cougie x4
Crashie/Squishy x4
Donald x2
Ditchy x4
Farnie x2
Flyaway x4
Fraggle x 2
Gazmanmeister x4
Hope x2
Joggerchick x 2
K9 x2
kittenkat x2
Little N x2
Loser Baz x2
Magna Carter x2
Meldy x2
M.ister W x2
OrangeCannon/Shuffle Bunny x6
Purple x2
Rio x2
Seren x2
Schmunkee x2
Shiva x2
Silent Assassin x8
Slimshady x2
Sore Shins x2
Soup Dragon x2
Sue x2
Tommygun2 x4
Trogs x 4
Trickster x2
Aliaird x2
Artful Hen x 4
Barley x4
Bedders x4
BMBecky x2
Cake x2
Callycat x2
Cona x4
Cougie x4
Crashie/Squishy x4
Donald x2
Ditchy x4
Farnie x2
Flyaway x4
Fraggle x 2
Gazmanmeister x4
Hope x2
Joggerchick x 2
K9 x2
kittenkat x2
Little N x2
Loser Baz x2
Magna Carter x2
Meldy x2
M.ister W x2
OrangeCannon/Shuffle Bunny x6
Purple x2
Rio x2
Seren x2
Schmunkee x2
Shiva x2
Silent Assassin x8
Slimshady x2
Sore Shins x2
Soup Dragon x2
Sue x2
Tommygun2 x4
Trogs x 4
Trickster x2
D'oh, I try and put it in alphabetically and my double spacing ruins the list - how do I stop it doing that?!
Aliaird x2
Artful Hen x 4
Barley x4
Bedders x4
BMBecky x2
Cake x2
Callycat x2
Cona x4
Cougie x4
Crashie/Squishy x4
Donald x2
Ditchy x4
Farnie x2
Flyaway x4
Fraggle x 2
Gazmanmeister x4
Hope x2
Joggerchick x 2
K9 x2
kittenkat x2
Little N x2
Loser Baz x2
Magna Carter x2
Meldy x2
M.ister W x2
OrangeCannon/Shuffle Bunny x6
Purple x2
Rio x2
Seren x2
Schmunkee x2
Shiva x2
Silent Assassin x8
Slimshady x2
Sore Shins x2
Soup Dragon x2
Sue x2
Tommygun2 x4
Trogs x 4
Trickster x2
Kids these days![image](https://us.v-cdn.net/6027274/uploads/forum/smilies/tongue_out_smiley.gif)
Aliaird x2
Artful Hen x 4
Barley x4
Bedders x4
BMBecky x2
Cake x2
Callycat x2
Cona x4
Cougie x4
Crashie/Squishy x4
Donald x2
Ditchy x4
Farnie x2
Flyaway x4
Fraggle x 2
Gazmanmeister x4
Hope x2
Ironwolf/LJS x 4
Joggerchick x 2
K9 x2
kittenkat x2
Little N x2
Loser Baz x2
Magna Carter x2
Meldy x2
M.ister W x2
OrangeCannon/Shuffle Bunny x6
Purple x2
Rio x2
Seren x2
Schmunkee x2
Shiva x2
Silent Assassin x8
Slimshady x2
Sore Shins x2
Soup Dragon x2
Sue x2
Tommygun2 x4
Trogs x 4
Trickster x2
Just a caution - especially to those racing at Roth. Don't use your Pirate bottles during the race, at the drinks stations you're expected to exchange your empty bottles for full ones. I always take old ones with me.
Artful Hen x 4
Barley x4
Bedders x4
BMBecky x2
Cake x2
Callycat x2
Cona x4
Cougie x4
Crashie/Squishy x4
Donald x2
Ditchy x4
Farnie x2
Flyaway x4
Fraggle x 2
Gazmanmeister x4
Hope x2
Ironwolf/LJS x 4
Joggerchick x 2
K9 x2
kittenkat x2
Little N x2
Loser Baz x2
Magna Carter x2
Meldy x2
M.ister W x2
OrangeCannon/Shuffle Bunny x6
Podds x 2
Purple x2
Rio x2
Seren x2
Schmunkee x2
Shiva x2
Silent Assassin x8
Slimshady x2
Sore Shins x2
Soup Dragon x2
Sue x2
Tommygun2 x4
Trogs x 4
Trickster x2
Good idea.
Gotta problem though. My aero bottle doesn't fit into the bars on my new bike, need to see what I can do about that.
Quite so Barlos - very remiss of me just thinking about those going with us this summer.
Good idea of yours. Gotta problem though. My aero bottle doesn't fit into the tri bars on my new bike, need to find a solution.
Artful Hen x 4
Barley x4
Bedders x4
BMBecky x2
Cake x2
Callycat x2
Cona x4
Cougie x4
Crashie/Squishy x4
Donald x2
Ditchy x4
Farnie x2
Flyaway x4
Fraggle x 2
Gazmanmeister x4
Hope x2
Ironwolf/LJS x 4
Joggerchick x 2
K9 x2
kittenkat x2
Little N x2
Loser Baz x2
Magna Carter x2
Meldy x2
M.ister W x2
OrangeCannon/Shuffle Bunny x6
Podds x 2
Purple x2
Rio x2
Rodeo x 4
Seren x2
Schmunkee x2
Shiva x2
Silent Assassin x8
Slimshady x2
Sore Shins x2
Soup Dragon x2
Sue x2
Tommygun2 x4
Trogs x 4
Trickster x2