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ighly sucessful attempt at reality distortion represented by the original stickers i thought i would present some alternatives which are perhaps a bit more honest one for skip lorries and others who are paid by the load and a few more ready for when these things inevitably start making the jump from commercial vehicles to private cars and finally the subtext of the original signs posted in victim blaming 11 replies more on bottles and how i reconnected with cycling posted on september 12 2016 by chestercycling 3 upon returning to the uk after spending three weeks in the densely populated chinese city of kunming i felt a yearning to get out into the countryside for me the easiest way to get out into the countryside to take to the stretch which exists between home and work however since moving house to the other side of chester in early february 2016 i had not tried cycling between work and the new house or really done any cycling which wasn t strictly functional because of this when i reviewed my klean kanteen insulated bottle i never really considered that the kilner grolsch style swing lock lid on it would be quite difficult to drink from whilst actually on the bike when carrying it on the bike i had usually not bothered drinking any of the contents until i got to the train because of this on my ride through the country lanes i had to stop every time i wanted to take a sip the swing lock cap can be removed fairly easily although i am not sure how well it would hold up to being removed replaced frequently and replaced with either the standard loop carabiner top or the sport cap so i decided to replace the swing lock cap with the sport cap for drinking iced water whilst riding i tend to get quite hot when cycling and the physiological and psychological benefits of having a really cold drink available when doing some fairly physical riding was something of a revelation for me i haven t really seen any of the other people on bikes particularly the sport cyclists using insulated bottles and this seems very odd to me now i hope this is due to simple lack of awareness rather than misguided concerns over weight there is no escaping the fact that water is heavy so in the face of such a significant benefit why would you worry about a few extra grams from the bottle itself this left me with a bit of a problem before work i usually fill my insulated klean kanteen with pepsi max and drink it on the train or bus i have recently been experimenting with travelling to and from work via bike bus bike rather than bike train bike due to the piss poor punctuality reliability and frequency of the arriva trains wales service in addition to requiring the the use of the swing lock lid which would have to be swapped for the sport cap each day there is no way for me to refill my bottle with properly cold water after i leave the house the solution was to buy another bottle so i could also take some iced water to work with me for later in the day or if i choose to cycle home so i purchased a 709 ml 24 us fl oz hydro flask i chose hydro flask for the additional bottle because the insulating properties are generally regarded as pretty much identical to the klean kanteen but they differ in the available sizes and a few design details the standard mouth hydro flasks are available in 18 21 and 24 us fl oz sizes 532 621 and 710 ml to the rest of the world whereas the standard mouth insulated klean kanteens are available in 12 20 32 and 64 us fl oz 355 591 946 and 1900 ml both manufacturers have some additional sizes only available with the wide mouth the designs of the bottles and caps also differ in a few ways the thread on the loop carabiner and sport caps offered by both klean kanteen and hydro flask are compatible with standard mouth bottles from either company the loop caps are similar but the hydro flask one is solid and insulated wheras the klean kanteen one is hollow solid insulated hf on the left hollow kk on the right the loop caps differ in their sealing gaskets too the klean kanteen lid uses a silicone o ring with a circular cross section whereas the hydro flask uses a silicone gasket which appears to have a rectangular cross section and which is more recessed into the lid artist s impression of lid sealing kk on the left hf on the right both lids will seal on either bottle i have discovered that the gasket of the hydro flask loop cap in addition the the vents cut in the threads seem to make this lid work better with carbonated beverages than the klean kanteen loop cap this is true whether the cap is fitted to a hydro flask bottle or a klean kanteen bottle hf cap with thread cut outs on left kk cap without cut out on right the sport caps are both similar with both having a silicone spout which can be pulled open using fingers or teeth and both using a little silicone vent valve to let air into the bottle to replace the volume of liquid sucked out a lot of users have reported that the vent valve on the hydro flask sport lid is prone to falling out with use leading to leaks which does not seem to a problem with the klean kanteen sport lid like the loop lid the hydro flask sport lid is insulated but is sealed with an o ring similar to the klean kanteen rather than the gasket in the loop cap i am not sure how much benefit the insulaton in the lids really provides but the extra volume of the insulated lids should prevent the liquid inside from being able to slosh around as much i find that the green klean kanteen sport lids produce a mild plastic taste in water when it is not very cold which the black version does not seem to suffer from however ymmv the necks of the bottles also differ with the hydro flast has a plain top instead of the folded over lip which forms the top on the klean kanteen the plain top of the hydro flask is easier to keep clean but means that the threadless swing lock type lids available for the klean kanteens which in my experience are the best option for carbonated beverages are not an option on the hydro flask 591 ml kk on the left 709 ml hf on the right as i had a spare klean kanteen sport cap my solution has been to use the hydro flask loop cap when i put the bottle in my bag and then switching to the klean kanteen sport cap when i want to drink my water this arrangement lets me drink iced water whilst riding and since overheating is usually the main limiting factor i encounter when cycling having an insulated bottle filled with ice and water means i enjoy riding a whole lot more and can cover longer distances faster than i could before posted in gear 3 replies victorinox cybertool 34 review posted on july 30 2016 by chestercycling 6 a while back i reviewed my leatherman surge multi tool i am a big fan of the surge and there have been many times when i have been glad to have it with me holiday in cornwall overseas work trips however as noted in my review of the surge the locking blades mean that the surge is in a bit of a legal grey area when carrying the surge i need to have a good reason to do so if i wish to stay on the right side of our purposefully vague laws on such things similar laws also prevented me from taking the surge on a work trip to japan a few months ago because of this at the end of last year i decided to supplement my surge with a swiss army knife as the relatively small non locking blades mean that i can enjoy the benefits of having it with me at all times without the requirement to have a good reason a few years ago i read about a swiss army knife designed specifically for people who work with pcs which included a small bit driver for the various small phillips and torx screws used on motherboards and in laptops when i started thinking about getting a swiss army knife i remembered this and i was pleased to find that not only does it still exist there are a few different versions available in the victorinox cybertool range the bit driver is also available in some of the larger swisschamp models too xlt xxlt xavt for me the cybertool 34 ct34 offered the best range of tools within the size range i wanted without having too much redundant overlap with the surge both the ct34 and surge have bot drivers with some overlap in the supplied bits but i would be much happier using the ct34 above the likes of a delivate motherboard than the surge similarly i prefer the surge when working on things at a larger scale the ct34 is available with translucent red or blue scales i damaged the scales on mine and never really liked the translucent scales either so i decided to replace them with black the ct34 buts are 4mm hex with a ball bearing on one side of the bit to retain them in the driver holder the holder only makes contact with the bits on two sides so it is important to ensure one of these sides make contact with the ball bearing to prevent the bits falling out of the holder and the bit driver will also act as a 4 5mm nut spinner when empty the bit selection includes 8 10 and 15 torx drivers 0 1 and 2 philips drivers will also double for pozi drivers in a pinch 4mm hex driver and 4mm flat head in a pinch the 8 10 and 15 torx drivers will also happily double up as 2 2 5 and 3 mm respectively hex drivers too the bit driver is what really makes this tool and brings the whole swiss army knife concept into the 21st century i believe that the special bits are made by facom and compatible alternative bits can be found in their catalogue the ct34 has a few features which the surge lacks the scales contain a surprisingly useful pressurised ballpoint pen tweezers toothpick and a pin in addition to an eyeglass screwdriver which lives wound into the corkscrew i wouldn t want to write a lot with the pen but it does often come in useful for writing down a quick note or marking something up the toothpick is great and it is possible to buy replacements once it gets to the point where you want to retire it other tools unique to the ct34 are the corkscrew and hook the corkscrew is not really that useful unless you tend to drink a lot of wine outside the hook is rated for to almost 100 kg which opens up some possibilities zip line anyone like the surge the ct34 also has two blades and pliers unlike the surge the blades are both non locking and neither are serrated the surge has one straight and one serrated the blades hold an edge very well but because if this they require a bit more work during their admittedly less frequent sharpenings the pliers are sprung and much smaller than the surge pliers they are ideal for small detail work which makes them a good compliment to the surge pliers rather than redundant they also include wire cutters only really good for small gauge wire in the jaw of the pliers and a crimper in the arms the remaining tools are duplicates of the tool selection available on the surge and include the following a can opener with a useful small flat head driver and a bottle opener with large flat head driver scraper pryer wire bending notch very good sprung scissors sharp awl with eye for thread i like this awl better than the surge awl and i have made some holes in wood with it when there was no drill available the tools in swiss army knives are held in place using back spings these keep the tools folded away when not in use and give the tools a satisfying snap when opening closing the main disadvantage of the back spring mechanism over the leatherman is that most of the tools require fairly long and substantial nails or some sort of substitute to get at whereas the tools on the admittedly less sleek leatherman are easily accessible without using nails i get around this by using the tweezers from the scales to open the tools which have nail nicks and the use of nail nicks does make for a much smaller overall package when compared to the likes of a leatherman at the time of writing i am in south china and i have managed to grow my nails a bit due to the fact that i have stopped biting them whilst i have been here due to the generally less hygienic conditions here e g public toilets with no hand washing facilities non drinkable tap water etc and the nail nicks are working just fine for me at the moment much like the klean kanteen bottle and leatherman surge i have reviewed previously i have become rather attached to the cybertool 34 i think part of this is due to having these things with me so much of the time and enjoying the various benefits they bring this is especially true for the things i have with me when i m travelling abroad on my own whilst it is smaller and therefore less capable than the surge after nearly eight months of carrying it with me most of the time i am very happy with the ct34 paired with the surge there are not many jobs which cannot be tackled the ct34 is also a very capable tool in its own right without being too bulky to carry around all most of the time although if you are going to have just one tool of this sort the cybertool 41 with the addition of a wood saw metal saw file and chisel may be a better option posted in gear review tools 6 replies klean kanteen insulated 591 ml 20 us fl oz posted on june 1 2016 by chestercycling 2 i first heard of klean kanteen kk via lovely bicycle they are available here in the uk including in a few bricks and mortar shops but as they are made for the us market their capacities are made to crazy us units rather than sensible rest of the world metric vacuum flasks are nothing new but the majority of vacuum flasks on the market are aimed at people who want to carry hot still drinks and are often sold with lids intended to double up as cups to drink from something i wanted for a long time is a vacuum flask for cold possibly fizzy drinks and which i could drink from directly whilst on the go rather than using a separate cup but there did not seem to be any products which could need this requirement one of my main aims was to reduce the number of cold drinks i purchased whilst out and about on warmer days partly to save money and partly because of the tendency of many shops to use broken ineffective drinks chillers or to not bother with stock rotation when filling fridges boots and superdrug i am looking at you eventually i found out that klean kanteen made insulated versions of some of their classic range of bottles the size i bought nominally 591 ml 600 ml in practice came with a loop carabiner lid and i was not sure if the lid would be ok with fizzy drinks however i saw that a larger version of the same bottle but with a swing top lid was being sold by klean kanteen as a growler for carrying carbonated beer for a while i used the loop carabiner lid but the seal on this did not do very well with carbonated drinks the lid had to be screwed down very tight to prevent the pressure leaking out and when it was opened a small part of the seal would often unseat before the rest sometimes resulting in a highly directional spray especially after riding the brompton over cobbles this happened in quite spectacular fashion as a sat in the 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