Humidity in Tucson right now is 5% on Accuweather.com and 6% on forecast.weather.gov, the present temperature is 105 degrees (it gets hotter in Tempe where Bill lives). I've been able to get a nice neoprene water bottle cover from a friend that perfectly fits a 18 oz. Klean Kanteen. Unfortunately, the covers don't seem to be available commercially (the cover I have is a promotional item for a particular company).
Jim Cloud Tucson, AZ On Jun 15, 1:58 pm, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Bill!! Thanks for that obvious but (speaking for myself) rather stupidly > forgotten connection: felted wool over metal water containers: Of course, I > see any number of canteens so covered. > > I must try that on my metal bottles. > > And I agree 'bout VO: some nice stuff but, for many of their items, low end > quality to match the very reasonable prices. Just got an on-sale > "Randonneur" front rack for the Commuter Riv: it is usable and, for $55, a > good buy as the market right now goes, but not at all benchmark quality. > > How low have you seen you (Tucson?) humidity? I've clocked ours here in NW > ABQ at 4%. > > On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 2:05 PM, Bill Gibson (III) > <bill.bgib...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I like what Velo Orange is up to almost as much a what Rivendell is up to > > and want to support both, but... > > > I can't think of a better use of the wool in an > > all-used-up-and-can't-be-darned-any-more-sock-or-sweater than an evaporative > > cooling sleeve for a feeder bottle. Boil the wool, then use scissors, then > > sew it up to fit. > > > I remember bike shops selling little wool bottle socks just for that > > purpose decades ago. At this time of year they dry out in about 1/2 hour in > > Southern Arizona. Remember those canteens with the wool serape pattern > > covers? Works. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
