Sterident or supermarket branded tabs for cheap regular anti bacterial cleaning of all your drinking stuff.
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That stuff seems to clean everything. Mrs A uses those tabs to clean the loo. 
Clean bottles and loo in one go?
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Thanks, Iāll give it a go and see if I can revive it. Rather not have to get a new one.
Cheap as chips. Put a different label on it and it sells for 10x more.
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Doubt itās going to remove anything gunky but at least it wonāt poison you. As said above, regular cleaning is the best policy, drop a tab in there every couple of uses.
The flasks that came with my salomon vest, make the water taste grim. I filled them up from a stream once and thought it was the water, but realised it comes as standard.
The only SIS ISO gel I canāt take without water is the Cherry flavour, 
I get on alright with the rest
Iāve read that before but never had an issue really. My biggest problem is the Salomon flasks arenāt quite tall enough for their Adv Skin vest and they disappear a bit. Even the ones that came with it!
Bicarbonate of soda does a great job in conventional flasks, maybe consider that?
Have you ever put just water in them? Maybe Iāve got a bad batch!
Yes, thatās what I do with most of them. I have about 5 or 6. Two of them I marked with a āTā on the lid and the bottle. I only use product in these. The others are water only. (also the āTā is handy to know which is which when running tired and you canāt think)
I use Milton to batch clean my bottles
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Another one for Steradent here.
Theyāre Ā£1 for 30 (for the cheaper ones)
Iāve got false teeth on a retainer so always have about 90 steradent tablets on hand, so handy.
Just remember to rinse after soaking, as the aftertaste isnāt great at all.
Iām giving the zip tie cage thing a go, something new for race day. Itās quite snug on the forearms further back but better there than irritating the wrists I think. Looks like Iāll get sticky stuff poured into the frame though!
The issue I had with trying to face it that way is then when itās full, itās no too bad but when it starts to empty, the liquid travels further in the bottle (like a wave machine) and slams out of the stopper.
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Especially with the cheaper bottles used at some events. I did the same and the contents of a whole bottle simply cascaded down the frame and forks instantly turning the bike into 20mph fly paper
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I used to mount a bottle like that, but the other way around. It was all the rage 10 years ago iirc. Then I went full circle and got a bottle/straw again.
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I tried it out yesterday but I couldnāt get comfortable. My forearms are pressed into the sides of the cage leaving imprints after only 20mins so Iām guessing itās going to be really irritable after 6 hours. I will stick with the omg-its-so-unaerodynamic down tube.
ā¦Or maybe try the rear jersey pocket.
I have mine the other way and a bit further toward the front, that way the bottle is next to the thinner part of my forearm. i use an X-Lab Torpedo base thingy.
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Yeah, I could see that working but I canāt do it the other way around as my arms/ski bars are too short for the 750ml bottles they hand out.