Morning Ride & Plastic Bottles

Got up and out before 6am today for a morning ride, went 74 miles. Decent ride, felt a bit low on fuel over the last 20mi. Aside from waffles for breakfast, on my ride I ate a banana 1 hr in, a powerbar at 2hrs, and a GU gel around 3hrs; I also drank 1.5 bottles of gatorade. Should have eaten an extra power bar and drank some more gatorade while out there. Anyway, just happy I got out for the long ride, another notch in my "morning person" persona.

So it occured to me recently, with this whole plastic-bottle-BPA thing, that I should actually check the bottles that I use while riding to see if they're safe. I would often carry these bottles around and drink out of them at work and in general, but got a SIGG bottle (http://www.mysigg.com/) a few months ago to use instead. However I still use plastic bottles on the bike. So here's the quick check: Look at the bottom of the bottle for the arrowed triangle symbol. The ones with a 1, 2, 4 or 5 are "safe". The others (3, 6, 7) are not. My bottles have a 4 and so are ok. Attached is a quick reference graphic, and here's a link to a PDF file with more detailed safety information: http://www.healthobservatory.org/library.cfm?refid=77083