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Interbike: Camelbak

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One of the most innovative products we've seen at the show so far. This 1Litre, All Clear bottle from Camelbak is designed to purify water from all contaminants. To do this, you fill the bottle with murky water, then screw in the special purifying wand and press the button. BOOM! The water is treated to an measured 80 seconds of UV light that will remove all baddies from your water. One for the next bivvy trip we reckon. No, it probably doesn't work too well as a nightlight or disco accessory, but you could try. It does look pretty.
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At rest. When you're done purifying, the wand can fit into its special holster (right) for safe keeping)

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Now, there really are some water geeks out there. Camelbak has been repeatedly asked' by the public (that's you...) for a flow meter so that riders can keep track of how much they've drunk, and how much they have left in the reservoir. It's not something that normally comes to mind for us, we just squeeze the 'bak and see if there's any left. Regardless, this gadget screws in-line on your water pipe and not only tells you how much you've drunk and exactly how much remains in your bladder (the Camelbak one...) but you can tell it how much you want/need to drink an hour and it'll tell you if you're ahead or behind schedule. Not much good in Dorking, but possibly essential in the Moab desert.
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Camelbak's great tip-spouted bottles now come in unbreakable stainless steel.

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A Camelbak flow meter, today.

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A studio shot of the All Clear bottle, which shows it a little better than Chipps' handiwork

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We can see this being hugely abused in university drinking games.

And now, dear reader, the gallery of those ‘love them or hate them’ new snowboard inspired, hip new patterns that we’re all going to be wearing next year.

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Chipps Chippendale

Singletrackworld's Editor At Large

With 23 years as Editor of Singletrack World Magazine, Chipps is the longest-running mountain bike magazine editor in the world. He started in the bike trade in 1990 and became a full time mountain bike journalist at the start of 1994. Over the last 30 years as a bike writer and photographer, he has seen mountain bike culture flourish, strengthen and diversify and bike technology go from rigid steel frames to fully suspended carbon fibre (and sometimes back to rigid steel as well.)

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