how to get plastic stink out of NEW polar bottles?

[caligurl]

My bike came with holes ready to install the water holder on the downtube, but that makes it very difficult to get to (for me, anyway).

How do you drill the holes to install more than one set? Or do some bikes come with multiple options for where to put it?

As for smell -- I bought my polar bottle at REI last week -- they had various shades of pastels which aren't really my style. I kept the white one and gave the baby blue one to my husband. Heh.

Anyway -- no smell.

i only had preset holes for one water bottle on my mountain bike! so i only carry one and use a camelback! on my road bikes... i have 2 spots for holders!

[caligurl]

ok.... so friday night i re-washed the bottles in the dishwasher a 2nd time... soaked them in lemon juice overnight.... took them on the ride with me... and stuck my red logo (non-stinky ones) in the car.... finally told hubby i needed to have ice put in my "other" (meaning original ones) bottles so i could fill them at the next sag stop.... they new ones just had a horrible taste to them...

i'm gonna wash them a couple more times in the dishwasher... but then they are going back! i have NO problems with the old red and blue logo ones!!