Purchased a Xlabs Torpedo Versa 200 and it worked great! But....the straw got pretty funky so I threw it away and bought some tubing of the exact same diameter (I forget what it was dimension wise), the only difference is that the original straw is a little thicker vs what I bought at Home Depot. I cut it such that it goes about half way along the bottom of the container. It works great.....until you drink all of the liquid that's in the "straw", then it's a 50/50 mix of water and air. If I then pull the tube up just a fraction...it's great again for just a bit and then it's the same.

IMWI this weekend and I'm trying to figure out how to fix it.....OR......I'd be just as comfortable with a water bottle between my aero bars, but I tried that in the past and the water and Gatorade that they give you at IM events doesn't fit and I'm constantly catching them before they fall out. So my questions are 2 fold....

1) what can I do to fix the existing "straw"

2) what is a good cage that will hold the diameter of bottles that IM uses?

If I can't get 1 to work, I'm reverting to 2. :-)

Thanks!!