Don’t Squirt Petroleum In Your Face Hole: mountainFLOW Launches 95% Plant Based Water Bottle

PRESS RELEASE: mountainFLOW – Carbondale, CO

mountainFLOW, the same crew behind the plant-based bike maintenance products, just dropped our newest upgrade: a 95% plant-based water bottle made from sugar cane derived bio-plastic. And no, it doesn’t taste like kombucha or compost.

If you’ve used our OG bottle from 2022, this isn’t just a re-release with a greenwashed sticker. We have been obsessively testing and tweaking based on real-world rider feedback. The result? A bottle that doesn’t reek, doesn’t leak, and holds up after countless laps in the hot desert sun.

PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS

95% sugarcane-based bio-plastic. The remaining 5% is comprised of non-bio additives
and stabilizers
No weird taste or smell
Dishwasher safe
Recyclable
Leakproof design that actually holds up after years of use
Full customization available for teams, shops, and brands

Trusted by some of the biggest names in the industry—REI, Mike’s Bikes, Competitive Cyclist, NOBL, Ultradynamico, PNW Components—these bottles are already rolling out to trails and shop shelves.

So Wait… How Is a Bottle Made from Sugarcane?
Sugarcane-based plastic—aka bio-polyethylene (bio-PE)—is basically standard plastic’s granola-eating twin. It performs exactly the same in terms of strength, flexibility, and durability, but the production process flips the script on carbon.

Here’s the nerdy breakdown:

Grow the Cane: Sugarcane is a beast at photosynthesis, soaking up CO₂ from the
atmosphere faster than most crops.
Squeeze and Ferment: That sugarcane gets juiced, and the sugar is fermented into
ethanol (yes, the same kind in booze).
Crack It: Ethanol gets chemically dehydrated into ethylene, which is the key
ingredient in making polyethylene.
Polymerize It: That ethylene is then turned into long chains of bio-PE, which is
shaped into bottle-ready pellets.

“It was a journey to make these bottles, but we are super stoked on how they turned out” – Peter, mountainFLOW Founder

Bottom line? You get a plastic that feels and functions exactly like the petroleum stuff—but without all the dead dinosaurs and oil rigs. And since sugarcane absorbs more CO₂ during its growth than the whole process emits, the sugarcane derived bio-plastic is certified carbon-negative. And no, it’s not compostable (you can’t just toss it in the garden). But it’s recyclable just like a regular #4 bottle, so toss it in the blue bin when it’s finally toast.

Why Riders Actually Care

mountainFLOW’s new bottle performs just like a water bottle (even though it’s made from plants), it looks good with a shop logo on it and doesn’t screw the planet in the process. We’re not saying this bottle will make you faster, but you can at least hydrate in peace, knowing it didn’t come out of an oil well.

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