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I prefer real ale to rehydrate. On the ride, squash and my tears.
Rehydration- What do you use?
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rosstheboss
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It's not often I get out for that long to be honest, but the few times I have they have been fine
I put two in a 3l camelbak which is half the recommended dosage I think, seems to work ok. I tried one of the caffeine ones and I retched!!! It tasted like flat, watered down red bull! On longer rides my energy levels depend more on what I eat rather than drink...
I put two in a 3l camelbak which is half the recommended dosage I think, seems to work ok. I tried one of the caffeine ones and I retched!!! It tasted like flat, watered down red bull! On longer rides my energy levels depend more on what I eat rather than drink...
At what point do you really feel its needed to start loading up? Club rides and normal rides up to 40 miles I still use squash and what ever is in the cupboards hopefully fig rolls etc . Can't say when using powders/bars/gels I feel any different? :?
That's a lie actually last weekend did 50 miles Saturday and 40 miles Sunday and had loads of left over powders and gels from mayhem Tuesday I had to go to the dentist on emergency appointment :facepalm: :shock:
That's a lie actually last weekend did 50 miles Saturday and 40 miles Sunday and had loads of left over powders and gels from mayhem Tuesday I had to go to the dentist on emergency appointment :facepalm: :shock:
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Might sound odd but when I used to do long distance tour de trigs type hiking it was squash and malt loaf we carried. Would still carry it for a ride.
I'm not really big into eating while riding, I do have the occasional bar, and also gels when road riding, but I am thinking more about keeping fluid levels up in hot weather.
Possibly it's my digestive system that reacts to carbs without fibre, but I know that I am not unique in this, as my son's tales of his cycling trips to the Algarve illustrate.
I'll take a look at what is in some of the typical squash drinks, as it is really the salts that need to be replenished along with the fluids, and I have never had any side effects from a glass of orange squash. :shock:
Possibly it's my digestive system that reacts to carbs without fibre, but I know that I am not unique in this, as my son's tales of his cycling trips to the Algarve illustrate.
I'll take a look at what is in some of the typical squash drinks, as it is really the salts that need to be replenished along with the fluids, and I have never had any side effects from a glass of orange squash. :shock:
I like the odd gel during but always consume about 1ltr of electrolyte mixer powder beforehand and a couple of ltrs over the course of the day but only really it its warm and sweaty otherwise its a ltr of powder to start then plain water and in both cases a powdered recovery shake afterwards,though this can take the form of a large McD milkshake
I really hate having a sore head from not drinking enough, and this last week ive fair sweated
I really hate having a sore head from not drinking enough, and this last week ive fair sweated
I don't do the gels or carb drinks. Rightly or wrongly, I see those as the start of doping. Water during the ride, and a Picnic or Snickers, or when it's hot, something without the chocolate, like a cereal/granola bar. Squash then real ale upon completion, or a real ale on the way home then squash.
