"You won't believe how close this sports drink recipe is to a commercial product. It has 110 mg of sodium and 38 mg of potassium
per
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8-oz. serving. Cost is only about 30 cents per half gallon. Compare that to $3 for Gatorade!
Gatorade is not $3 per half gallon!
If you buy the Gatorade Powder Mix, 76.5 oz canister for $10.39, the cost per half gallon is 58 cents. During the summer I use this in my kids water bottles, and freeze it. Like most people, they don't really need a sports drink, but they will drink more if it is flavored.
You can also buy the 1 gallon powder pouches for about $1.28 each (40 for $52), which works out to 64 cents per half gallon.
>>You can't fish one out of a pocket while riding? No wonder you're
still on the bottle.
>Not sitting in a paceline going 26 MPH, but's thats just me.
Of course if you're breathing really hard, you can't chew/swallow
solid
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food easily. This makes liquid food necessary in some types of
racing.
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Shouldn't be needed in anything other than that.
To clarify, when I'm sitting in a paceline @ 26 MPH, I'm probably not breathing hard, and I'm rarely racing (if I'm on the front of the
paceline I
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will be breathing hard, for sure!)
Still, grabbing a PB&J out of my jersey pocket would be beyond my
ability
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under such circumstances due to the need to pay attention to the
riders
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surrounding me and react promptly as needed.
Most of the people I ride with couldn't manage a drink from a bottle in those conditions, either. Me, I either pull out of line or wait till I've rotated to the back before drinking, eating or doing anything else that would affect my concentration. I think that's common pace line courtesy....
Getting the hydration bladder hose to my mouth is easy under almost all conditions. I have the clip about 8 inches from the end of the hose and attach it to the collar of my jersey.
-- Tom Sherman - Earth (Downstate Illinois, North of Forgottonia)
If you buy the Gatorade Powder Mix, 76.5 oz canister for $10.39, the cost per half gallon is 58 cents. During the summer I use this in my kids water bottles, and freeze it. Like most people, they don't
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need a sports drink, but they will drink more if it is flavored.
I think it's not such a great idea to give kids all that extra sodium. I give my kids water, but stop for gelato. Sports drinks in water bottles make such a sticky mess.
Getting the hydration bladder hose to my mouth is easy under almost all conditions. I have the clip about 8 inches from the end of the hose and attach it to the collar of my jersey.
People still use those things?
Jerseys? Collars? Hoses? Clips? INCHES?
Smartassness aside, I use a bladded-based hydration system (10 cents please) for 99% of my mountain bike rides; not even 1% of my road rides. (Water bottles, saddle bag and jersey pockets seem adequate for all storage needs.)
I suppose if I ever did an hour-long time trial -- NOT BLOODY LIKELY -- then I'd use some sort of "minimalist" bladder system to make drinking without slowing down possible; just doesn't seem necessary for recreational and/or fitness rides.
Bill "propietary Gatorade/Tang blend (sometimes with just a pinch of Accelerade -- blech!)" S.
They are very convenient for those who are not slaves to fashion. Especially on a recumbent bicycle, where the bladder can be hung from the seat.
I used one when we first got the tandem as the captain's workload made using a bottle problematical. Once I grew more experienced I went back to bottles (just my preference).
I still use the Camelbak when riding my fixed gear since it doesn't have any places to mount a bottle cage.
Recumbents seem like a particularily good application for Camelbaks since they aren't on your back.
Chris Neary [email hidden]
"Science, freedom, beauty, adventure: what more could you ask of life? Bicycling combined all the elements I loved" - Adapted from a quotation by Charles Lindbergh
If you buy the Gatorade Powder Mix, 76.5 oz canister for $10.39, the cost per half gallon is 58 cents. During the summer I use this in my kids water bottles, and freeze it. Like most people, they don't
really
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need a sports drink, but they will drink more if it is flavored.
I think it's not such a great idea to give kids all that extra sodium. I give my kids water, but stop for gelato. Sports drinks in water bottles make such a sticky mess.
Agreed, 100%. Kids tend not to sweat as much as adults and do not need the sodium replacement, but do need the sugar if they are getting a good workout. Bill Baka
I still use the Camelbak when riding my fixed gear since it doesn't have any places to mount a bottle cage.
Lots of ways to go if you're into strap-ons.
Thanks, but no.
It's a classic 1960's vintage frame, and I prefer to keep it as it's makers intended.
Chris Neary [email hidden]
"Science, freedom, beauty, adventure: what more could you ask of life? Bicycling combined all the elements I loved" - Adapted from a quotation by Charles Lindbergh
There's always the tri-geek's behind the saddle mount. A friend who rides a fixer exclusively does that.
A 196? vintage British frame with a tri-geek bottle mount behind the saddle. Sounds like the mutant offspring of a Hetchins and a Quintana Roo.
Sorry, I don't see it in this bike's future - Thanks though!
Chris Neary [email hidden]
"Science, freedom, beauty, adventure: what more could you ask of life? Bicycling combined all the elements I loved" - Adapted from a quotation by Charles Lindbergh
How about a chromed classic dual cage mounted on the handlebars?
My thoughts exactly.
If I decide to ditch the Camelbak, that is likely the route I will go.
Chris Neary [email hidden]
"Science, freedom, beauty, adventure: what more could you ask of life? Bicycling combined all the elements I loved" - Adapted from a quotation by Charles Lindbergh
It's a classic 1960's vintage frame, and I prefer to keep it as it's
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intended.
There's always the tri-geek's behind the saddle mount. A friend who rides a fixer exclusively does that.
Putting myself at further risk on this group I have to admit to using auto heater hose clamps to mount bottle holders rather than mess with my frames integrity and drilling holes.
BTW, the drink of choice is Orange Juice, simple sugars and Vitamin C.
Tried a beer once and a soda and both blew the lids on the bottles so carbonated is out.
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Tried a beer once and a soda and both blew the lids on the bottles so carbonated is out.
Use cans in an insulated holder. Ride slower.
That could work. I ran into an older fellow (about my age, +/-) about a month ago who was carrying 4 cans of beer on him and stopped to drink one. He said that gave him enough energy and water to make a 1,000 foot climb but he did have a beer gut of fair size and since they were large cans I had to wonder about his state after 4 of those. This man was an obvious casual rider who had set up a fair challenge for himself and I rode home in a state of pondering the wisdom of that much Ethanol while riding that road. No bike lanes and a fair amount of traffic and blind turns, so I pay strict attention while there. I have only had one beer in the last 2 years so that was more of a historical note, but the soda was last summer. My riding is random in nature and on/off road so I take some big hits and a lot of vibration and a soda might blow up even on my person, which could be messier than I want. O.J. is safe, as is pancake syrup for a heavy sugar rush. Bill Baka
