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It’s all about the sugar flasks nowadays.
Mix up how ever much sugar you need to meet your grams per hour goal. So for a 4 hour race I would put in 320-400 grams of sugar. Mix it up in a bowl with a little water and lemon juice it’ll turn into a thick gel. Then pour it into this thing and just carry water which is convenient. But….you definitely need to get used to this before a race. I’ve been working off 80-100g per hour for a couple years so my stomach has no issue.
That’s 8 beta fuel or Maurten gels which are $4? So $2 of sugar vs $32 in gels.
If you want to add some caffeine, open up however many you need, and mix with the sugar. Personally I carry 2 small flasks, 1 with caffeine and 1 without.
iman29
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for years been taking these daily:
- Mens Multivitamin
- B12
- ProBiotic
- Caltrate (added this at doctors recommendation about 3 years ago after I broke my knee)
- Airborne - plenty of debate on this if it works or not, but I would say aside from the 3 times I got COVID it seems like the colds don't as long
Just search for” sugar flask cycling”. They come in all sizes. Really easy to clean with some dawn and hot water. It’s not exactly toxic ingredients with dyes. So warm water really is enough. I just use Dawn because I’m OCD.
I’m pretty sure mancuso has a drawer full of circa 2012 hammer sleeveless jerseys.
I actually grabbed the Flow version of the reusable flask for this year and their gel mix. Should bring down the cost of a gel quite a bit. Otherwise really enjoying Carbs gels which are $2/50g which isn't terrible at all.
No GI issues running straight sugar?
Pearl
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Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
I'm ready for it.
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
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There should be a race where everyone has to wear that jersey and ride 2010's XC bikes.
Just like anything else, you need to work your way up to it. If you’re already doing a lot of carbs per hour, this should be an easy adjustment but still start lower (40 or 50g?) and go up.
The carb gels do seem like a great deal though.
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
I’ve been getting a subscription from the feed for a few year with the following:
- Puori D3 Vitamin D x1
- SwissRX Multi-Vitamin x2
- Designs for Sport Omega 3 Hi-Po x1
And I started with the fiber a couple hours before bed. That took some adjustment but now that I’m used to it, it’s great.
Here's another recipe. This time for electrolytes.
I got some free LMNTs from The Feed and I really liked them. At the time I was still drinking beer and was always looking for a recovery elixir from alcohol. (BTW Nothing works... other than not drinking in the first place.)
Now that my drinking days are 99% past, I am looking to stay hydrated for the mid summer burners where I am taking in 750 - 1000ml of water an hour.. maybe even more. On these rides, staying on top of electrolytes is important because all that water is just rinsing your body out of the minerals it needs. Its also enables your body to keep all those carbs flowing into your blood
I am not an expert, but there is a plenty of research on the subject about the topic. So if you have come to the realization that you need more than what your sports drink is giving you, or if you are like me and making your own gels / mix with sugar then you may be looking for an electrolyte recipe. Just adding in a little salt is probably fine but hey... so are tubes.
Whether of not you really need anything other than sodium is debatable, but all those electrolyte company's marketing is pretty good, so I decided.... I need that. I went searching for a recipe that does sodium, potassium, and magnesium. I found one at the unlikely source... the LMNT website. They actually give you their recipe. it doesn't taste anywhere near as good, but they need some secret sauce, right?
You can buy all of these ingredients from Amazon our whatever other overpriced supplement site you want and make a serving for pennies rather than dollars...
From LMNT's site:
The beauty of this is, you can adjust the sodium needs. Not everyone needs 1000mg of sodium an hour or whatever you are riding. You can buy a sweat test or you can just look at the salt marks on your sweaty gear. Lots of salt? Then you are a salty sweater. Pretty straightforward.
I got some free LMNTs from The Feed and I really liked them. At the time I was still drinking beer and was always looking for a recovery elixir from alcohol. (BTW Nothing works... other than not drinking in the first place.)
Now that my drinking days are 99% past, I am looking to stay hydrated for the mid summer burners where I am taking in 750 - 1000ml of water an hour.. maybe even more. On these rides, staying on top of electrolytes is important because all that water is just rinsing your body out of the minerals it needs. Its also enables your body to keep all those carbs flowing into your blood
I am not an expert, but there is a plenty of research on the subject about the topic. So if you have come to the realization that you need more than what your sports drink is giving you, or if you are like me and making your own gels / mix with sugar then you may be looking for an electrolyte recipe. Just adding in a little salt is probably fine but hey... so are tubes.
Whether of not you really need anything other than sodium is debatable, but all those electrolyte company's marketing is pretty good, so I decided.... I need that. I went searching for a recipe that does sodium, potassium, and magnesium. I found one at the unlikely source... the LMNT website. They actually give you their recipe. it doesn't taste anywhere near as good, but they need some secret sauce, right?
You can buy all of these ingredients from Amazon our whatever other overpriced supplement site you want and make a serving for pennies rather than dollars...
From LMNT's site:
The beauty of this is, you can adjust the sodium needs. Not everyone needs 1000mg of sodium an hour or whatever you are riding. You can buy a sweat test or you can just look at the salt marks on your sweaty gear. Lots of salt? Then you are a salty sweater. Pretty straightforward.
Ian F
Well-Known Member
Question for those who use LMNT... does anyone else get pretty bad heartburn from it? One of the single-serving packets into a 24 oz bottle gives me really bad heartburn, but given the single-serving packet, I'm not sure how to lower the mix ratio with any level of repeatability.
Right now, my favorite hydration drink is grape Gatorade powder - 2 teaspoons in a 24 oz bottle.
Right now, my favorite hydration drink is grape Gatorade powder - 2 teaspoons in a 24 oz bottle.
I never did but I can imagine its from the high levels of sodium or the citrus in LMNT. That stuff is strong AF.
You can always try lower doses of the above recipe.