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03-05-2005, 05:05 AM

4 Mar 2005 11:48:20 -0800,
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"Peter Cole" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>Sports drinks are entirely unnecessary marketing inventions. The
>purported goal is to maximize fluid uptake, not provide calories or
>electrolytes, as so many are led to believe.

Sports drinks were "designed" for feed-lot cattle.
When in doubt, humans should use honey and drink water.
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03-05-2005, 10:45 AM

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"Earl Bollinger" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> writes:

> A flat coke would not have all the carbonated bubbles to cause gas problems.

Yeah, I guess it's a payoff/tradeoff thing :-)

cheers,
Tom

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03-05-2005, 10:45 AM

In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
"Earl Bollinger" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> writes:

> A flat coke would not have all the carbonated bubbles to cause gas problems.

Yeah, I guess it's a payoff/tradeoff thing :-)

cheers,
Tom

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03-05-2005, 11:26 AM

>Is there something I could put together at home (ided tea with sugar, for
>instance) or is there something that's really sure-fire for an energy kick?

This ride isn't long enough, and not sufficiently longer than what you
typically ride, that I would expect you going to need anything.

As an alternative to an energy drink, you might consider having a banana
shortly before the ride, or perhaps carrying one with you.

Chris Neary
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03-05-2005, 11:26 AM

>Is there something I could put together at home (ided tea with sugar, for
>instance) or is there something that's really sure-fire for an energy kick?

This ride isn't long enough, and not sufficiently longer than what you
typically ride, that I would expect you going to need anything.

As an alternative to an energy drink, you might consider having a banana
shortly before the ride, or perhaps carrying one with you.

Chris Neary
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"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

03-05-2005, 11:43 AM

"saki" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote

[snip]

> Is there something I could put together at home (ided tea with
sugar, for
> instance) or is there something that's really sure-fire for an
energy kick?

Well, as people have said, you probably don't ***need*** it at 22
miles. I don't get the bonk until 40 or 50. However, it does no
harm to drink something ahead of time.

I like orange juice diluted to half strength to get the osmotic
pressure right. If its a cold day, I heat it up, and carry it in a
thermos flask. A beer can insulator pads out the thermos flask so it
fits in a water bottle cage.

Jeremy Parker

03-05-2005, 11:43 AM

"saki" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote

[snip]

> Is there something I could put together at home (ided tea with
sugar, for
> instance) or is there something that's really sure-fire for an
energy kick?

Well, as people have said, you probably don't ***need*** it at 22
miles. I don't get the bonk until 40 or 50. However, it does no
harm to drink something ahead of time.

I like orange juice diluted to half strength to get the osmotic
pressure right. If its a cold day, I heat it up, and carry it in a
thermos flask. A beer can insulator pads out the thermos flask so it
fits in a water bottle cage.

Jeremy Parker

03-05-2005, 11:45 AM

On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 05:40:32 -0600, Earl Bollinger wrote:

> A flat coke would not have all the carbonated bubbles to cause gas problems.

When you're out of fuel you NEED gas!

rant alert.

Reminds me of something I find irritating--go to the bottled water section
of an American supermarket and you'll be lucky to actually find *mineral*
water with light carbonation that's so refreshing. It's all boring still
water sans minerals. How boring. Every now and then a place stocks
Gerolsteinter or even crappy old Perrier. Even the Mexican bodega will
sell you real bubbly mineral water...but at the supermarket, it's
overpriced still "purified" water. Dumb dumb dumb dumb.

Apropos that...

In Chicago, if you want cheap real tasty mineral water, just pop into any
Polish grocery--the Polish and eastern European brands are usually 1.25
for a 1.5 liter bottle, full of calcium and delicious on their own or with
a helping of scotch whiskey...

03-05-2005, 11:45 AM

On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 05:40:32 -0600, Earl Bollinger wrote:

> A flat coke would not have all the carbonated bubbles to cause gas problems.

When you're out of fuel you NEED gas!

rant alert.

Reminds me of something I find irritating--go to the bottled water section
of an American supermarket and you'll be lucky to actually find *mineral*
water with light carbonation that's so refreshing. It's all boring still
water sans minerals. How boring. Every now and then a place stocks
Gerolsteinter or even crappy old Perrier. Even the Mexican bodega will
sell you real bubbly mineral water...but at the supermarket, it's
overpriced still "purified" water. Dumb dumb dumb dumb.

Apropos that...

In Chicago, if you want cheap real tasty mineral water, just pop into any
Polish grocery--the Polish and eastern European brands are usually 1.25
for a 1.5 liter bottle, full of calcium and delicious on their own or with
a helping of scotch whiskey...

03-05-2005, 12:16 PM

>Reminds me of something I find irritating--go to the bottled water section
>of an American supermarket and you'll be lucky to actually find *mineral*
>water with light carbonation that's so refreshing. It's all boring still
>water sans minerals. How boring. Every now and then a place stocks
>Gerolsteinter or even crappy old Perrier. Even the Mexican bodega will
>sell you real bubbly mineral water...but at the supermarket, it's
>overpriced still "purified" water. Dumb dumb dumb dumb.

Costco (at least in the SF Bay Area) sells Pellegrino at reasonable prices.

Tracey and I developed a taste for the stuff while travelling.

Chris Neary
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