rhawkins

Yuck! I can't STAND gatorade!

Shifty

I'm with you, Gatorade is not very good. I have used Gookinaid Hydralyte for a long time, and plan to stick with it. It has almost no sugar, and is rich in minerals and electrolytes, and absorbs into the blood very quickly. I buy it in larger quantities from the website, but you can buy small packets from REI or running stores.
Here's the link with tons of information https://www.gookinaid.com/

bcoppola

OT, but my wife and I love green coconut meat - almost like custard! Something we look forward to when we go to Mexico. Not wild about the coconut milk/liquid, tho.

cyclezen

iff'n it looks like anti-freeze or 'PolyMol', I generally stay away from it
anybody ever see any O doze Toxic Avenger movies?

Hwy 40 Blue

I love it when I'm hot and thirsty. It tastes like #$*&!! if I'm not. And it needs to be really cold. I do notice a difference in how I feel if I drink it, along with water, in hot/dry/physically demanding conditions that last more than an hour. Under an hour, plain water's enough.

richjac

I chugged a bottle of Cranberry-Orange Gatorade the other morning mid ride. It was great! Nice contrast to the salty taste of my dried sweat

Honestly, I like certain flavors, but it has to be very cold and me very hot - great on a golf course, for example. Does a better job than soda (pop), and keeps me awake longer than if I drink beer.

Maybe we should start a beer thread, but judging from the length of the coffee thread a while back, probably best not to.

richjac

But aren't the carbs just as important as the electrolytes? Maybe even more so? What's better, Gatorade or gel + water?

Artkansas 

I hear you there. When I was in prep school in Florida, Gatorade had just been invented and our coach insisted that all the soccer players drink it. No water was allowed. So I played in the Florida heat without water rather than drink Gatorade.

stapfam

Having said I do not like gatorade- Use the energy drink of your choice and save the gels for when they are needed- and always Drink water after a gel.

dminor 

I became a big fan of Gatorade when I used to race 100-mile desert cross-country motorcycle races. Water would sit in my stomach like a rock after such a thorough wringing-out.

I like the flavor of Green Squall Powerade better; but, lately, I'm finding I prefer the lower-cal Powerade Option - -not as syrupy.

RoMad

In the florida summer a cold Gatorade tastes great. My wife buys the mix and mixes it a little less than full strength. She usually buys the red and the blue. We rode 30 miles this morning and I drank one during the first 10 minutes and then drank 2 waters during the rest of the ride.

dingster1

Don't like the original flavor but the RAIN flavors are good. Trying to replace Pepsi with g'rade and more H20

George

I'm going to start to take milkshakes with me, just saying.

freeranger

I like some of the flavors. The Orange-Strawberry Gatorade AM is good, and I have the Gatorade Frost powder-flavor Glacier Freeze that is good. I use a little less of the powder than they say to mix, but those two flavors I like. I've had some that weren't so great.

The Weak Link

Related question: if you mix PowerAde and Gatorade together is there any chance it might explode?

cccorlew

Makes my stomach hurt, and tastes crappy.
I like Hammer's HEED for taste and for what's in it, and NOT in it.

Tom Bombadil

I think The Weak Link is out there drinking straight Red Bull.

roccobike

I use Gatorade Fruit Punch or Grape, cut 50/50 with water on rides over 15 miles. And I always bring plain water. Actually the water bottle is completely frozen at the start of the ride, but in NC its warm water by the end of the ride.

BluesDawg

I'm not all that choosy about the flavor. None of it really tastes that good or that bad to me. I drink it for the carb boost and the electrolytes. Generally, if I drink more than two water bottles I'll want something extra. I don't drink it on rides under about 30 miles or MTB rides under an hour. I usually carry a bottle of water and one of energy drink. On organized, supported rides I usually just carry water and drink the energy drinks at the rest stops. The harder the effort and the more I'm sweating, the more of it I drink.

Tom Bombadil

After riding for three hours the other day, and having consumed only water to that point, I stopped for lunch and had a turkey sandwich with cranberry sauce and mashed potatoes with gravy. Along with drinking three 12 ounce glasses of water. All for just $4.55.

That sure tasted better than Gatorade.

doctor j

I'm a big fan of Gatorade, as it works for me. As others do, I use the powder and roll my own at a concentration slightly less than specified on the container. I carry two or three small containers of powder along on a good ride, each enough for one water bottle. I down a pint just before getting on the bike for a ride of just about any length.

Mojo Slim

I drink it straight . . . like a man. I prefer the ones with names like "rain", "Ice", "Thunder" and "Carbon Fiber".

Baroque

All-natural lemonade diluted 50% with spring water for me.
At home I mix the lemonade with sparkling water for a lemonade soda!

OH306

I like Sam Adams much more. It may not be as good for you, but after a couple, who cares.

PAlt

I feel the need for HEED. Mixed according to directions, 1 scoop in 24oz. bottle, tastes better and not as hard on the stomach as the Gatorade I used to drink, 1/3rd diluted. You can also get unflavored HEED and mix it with Hammer Gel to concoct your own flavors.