Originally Posted by coasting

do people in the 41 use gels? I had a few as freebie give-aways and i used them on saturday's ride and holy smokes! they are the fastest acting stuff I have eaten ever. I was barely able to turn the pedals and not far from bonking despite eating what I considered was adequate. I squeezed one lucozade gel into my throat and swallowed; I had run out of water so i tried to not let is stay in the mouth being so sweet and sticky. I was back to pedalling hard in 5 mins.