Originally Posted by
Urbanmonk
How many of you fill your water bottles with G2 (Gatorade) for small to longer rides? I have been thinking of doing this to add a boost during the last stretch. Perhaps it's all in my head; don't know. What do you guys think?
On anything less than 20 miles I just take water.
On 20-30 I take one water one gatorade, gatorade first, and I don't take any food.
On 30-60 I take one bottle each 10 miles, alternating water first, then gatorade, then water, etc, up to 6 bottles. These rides will also have food, eaten at 10 mile increments as well (but I'll usually skip eating the first 20-30 miles).
For 60+ I just stop at stores and buy more water rather than taking ridiculous amounts of bottles.
Originally Posted by
bonz50
im a wateer only guy, however.......
when i was in the Army it was generally considered poor form to put anything sweet in your canteen... had to do with ability to effectively clean them... I can see having two bottles and filling one with gatorade (or the like) and the other with straight water...
I color code my bottles. I have 3 blue 3 red. Blue = water, Red = gatorade.