Originally Posted by
njkayaker
People need a bit more information. It would be counter productive for people who are trying to loose weight to think they must drink "sports drinks" on their slow 20 mile rides.
Feel free to expand on what I said. That's what discussion boards are all about.
There are low calorie sports drinks. I use Nuun tablets a lot and I think they are fairly low calorie - although on long rides I usually don't worry too much about taking in too many calories.