Originally Posted by
CommuteCommando
Not me. Pack in/pack out. An empty Clif bar wrapper takes a lot less space in a jersey pocket than the full one that was in there before. I can't do those GU packs without getting all sticky, so I do not use them. I suspect that many who do, don't want that sticky empty in their pocket, so a lot of them get tossed.
What gets me about the gel packs is they are 100 calories. We burn close to 600 an hour while riding hard and at close to $2 each it makes no sense to me + the maltodexrin has to be processed by the liver before entering the blood stream while honey goes directly in. Guess I'm just cheap.