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Old 06-26-16 | 07:45 AM
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CrowSeph
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From: South Italy

Bikes: BMC SLR01; Cannondale Trail; Custom steel gravel.... plus 5 vintage

Drinking on the bike

Before the training i eat a bit of melba toast (4 of them) with butter and honey.
My non-training breakfast is one glass of milk and one expresso.

When i ride , i always the sensation "to drink more". And usuallyi drink a very small amount water , but sometimes my thirst is too high and i always end to drink 100-200ml in one squeeze.

Today i made 60+ km (mixed route , a very small ride in the flatlands and the remains climbing).
But today my thirst was justified becouse we hit more than 30°c in the rate of temperature.
I drinked one bottle of mineral salts 500ml (damn! those brand was very badly , after a drink i was feeling as i eated honey) plus 500ml of water in the local fountain (hoping to be clear , becouse some fountains near here are very dangerous... for example we analized the fountain near my house and it is very dangerous for hepatitis!, i'm not kidding).
Also when i arrived in home i drink (dunno how much) a looooot more...
I used a bottle of 1L , but i drink it twice.... reason why i never used that bottle anymore...
My friend is more trained than me but he drink 1-2 times a ride! whitout hitting the 50% of the bottle...
I'm also thinking to but the mineral salts in any pharmacy and never (and never) carry with me that ugly hot and sugary soup (the name is gatorade or smt).

Did i wrong something?
Do you think is the breakfast to make me very thirsty?

Thanks for helps.
Buone pedalate
(have a good riding time).
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