Originally Posted by
FullGas
Gatorade is mostly a marketing success.
a lot of people don't ride long/hard enough to need electrolyte replacement...but, they buy into the advertising and chug the crap anyway.
This was me, at least up until this year. With most of my rides being anywhere from 45 to 75 minutes and a pretty much low to modest intensity, I've switched to mostly water this year. In previous years I would always have a water bottle (or two) filled with PowerAde Zero. After doing some reading over the winter months, I realized that I didn't need that much, or any at all. Now, unless I'm riding in extreme temps and/or humidity, I'll ride with one or two bottles filled with water. Haven't really noticed any significant changes in performance from last year to this.
