Originally Posted by Iride01

Gatorade has a crap ton of sodium in it. I've never liked it for cycling. Even on the hottest of days I'm still using less than half the sodium and other electrolytes that are in most of the Gatorade products. If you were to alternate one bottle of Gatorade and one bottle of just water, then that will probably be okay.

Tuesday, I accidently swallowed some sodium bicarbonate I was supposed to spit out while at the dentist. A couple hours later just after eating lunch, which also was somewhat high in sodium, I went for my bike ride. Almost immediately after the first hill I powered up, I got some of the worst stomach cramps I've had in a very long time. While I can't be certain it was the sodium, It's the only thing that was different for that day. And studies show that up to a point sodium and other electrolytes can help improve performance. But only marginally. And a little too much does sometimes have the result I had.

As for tubeless, I just did it mid-April. I'm happy with it. I expected issues from the learning curve to install them. And they happened. But I figured it out. The only downside currently is that I got some sealant in both valve stems. And it's a little hard to get air in the tires. I could take the stems off and replace or clean them. But I am too lazy to do that at the moment. But I don't worry about glass and shards of rock that use to keep me off some roads.