Hydration Help?

Do you want someone to run along side you and let you sip from a straw?

I'm just kidding....

Double waterbottles and an extra in your jersey pocket. I usually start the
day drinking more water than usual..just to build up the fluids. I do use a
camelback on longer rides. Does not seem to be too heavy to me. I would
rather have the extra water onboard vs. having to pull up short due to
thirst.

Be good!

Kyle

"hydrateme" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

What do you do to hydrate? I can't seem to find a solution. Gels?
(taste nasty, expensive, still needs water) Sports drink? (best option
but what do you do when you finish your sports bottle?) Camelbak,
Fuelbelt etc.? (too heavy & uncomfortable).

Thanks in advance for your response.

hydrateme said:

What do you do to hydrate? I can't seem to find a solution. Gels?
(taste nasty, expensive, still needs water) Sports drink? (best option
but what do you do when you finish your sports bottle?) Camelbak,
Fuelbelt etc.? (too heavy & uncomfortable).

Thanks in advance for your response.

What problem are you trying to solve?

I like water. You can hydrate by drinking water, which is available
in many places - you don't need sports drink. Only problem is if
you are riding someplace where there's a long way between water
sources (MTB'ing, desert, East BFA, life raft). Then you're stuck
with carrying extra bottles or the Camelbak.

If you have a water source but insist on drinking sports drink,
buy that Gatorade powder jar in the supermarket, put some in
a 35mm film can (if you were smart enough to save some
35mm film cans, otherwise buy the equivalent at REI) and
put that in your seat pack.

Or just refuse to go on any ride without a beer stop.

Ben

In article <[email hidden]>,

Quoted post said:

If you have a water source but insist on drinking sports drink,
buy that Gatorade powder jar in the supermarket, put some in
a 35mm film can (if you were smart enough to save some
35mm film cans, otherwise buy the equivalent at REI) and
put that in your seat pack.

There's something called "Emer'gen-C" that I got at Trader Joe's (or Whole
Foods). It's a powder that comes in individual sized packets that you can put in a
pocket or pack. It is kind of fizzy when you mix it with water.

--
tanx,
Howard

Never take a tenant with a monkey.

remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok?

On 12/13/06 3:57 PM, in article
[email hidden], "hydrateme"

Quoted message said:

What do you do to hydrate? I can't seem to find a solution. Gels?
(taste nasty, expensive, still needs water) Sports drink? (best option
but what do you do when you finish your sports bottle?) Camelbak,
Fuelbelt etc.? (too heavy & uncomfortable).

Thanks in advance for your response.

Cytomax & Vodka

LIVEDRUNK

In article said:

On 12/13/06 3:57 PM, in article
[email hidden], "hydrateme"

Quoted message said:

What do you do to hydrate? I can't seem to find a solution. Gels?
(taste nasty, expensive, still needs water) Sports drink? (best option
but what do you do when you finish your sports bottle?) Camelbak,
Fuelbelt etc.? (too heavy & uncomfortable).

Thanks in advance for your response.

Cytomax & Vodka

LIVEDRUNK

Such a ludicrously delightful idea, I may have to try it for real.
Hm...Hydrade + Vodka = Power-tini?

Gonna need one of those flask cages,

--
Ryan Cousineau [email hidden] http://www.wiredcola.com/
"I don't want kids who are thinking about going into mathematics
to think that they have to take drugs to succeed." -Paul Erdos

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

If you have a water source but insist on drinking sports drink,
buy that Gatorade powder jar in the supermarket, put some in
a 35mm film can (if you were smart enough to save some
35mm film cans, otherwise buy the equivalent at REI) and
put that in your seat pack.

Howard Kveck said:

There's something called "Emer'gen-C" that I got at Trader Joe's (or Whole
Foods). It's a powder that comes in individual sized packets that you can put in a
pocket or pack. It is kind of fizzy when you mix it with water.

So does GU (the drink not the gel):
http://www.gusports.com/html/gu2o.htm

Quoted message said:

I like water. You can hydrate by drinking water, which is available
in many places

Like Mars.

hydrateme said:

What do you do to hydrate? I can't seem to find a solution. Gels?
(taste nasty, expensive, still needs water) Sports drink? (best option
but what do you do when you finish your sports bottle?) Camelbak,
Fuelbelt etc.? (too heavy & uncomfortable).

Thanks in advance for your response.

Water and a jam sandwich beat all the fancy laboratory designed
solutions
--
Le vent à Dos
Davey Crockett [No 4Q to reply]
X-Shakespeare: "If you [censored] us, do we not bleed?
if you tickle us, do we not laugh?
if you poison us, do we not die?
and if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?"
-- Merchant of Venice, III.1

Donald Munro said:

Quoted message said:

I like water. You can hydrate by drinking water, which is available
in many places

Like Mars.

It's deep-fried there.

--
E. Dronkert

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I like water. You can hydrate by drinking water, which is available
in many places

Donald Munro said:

Quoted message said:

Like Mars.

Ewoud Dronkert said:

It's deep-fried there.

Sounds almost as unhealthy as Cytomax & Vodka.

"Donald Munro" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I like water. You can hydrate by drinking water, which is available
in many places

Like Mars.

Does it have smooth roads for my iBike?

Donald Munro said:

Quoted message said:

I like water. You can hydrate by drinking water, which is available
in many places

Like Mars.

Better, http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1628597280384324194

--
E. Dronkert

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I like water. You can hydrate by drinking water, which is available
in many places

Donald Munro said:

Quoted message said:

Like Mars.

Carl Sundquist said:

Does it have smooth roads for my iBike?

Just take a detour around the craters and volcanoes:
http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Mars_Express/SEMSSZRMD6E_0.html

However if you like climbing volcanoes like Ventoux, you might enjoy
Olympus Mons which is the biggest volcano in the Solar System (just make
sure you take lots of EPO, as oxygen is in short supply):
http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Mars_Express/SEMIPVMVGJE_0.html

Quoted message said:

hydrateme said:

What do you do to hydrate? I can't seem to find a solution. Gels?
(taste nasty, expensive, still needs water) Sports drink? (best option
but what do you do when you finish your sports bottle?) Camelbak,
Fuelbelt etc.? (too heavy & uncomfortable).

Thanks in advance for your response.

What problem are you trying to solve?

I like water. You can hydrate by drinking water, which is available
in many places - you don't need sports drink. Only problem is if
you are riding someplace where there's a long way between water
sources (MTB'ing, desert, East BFA, life raft). Then you're stuck
with carrying extra bottles or the Camelbak.

If you have a water source but insist on drinking sports drink,
buy that Gatorade powder jar in the supermarket, put some in
a 35mm film can (if you were smart enough to save some
35mm film cans, otherwise buy the equivalent at REI) and
put that in your seat pack.

Or just refuse to go on any ride without a beer stop.

Ben

I've tried the film canister trick and it works pretty well, but I've
settled on a trick that I think works better. I use sandwich-size zip
lock bags. Put one bottle's worth of energy drink mix in each bag,
roll 'em up so there's no extra air, then zip 'em close.

As I often ride long enough to need 3 or 4 bottles of drink mix in
addition to the couple I start with, I fix enough bags for what I think
I'll need, plus at least one extra (never know when the bonk will
strike) and put them all in one extra bag. Keeps 'em in one compact
package that fits in a jersey pocket, and keeps 'em from getting messy
should one of 'em come open.

I've also found it nice that as you go through the day and you want to
peel off some of your clothing 'cause it's warmer than when you
started, the bulk in your pocket is gone and there's room for discarded
clothing. The film canisters take up space whether there's mix in them
or not, whereas the empty bag can just be thrown away after use. (yeah,
you can throw the canisters away, I know, but they're not as easy to
replace)

Scott

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<[email hidden]>,

hydrateme said:

What do you do to hydrate? I can't seem to find a solution. Gels?
(taste nasty, expensive, still needs water) Sports drink? (best option
but what do you do when you finish your sports bottle?) Camelbak,
Fuelbelt etc.? (too heavy & uncomfortable).

intra-venous port.

Quoted message said:

Thanks in advance for your response.

You are welcome, ex post facto.

--
Michael Press

hydrateme said:

What do you do to hydrate? I can't seem to find a solution. Gels?
(taste nasty, expensive, still needs water) Sports drink? (best option
but what do you do when you finish your sports bottle?) Camelbak,
Fuelbelt etc.? (too heavy & uncomfortable).

Thanks in advance for your response.

7 - 11. They gottem everywhere.

Ron

hydrateme said:

Quoted message said:

What do you do to hydrate? I can't seem to find a solution.

RonSonic said:

7 - 11. They gottem everywhere.

Starbucks too:
http://autodesk.blogs.com/between_the_lines/mars_seattlehumor.jpg

In article <[email hidden]>,

Donald Munro said:

hydrateme said:

Quoted message said:

What do you do to hydrate? I can't seem to find a solution.

RonSonic said:

7 - 11. They gottem everywhere.

Starbucks too:
http://autodesk.blogs.com/between_the_lines/mars_seattlehumor.jpg

Starbucks density asymptotically approaches 1:

http://www.darrenbarefoot.com/archives/2006/10/kitty-corner-starbucks.htm
l

-RjC, picks 7-11 because in most locations they have what I need,

--
Ryan Cousineau [email hidden] http://www.wiredcola.com/
"I don't want kids who are thinking about going into mathematics
to think that they have to take drugs to succeed." -Paul Erdos

Ryan Cousineau said:

Quoted message said:

RonSonic said:

7 - 11. They gottem everywhere.

Starbucks too:
http://autodesk.blogs.com/between_the_lines/mars_seattlehumor.jpg

Starbucks density asymptotically approaches 1:

http://www.darrenbarefoot.com/archives/2006/10/kitty-corner-starbucks.html

-RjC, picks 7-11 because in most locations they have what I need,

That's nothing. In Seattle, those are a dime a dozen, and in fact,
they have a Starbucks INSIDE ANOTHER STARBUCKS.

Starbucks is PEOPLE. IT'S MADE OF PEOPLE!!!

Ben
http://www.ucolick.org/~bjw/misc/starbucks.time.png