I currently use my Mountain bike to keep fit. After a 22 Mile, 1hr 20min ride I sometimes feel that my body needs `something` to replenish it. Even after drinking what you would think is enough water I still feel kinda thirsty for some time after. I wondered if it was salt or sugar or something else I also needed to replenish.
Ages ago I brought some isotonic drinks but they were so damn sweet I just couldn`t drink them, so I went back to very weak blackcurrent juice.
Whats the best thing to drink during and after a busy bike ride ?
: I currently use my Mountain bike to keep fit. After a 22 Mile, 1hr 20min : ride I sometimes feel that my body needs `something` to replenish it. Even
How much are you drinking during the ride? You would be aiming for 1 l to 1 1/2 l for 1 1/2 ride depending on temperature and exertion level.
I'm not a big fan of carbo drinks for short rides like this. They do work, but they also rot your teeth and are unnecessary for short rides.
Eating a banana halfway round will give you a good selection of nuteriets as well as energy.
Arthur
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Other than Beer and a good Bordeaux !
I currently use my Mountain bike to keep fit. After a 22 Mile, 1hr 20min ride I sometimes feel that my body needs `something` to replenish it. Even after drinking what you would think is enough water I still feel kinda thirsty for some time after. I wondered if it was salt or sugar or
something
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else I also needed to replenish.
Ages ago I brought some isotonic drinks but they were so damn sweet I just couldn`t drink them, so I went back to very weak blackcurrent juice.
Whats the best thing to drink during and after a busy bike ride ?
Whats the best thing to drink during and after a busy bike ride ?
I use Maxim, but not made up to full strength, and flavoured with a bit of orange juice to make it more palatable. It does seem to keep me going longer than water alone.
Whatever you do drink, just make sure you drink plenty of it - better to err on the side of drinking too much than not enough, even if it does mean stopping to water the hedgerows occasionally.
And don't forget to eat as well. Apples, raisins and bananas are all good energy snacks.
I currently use my Mountain bike to keep fit. After a 22 Mile, 1hr 20min ride I sometimes feel that my body needs `something` to replenish it. Even after drinking what you would think is enough water I still feel kinda thirsty for some time after. I wondered if it was salt or sugar or something else I also needed to replenish.
Ages ago I brought some isotonic drinks but they were so damn sweet I just couldn`t drink them, so I went back to very weak blackcurrent juice.
Whats the best thing to drink during and after a busy bike ride ?
Cheers
DJ
I heard lots of icky things about energy drinks being overly sweet, but I tried an orange-flavoured one by Enervit? and it's great. Not too sweet, and the body seems to appreicate it far more than food when out riding (it really REALLY didn't like being fed a hamburger partway through the london to cambridge, twas hard keeping it down!).
Wiggle carry it.
It takes just like orange squash, and not overly strong squash either.
On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 17:45:35 +0100, "DJ" <[email hidden]> wrote (more or less):
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Other than Beer and a good Bordeaux !
I currently use my Mountain bike to keep fit. After a 22 Mile, 1hr 20min ride I sometimes feel that my body needs `something` to replenish it. Even after drinking what you would think is enough water I still feel kinda thirsty for some time after. I wondered if it was salt or sugar or something else I also needed to replenish.
Ages ago I brought some isotonic drinks but they were so damn sweet I just couldn`t drink them,
1 part orange juice diluted with 1 to two parts water is pretty isotonic. And half to a third the calories of o.j.. :-)
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so I went back to very weak blackcurrent juice.
Whats the best thing to drink during and after a busy bike ride ?
They tend to be sipped frequently, leaving teeth bathed with little chance to restore intraoral pH. These are the conditions that have been shown to rot kids' teeth. I don't know if the same experiment has been replicated in adults on sports drinks. Do we really need to reinvent the wheel?
Acidic, sugary drinks have been shown to rot teeth. Why else would GlaxoSmithKlineBeecham release Ribena Toothkind?
Acidic, sugary drinks have been shown to rot teeth. Why else would GlaxoSmithKlineBeecham release Ribena Toothkind?
Which was then subject to the Esthe Rantzen witch hunt because it still rotted teeth despite not rotting them as fast as drinking plain fruit juice (which is also acidic and contains sugar).
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Other than Beer and a good Bordeaux !
I currently use my Mountain bike to keep fit. After a 22 Mile, 1hr 20min ride I sometimes feel that my body needs `something` to replenish it. Even after drinking what you would think is enough water I still feel kinda thirsty for some time after. I wondered if it was salt or sugar or something else I also needed to replenish.
Ages ago I brought some isotonic drinks but they were so damn sweet I just couldn`t drink them, so I went back to very weak blackcurrent juice.
Whats the best thing to drink during and after a busy bike ride ?
Cheers
DJ
You want to try a recovery drink, to help replenish the nutrients. I use SIS Rego and it helps to stop the post-ride munchies. Some carrot cake also has the same effect.
Meerlust Rubicon 1999. Not too bad. Has left a friend and I completely plastered!
WRT cycling, more water and some food if your feel hungry. I don't know how the prices compare, but I believe that there used to be a product called deorylite (Or similar) which was an isotonic powder for post- diarrhoea recovery. I see no reason why it shouldn't work if you are actually needing salts.
On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 23:04:25 +0100, David Martin <[email hidden]> wrote (more or less):
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On 22/8/04 10:45 pm, in article [email hidden],
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Acidic, sugary drinks have been shown to rot teeth. Why else would GlaxoSmithKlineBeecham release Ribena Toothkind?
Which was then subject to the Esthe Rantzen witch hunt because it still rotted teeth despite not rotting them as fast as drinking plain fruit juice (which is also acidic and contains sugar).
Orange juice is about as bad as coke for rotting teeth.
I try always to drink o.j. so that it goes over my tongue and down my throat, rather than attempting to bathe my teeth in it.
On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 23:26:13 +0100, Jon Senior <jon_AT_restlesslemon_DOTco_DOT_uk> wrote (more or less):
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Other than Beer and a good Bordeaux !
Meerlust Rubicon 1999. Not too bad. Has left a friend and I completely plastered!
WRT cycling, more water and some food if your feel hungry. I don't know how the prices compare, but I believe that there used to be a product called deorylite (Or similar) which was an isotonic powder for post- diarrhoea recovery. I see no reason why it shouldn't work if you are actually needing salts.
'Diarolyte', I'm fairly sure.
A friend of mine used to use it for 'morning after' situations.
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Whats the best thing to drink during and after a busy bike ride ?
Cheers
DJ
I am not going to tell you what is best as everyone is different. I use Isostar for rides over about 40 miles. I buy the powder, usually from the one day sales, and mix it to my liking. I also use Maxim powder, sometimes in my second bottle (you'll never belive the typo I just did, my fingers typed bottom instead of bottle !), which really does get used after my first. Sometimes I stop for a cup of tea too. Afterwards I drink beer and Bardolino.
On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 23:26:13 +0100, Jon Senior <jon_AT_restlesslemon_DOTco_DOT_uk> wrote (more or less):
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Other than Beer and a good Bordeaux !
Meerlust Rubicon 1999. Not too bad. Has left a friend and I completely plastered!
WRT cycling, more water and some food if your feel hungry. I don't know how the prices compare, but I believe that there used to be a product called deorylite (Or similar) which was an isotonic powder for post- diarrhoea recovery. I see no reason why it shouldn't work if you are actually needing salts.
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'Diarolyte', I'm fairly sure.
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A friend of mine used to use it for 'morning after' situations.
It's OK physiologically though probably too low in energy. I don't like its taste and it's not cheap...
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Other than Beer and a good Bordeaux !
I currently use my Mountain bike to keep fit. After a 22 Mile, 1hr 20min ride I sometimes feel that my body needs `something` to replenish it. Even after drinking what you would think is enough water I still feel kinda thirsty for some time after. I wondered if it was salt or sugar or
something
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else I also needed to replenish.
Ages ago I brought some isotonic drinks but they were so damn sweet I just couldn`t drink them, so I went back to very weak blackcurrent juice.
Whats the best thing to drink during and after a busy bike ride ?
Cheers
DJ
=============== Not a very popular suggestion here I think - but here goes anyway.....
Eat a meal containing plenty of steamed vegetables after your ride. This was always my best post-marathon / half-marathon pickup.
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I am not going to tell you what is best as everyone is different. I use Isostar for rides over about 40 miles. I buy the powder, usually from the one day sales, and mix it to my liking.
"Mix it to my liking" is the key here - I find Isostar mixed to the manufcturer's instructions fairly unpleasant, as it tastes a bit too concentrated. Do Boots still sell an own-brand equivalent? I found that far more palatable (in its grapefruit form), just as effective, and better value for money. And is it just me, or do all lemon sports drinks taste like cheap & nasty boiled sweets from childhood?
