What are you drinking on the bike?

[foggypeake]

Most of the time I use Heed or Skratch, as both seem to work for me.

[Mzilliox]

water-diluted green tea with a bit of sugar or honey or maple in it.

gets me sugar and a bit o caffeine and tastes way better than any of the powders ive tried and cannot pronounce the ingredients of.

[Mzilliox]

Originally Posted by cadence90

Showerbeers.
At least 2 by 3.
.

amen brother, mmm, i want a shower beer so bad right now by my fridge is empty of that option today. doh

[muz]

On long rides, I like to start with 6 scoops of Caffe Latte Perpetuem in one bottle, plain water in the other. If the weather is cool or ice is easily available (e.g supported double centuries), I can continue using Perpetuem, but I can't stand it if it gets warm. So usually just plain water mid day in warm weather.

[ripvanrando]

Rarely ride more than 60 miles lately and don't even bring a bottle but if I do bring a drink, it is EFS-PRO or my own brew.

[OtayBW]

Originally Posted by ripvanrando

Rarely ride more than 60 miles lately and don't even bring a bottle but if I do bring a drink, it is EFS-PRO or my own brew.

Seriously? You don't rehydrate in 60 miles? Even in moderate weather, I'll down at least a couple of large bottles in that time.

[ripvanrando]

Originally Posted by OtayBW

Seriously? You don't rehydrate in 60 miles? Even in moderate weather, I'll down at least a couple of large bottles in that time.

Stop for tea halfway. I don't need much water in temperate conditions. I check body weight before and after. Not a problem.

[Lanternrouge]

For me it is water of Skratch (pineapple). I usually only bring Skratch if I think I'm actually going to drink a full bottle. I do tend to drink more if I have Skratch since it tastes better to me than plain water.

[CSKeller]

Water for rides less than 30 miles with not a lot of climbing. For longer rides I'm in the Scratch camp and I also have some Cytomax too. Both work great and are easy on my stomach. I don't get on well with Nuun or Accelerate.

A good Belgian beer is a good recovery drink post ride!

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[pdmtong]

Originally Posted by MattTuck

Just to be clear, you mean the original Nuun, Paul? The Nuun performance that others have mentioned does seem to have sugar.

matt, yes...the "original" Nuun

I usually load up at sea otter and take advantage of the "show special" pricing. save some bucks, get a bottle. etc.

[bitpuddle]

Originally Posted by homagesilkhope

Dextrose and lite salt (ie, sodium + potassium).

Salt is sodium chloride; in general, you don’t want a lot of added chloride in your body. One bottle won’t have negative effects, but I wouldn’t do this on a hot day when you’re consuming lots of fluids. Most mixes are made with sodium citrate or something like that to avoid issues with chlorides.

[classtimesailer]

I'm sensitive to much of the commercial stuff. I'm also a cheap b. Heed was fine and so was scratch. Now I make my own. True Lemon is for backups on long rides. First two bottles get fresh lemon or lime.
1/2 lemon
1T sugar
2T maltodextrin
1/8t salt
If I remember right, that's 150 Calories and it is clean tasting not sugary.

[ripvanrando]

My home brew is 2/3 highly branched citric Dextrin to 1/3 maltodextrose, sea salt, BCAA, d-Ribose, and Beta Alanine. Sometimes a touch of lemon flavoring.

For magnesium and calcium, my DS has me skip the fancy tea stop and get a chocolate milk and bag of potat chips.

[hobbanero]

Osmo....works great for hydration and I like the light taste. For really hot days or hard rides I will use their preload. Not so light taste, but it works.

[BdaGhisallo]

Originally Posted by hobbanero

Osmo....works great for hydration and I like the light taste. For really hot days or hard rides I will use their preload. Not so light taste, but it works.

Indeed. The Osmo Preload is fantastic on stinking hot days.