Gatorade alternatives? Salt on a ride?

[Zen]

Yes, but does it have peanuts and caramel?

[cobalt]

You mean the candy bar?? I could handle that.

I tried the new Powerbar gel blasts and really like the cola flavor.

Thanks for the suggestions, please keep them coming! It's so helpful to us newbies.

[deeaimond]

used to cramp spectacularly very often during martial arts training (back in my capoeira days) a classmate told me it could be a lack of salt. started taking some salt and water before training, and no more cramps.

now I like orange flavoured Tang with salt added in. I just use some 'pan salt' that was lying ard the house. was lousy for cooking (hard to season properly coz it was low sodium and not salty enough u had to add quite abit) but apparently has extra minerals, so good for a home-made sport drink.

peanut m&ms are great while riding...

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Yes, but does it have peanuts and caramel?

Well heck, you can eat that too!
But I prefer to keep my fluids a bit separate from my solid fuel when biking.

[wildhawk]

I have been using the new Electrolyte mix from PowerBar - it comes in two flavors: lemon and mixed berry and is a small packet that mixes into your water. It replaces the electrolytes but is only 10 calories per packet. Tastes great IMHO.