So what's in your bottle?

[SadieKate]

LBTC -- I really like the Cytomax Tropical Punch mixed with Crystal Light Pink Lemonade (or yellow). We don't use the Cytomax full strength and the Crystal Light makes it very tasty and refreshing. You wouldn't know that you're drinking electrolytes. Cytomax gets good reviews for digestibility and helping with altitude sickness.

Our riding group had a large can of Accelerade that kept getting passed from one member to the next. Sort of a white elephant. Not sure who had to guts to finally throw it out. Who knows, it may be travelling the continent one scoop at a time.

I'll post a review on the new Pink Lemonade from Cytomax after this weekend. Maybe the Crystal Light cocktail will become obsolete.

[skibum]

oh, yeah, and I tried accelerade once instead of gatorade. wow! was that ever bad!!

Yeah, a lot of the roadies I ride with drink accelerade and rave about the benefits so I decided to give it a try. Just couldn't handle the taste... even tried it a couple of times to see if I'd get used to it. Nope, never could.

Last fall, one of the riders told me to give the new Powerbar drinks a try. They taste much better to me than accelerade/endurox although I can't say I notice much difference in hydration/performance over gatorade. Maybe I'll notice a difference when spring comes and I'm riding more.

[LBTC]

I ought to clarify

accelerade as pre-ride drink is fine. not the best tasting, but it does seem to help with fueling and muscle strength, isn't terrible to drink and I feel better post-ride if I've used the pre-ride drink.
DURING a ride, accelerade is horrible. thick and icky and blech. considering the gatorade I drink during a ride is seriously watered down, I think that's understandble, though. heh

I tried endurox after kickboxing last night. went down easily, I maintained good energy and I didn't have to eat snacks later (I was day-dreaming about popcorn with butter and hot sauce, but realized by 9:30 that I didn't need it so I went to bed! yay!)

I plan to give cytomax a try, but I'm afraid I'll probably have to leave out the cut with crystal lite. I don't tolerate aspartame very well (can you say heart palpitations and shortness of breath?)....oh, and turns out I don't tolerate sucralose well either (can you say massive migraine? ouch!)

what is it with these darned bodies we were issued? mine's defective on several levels! If this was a toaster I would have taken it back within 30 days!! hahahahahaha

namaste,
~T~

[caligurl]

water WITH ice in both my polar water bottles!!!!!!!!!!

i have taken gatorade in a propel bottle that i put in my handlebar bag on 3 rides.. the first one was a local 68 miles ride.. had to make sure i liked gatorade and to be sure it didn't give me any tummy problems...

all the rest of my local long (60ish mile) rides i just take water w/ice!

[ultegra]

Grape Cytomax mixed with Sustained Energy for longer rides. Sustained Energy doesn't upset my stomach like bars or other food. Sometimes I mix in some Hammer Gel if it's a really long ride. Works so well, I started using my cycling drinks for soccer, too! I tried Amino-Vital, but it didn't work for me. Maybe not enough calories.

[Dogmama]

I just peeked at the bottom of one of my bottles the other day - ugh. Does anybody else run their bottles through the dishwasher? Hot soapy water did not cut it. I put in a pinch of bleach & that got rid of the stains. I have polar bottles - a few years old.

[MightyMitre]

I use the same kind of bleach they use for cleaning baby bottles. Does the job pretty well, although BF & I felt a bit self conscious as we found ourselves in the Baby section of our local supermarket. We joked that we hoped no one spotted us, or we'd be the butt of ' So, when's it due? ' jokes.

[CorsairMac]

Just look at them and smile Hugely and tell them its due when the two of you have enough money to buy next years model!! That outta keep them guessing!

[Di_Di]

just water and iced tea "Kazbegi" which is populat in my country..it helps..I also like MOuntain Dew...but water is the best for killing your thirsty!

[slinkedog]

Hey SadieKate... how was the pink lemonade Cytomax?

[Di_Di]

Hello again,

Have you ever heard about Georgian miniral water "Borjomi" ? I just wonder thanks

[jobob]

Lee & I bought a single-serving envelope of the pink lemonade Cytomax to give it a try, and we both had the same experince - the first swig tasted fine initally, but in less than a minute we each experienced a metallic aftertaste. bleah

We're sticking with the orange Cytomax for now, it tastes kind of like Tang (which may be a minus for some).

[eghammer]

Keep those bottles clean by washing with dishwashing liquid and a bottle brush, rinsing, then putting in a few drops of bleach, fill with water, let sit overnight. In the morning, empty and rinse three times...ta da! Sparkling.

[Dogmama]

How about Red Bull? It comes in a sugar free variety. I might try it tomorrow. I use it in the morning when I'm weight lifting because I need the extra nudge. Today I already have my bike loaded up & am using Hydra-fuel (Twin Lab product.) Had my oatmeal and am waiting for the temp to warm up a bit. Then, I'm outta here.

[aka_kim]

I sometimes bring a Red Bull with me (but not in my bottle) or buy one at a convenience store mid-ride. That "extra nudge" is great, and they're really refreshing on a hot day.