Gatorade alternatives? Salt on a ride?

[RoadRaven]

When my partner first started doing longer rides, we made a concoction of glucose water, and a teaspoon of salt.
It worked well
He does several 70-80km rides per week now, plus 1-2 100-140km rides per week, and he only takes plain water as well as a handful of fruit bars to eat along the way.

[ttaylor508]

I like gleukos for longer rides. I can't stand the sweetness of gatorade and gleukos just has a slight flavor and isn't sticky or heavy. It has worked really well for me on long rides and the powder packets are really easy to pack and dissolve quick when mixing by simply shaking your water bottle. On really hot rides I will supplement with electrolyte tablets too.