Hydration Help?

[hydrateme]

What do you do to hydrate? I can't seem to find a solution. Gels?
(taste nasty, expensive, still needs water) Sports drink? (best option
but what do you do when you finish your sports bottle?) Camelbak,
Fuelbelt etc.? (too heavy & uncomfortable).

Thanks in advance for your response.

[KM]

Do you want someone to run along side you and let you sip from a straw?

I'm just kidding....


Double waterbottles and an extra in your jersey pocket. I usually start the
day drinking more water than usual..just to build up the fluids. I do use a
camelback on longer rides. Does not seem to be too heavy to me. I would
rather have the extra water onboard vs. having to pull up short due to
thirst.

Be good!

Kyle


"hydrateme" > wrote in message
ups.com...
> What do you do to hydrate? I can't seem to find a solution. Gels?
> (taste nasty, expensive, still needs water) Sports drink? (best option
> but what do you do when you finish your sports bottle?) Camelbak,
> Fuelbelt etc.? (too heavy & uncomfortable).
>
> Thanks in advance for your response.
>

[[email protected]]

hydrateme wrote:
> What do you do to hydrate? I can't seem to find a solution. Gels?
> (taste nasty, expensive, still needs water) Sports drink? (best option
> but what do you do when you finish your sports bottle?) Camelbak,
> Fuelbelt etc.? (too heavy & uncomfortable).
>
> Thanks in advance for your response.

What problem are you trying to solve?

I like water. You can hydrate by drinking water, which is available
in many places - you don't need sports drink. Only problem is if
you are riding someplace where there's a long way between water
sources (MTB'ing, desert, East BFA, life raft). Then you're stuck
with carrying extra bottles or the Camelbak.

If you have a water source but insist on drinking sports drink,
buy that Gatorade powder jar in the supermarket, put some in
a 35mm film can (if you were smart enough to save some
35mm film cans, otherwise buy the equivalent at REI) and
put that in your seat pack.

Or just refuse to go on any ride without a beer stop.

Ben

[Howard Kveck]

In article om>,
" > wrote:

> If you have a water source but insist on drinking sports drink,
> buy that Gatorade powder jar in the supermarket, put some in
> a 35mm film can (if you were smart enough to save some
> 35mm film cans, otherwise buy the equivalent at REI) and
> put that in your seat pack.

There's something called "Emer'gen-C" that I got at Trader Joe's (or Whole
Foods). It's a powder that comes in individual sized packets that you can put in a
pocket or pack. It is kind of fizzy when you mix it with water.

--
tanx,
Howard

Never take a tenant with a monkey.

remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok?

[ST]

On 12/13/06 3:57 PM, in article
om, "hydrateme"
> wrote:

> What do you do to hydrate? I can't seem to find a solution. Gels?
> (taste nasty, expensive, still needs water) Sports drink? (best option
> but what do you do when you finish your sports bottle?) Camelbak,
> Fuelbelt etc.? (too heavy & uncomfortable).
>
> Thanks in advance for your response.
>

Cytomax & Vodka


LIVEDRUNK�

[Ryan Cousineau]

In article >, ST > wrote:

> On 12/13/06 3:57 PM, in article
> om, "hydrateme"
> > wrote:
>
> > What do you do to hydrate? I can't seem to find a solution. Gels?
> > (taste nasty, expensive, still needs water) Sports drink? (best option
> > but what do you do when you finish your sports bottle?) Camelbak,
> > Fuelbelt etc.? (too heavy & uncomfortable).
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your response.
> >
>
> Cytomax & Vodka
>
>
> LIVEDRUNK�

Such a ludicrously delightful idea, I may have to try it for real.
Hm...Hydrade + Vodka = Power-tini?

Gonna need one of those flask cages,

--
Ryan Cousineau http://www.wiredcola.com/
"I don't want kids who are thinking about going into mathematics
to think that they have to take drugs to succeed." -Paul Erdos

[Donald Munro]

wrote:
>
>> If you have a water source but insist on drinking sports drink,
>> buy that Gatorade powder jar in the supermarket, put some in
>> a 35mm film can (if you were smart enough to save some
>> 35mm film cans, otherwise buy the equivalent at REI) and
>> put that in your seat pack.

Howard Kveck wrote:
> There's something called "Emer'gen-C" that I got at Trader Joe's (or Whole
> Foods). It's a powder that comes in individual sized packets that you can put in a
> pocket or pack. It is kind of fizzy when you mix it with water.

So does GU (the drink not the gel):
http://www.gusports.com/html/gu2o.htm

[Donald Munro]

wrote:
> I like water. You can hydrate by drinking water, which is available
> in many places

Like Mars.

[Davey Crockett]

"hydrateme" > writes:

> What do you do to hydrate? I can't seem to find a solution. Gels?
> (taste nasty, expensive, still needs water) Sports drink? (best option
> but what do you do when you finish your sports bottle?) Camelbak,
> Fuelbelt etc.? (too heavy & uncomfortable).
>
> Thanks in advance for your response.
>
Water and a jam sandwich beat all the fancy laboratory designed
solutions
--
Le vent à Dos
Davey Crockett [No 4Q to reply]
X-Shakespeare: "If you prick us, do we not bleed?
if you tickle us, do we not laugh?
if you poison us, do we not die?
and if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?"
-- Merchant of Venice, III.1

[Ewoud Dronkert]

On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:17:51 +0200, Donald Munro wrote:
> wrote:
>> I like water. You can hydrate by drinking water, which is available
>> in many places
>
> Like Mars.

It's deep-fried there.

--
E. Dronkert

[Donald Munro]

wrote:
>>> I like water. You can hydrate by drinking water, which is available
>>> in many places

Donald Munro wrote:
>> Like Mars.

Ewoud Dronkert wrote:
> It's deep-fried there.

Sounds almost as unhealthy as Cytomax & Vodka.

[Carl Sundquist]

"Donald Munro" > wrote in message
om...
> wrote:
>> I like water. You can hydrate by drinking water, which is available
>> in many places
>
> Like Mars.
>

Does it have smooth roads for my iBike?

[Ewoud Dronkert]

On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:17:51 +0200, Donald Munro wrote:
> wrote:
>> I like water. You can hydrate by drinking water, which is available
>> in many places
>
> Like Mars.

Better, http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1628597280384324194

--
E. Dronkert

[Donald Munro]

wrote:
>>> I like water. You can hydrate by drinking water, which is available
>>> in many places

Donald Munro wrote:
>> Like Mars.

Carl Sundquist wrote:
> Does it have smooth roads for my iBike?

Just take a detour around the craters and volcanoes:
http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Mars_Express/SEMSSZRMD6E_0.html

However if you like climbing volcanoes like Ventoux, you might enjoy
Olympus Mons which is the biggest volcano in the Solar System (just make
sure you take lots of EPO, as oxygen is in short supply):
http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Mars_Express/SEMIPVMVGJE_0.html

[Scott]

wrote:
> hydrateme wrote:
> > What do you do to hydrate? I can't seem to find a solution. Gels?
> > (taste nasty, expensive, still needs water) Sports drink? (best option
> > but what do you do when you finish your sports bottle?) Camelbak,
> > Fuelbelt etc.? (too heavy & uncomfortable).
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your response.
>
> What problem are you trying to solve?
>
> I like water. You can hydrate by drinking water, which is available
> in many places - you don't need sports drink. Only problem is if
> you are riding someplace where there's a long way between water
> sources (MTB'ing, desert, East BFA, life raft). Then you're stuck
> with carrying extra bottles or the Camelbak.
>
> If you have a water source but insist on drinking sports drink,
> buy that Gatorade powder jar in the supermarket, put some in
> a 35mm film can (if you were smart enough to save some
> 35mm film cans, otherwise buy the equivalent at REI) and
> put that in your seat pack.
>
> Or just refuse to go on any ride without a beer stop.
>
> Ben

I've tried the film canister trick and it works pretty well, but I've
settled on a trick that I think works better. I use sandwich-size zip
lock bags. Put one bottle's worth of energy drink mix in each bag,
roll 'em up so there's no extra air, then zip 'em close.

As I often ride long enough to need 3 or 4 bottles of drink mix in
addition to the couple I start with, I fix enough bags for what I think
I'll need, plus at least one extra (never know when the bonk will
strike) and put them all in one extra bag. Keeps 'em in one compact
package that fits in a jersey pocket, and keeps 'em from getting messy
should one of 'em come open.

I've also found it nice that as you go through the day and you want to
peel off some of your clothing 'cause it's warmer than when you
started, the bulk in your pocket is gone and there's room for discarded
clothing. The film canisters take up space whether there's mix in them
or not, whereas the empty bag can just be thrown away after use. (yeah,
you can throw the canisters away, I know, but they're not as easy to
replace)

Scott

[Michael Press]

In article
om>,
"hydrateme" > wrote:

> What do you do to hydrate? I can't seem to find a solution. Gels?
> (taste nasty, expensive, still needs water) Sports drink? (best option
> but what do you do when you finish your sports bottle?) Camelbak,
> Fuelbelt etc.? (too heavy & uncomfortable).

intra-venous port.

> Thanks in advance for your response.

You are welcome, ex post facto.

--
Michael Press

[RonSonic]

On 13 Dec 2006 15:57:26 -0800, "hydrateme" > wrote:

>What do you do to hydrate? I can't seem to find a solution. Gels?
>(taste nasty, expensive, still needs water) Sports drink? (best option
>but what do you do when you finish your sports bottle?) Camelbak,
>Fuelbelt etc.? (too heavy & uncomfortable).
>
>Thanks in advance for your response.


7 - 11. They gottem everywhere.

Ron

[Donald Munro]

hydrateme wrote:
>>What do you do to hydrate? I can't seem to find a solution.

RonSonic wrote:
> 7 - 11. They gottem everywhere.

Starbucks too:
http://autodesk.blogs.com/between_the_lines/mars_seattlehumor.jpg

[Ryan Cousineau]

In article >,
Donald Munro > wrote:

> hydrateme wrote:
> >>What do you do to hydrate? I can't seem to find a solution.
>
> RonSonic wrote:
> > 7 - 11. They gottem everywhere.
>
> Starbucks too:
> http://autodesk.blogs.com/between_the_lines/mars_seattlehumor.jpg

Starbucks density asymptotically approaches 1:

http://www.darrenbarefoot.com/archives/2006/10/kitty-corner-starbucks.htm
l

-RjC, picks 7-11 because in most locations they have what I need,

--
Ryan Cousineau http://www.wiredcola.com/
"I don't want kids who are thinking about going into mathematics
to think that they have to take drugs to succeed." -Paul Erdos

[[email protected]]

Ryan Cousineau wrote:
> > RonSonic wrote:
> > > 7 - 11. They gottem everywhere.
> >
> > Starbucks too:
> > http://autodesk.blogs.com/between_the_lines/mars_seattlehumor.jpg
>
> Starbucks density asymptotically approaches 1:
>
> http://www.darrenbarefoot.com/archives/2006/10/kitty-corner-starbucks.html
>
> -RjC, picks 7-11 because in most locations they have what I need,

That's nothing. In Seattle, those are a dime a dozen, and in fact,
they have a Starbucks INSIDE ANOTHER STARBUCKS.

Starbucks is PEOPLE. IT'S MADE OF PEOPLE!!!

Ben
http://www.ucolick.org/~bjw/misc/starbucks.time.png