Originally Posted by Seattle Forrest

@KraneXL I'm curious if reading this entire thread will change you opinion on the matter.

Originally Posted by Abe_Froman

If there is a measurable performance gain from fancy, expensive branded sports drinks, and thats a big IF, we're still back to the fallacy of "if the pros do it, it's a good idea for us."

The pros have ceramic bearings, glue tubulars, and generally dont bother riding a bike that isnt brand new and costs less than $5000. Should we be doing those things, and give away our bikes at the end of each season so we're not riding old tech? Shouldbwe all be hiring full time mechanics, and chase vans full of wheels for our masters cat 4 races?

What the pros do is irrelevant. What matters is whether a given thing meets the nebulous and individual decision of whether a gain is worth the cost and effort to justify bothering with.