aka Tom Reingold
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
Posts: 40,505
Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
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Too much sugar, too early, can do bad things. If I'm heading out for a longish ride, I'll take two bottles. One has plain water, and the other has just a bit of fruit juice, mostly water, plus a bit of salt. The salt tastes bad but prevents bonking. Instead of fruit juice, I might put in a teaspoon of maple syrup. Yum. And when I mean a bit of juice, I mean a tiny bit.
When I'm tired and depleted, then I can have a soda. That's almost the only time I'll have one.