heavypedal

If you live and commute in an area where the temps reach the triple digits like I do, then it is important for you to stay hydrated and replenish the electrolytes your body burns. Don't become a victim of dehydration. I suggest the ZYM Electrolyte drink for the ride.

Stay safe and hydrated this summer.

trekker pete

I suggest you buy add time here.

I replenish my electrolytes with a cold sam adams after the ride.

kaseri

Two words.... Hammer Nutrition

CCrew

Smartwater

supramax

Homemade Gatoraide.

Dare I post the recipe?

jeph

actually, by the time you ride it is probably too late to hydrate. Drinking after the ride is a great time for your body to rehydrate. You should drink during the work day and "be" hydrated before you ride.

https://fitness.suite101.com/article...._stay_hydrated

mikeybikes

+1. Its very important to stay hydrated in Colorado due to the dry climate. Best thing you can do is hydrate before you leave.

bigskymacadam

one should be hydrated even when the're sitting at their desk typing. believe me i know. i'm chronically dehydrated.

lil brown bat

Water, or water plus the juice of 1/2 lemon, a pinch of salt and a couple tablespoons of maple syrup per water bottle. Works like a charm, costs next to nothing.

CliftonGK1

1 bottle of water on the way to work. Usually drink 1/2 - 3/4 of it.
Refill and toss a Crystal Light in there, finish during rest during my morning routine before getting situated at my desk.
1 cup of coffee, no cream, no sugar.
Over the rest of the work day, I drink around 3 - 4 litres of water; it depends on whether it's a desk day or if I'm running around and troubleshooting stuff all over the labs.
2 more bottles on the bike for the ride home. Might only drink 1, but if I feel like some extra miles I've got the 2nd one there.
Another litre of water at home. Sometimes a ginger-ale, too.

For long rides (200k +), I've figured out my super-combo for hydration, electrolyte replacement, carb-intake enhancement, and protein intake:
1 scoop of CytoMax (Citrus Punch) and 1 scoop of IsoPure Zero-Carb (Mango Peach) in a 24oz bottle. 200 cal. and 25g of protein. I'll knock back one of those every 4 - 5 hours, and just drink water and take Endurolytes in between. With a routine steady caloric intake, that little booster every 4 - 5 hours is just the kick in the pants I need to keep on rolling after 12 or 15 hours.

DX Rider

Wow. Not one accusation of trolling? BF members are slipping.

I drink a little over a gallon of water a day. I never seem to have hydration issues.

SingingSabre 

You a shill?

I like coconut water or beer for post-ride electrolyte replenishing.

nahh

seriously on the maple syrup?!?
I do love some lemon in my water.... and I understand the salt. but the syrup is...strange to me.

I try to drink 2 nalgene bottles (2 liters) of water a day when I'm not doing anything. Then more when I ride. I never feel dehydrated as long as I keep that up...but definitely notice if I start to slip on that.

but we get enough sodium in our diets normally that you really don't need the extra salt that it's in sports drinks and all. Just eat and drink water, and you'll usually be fine as long as you aren't exerting for over 2 hours or so.

CliftonGK1

It's the over 2 hours mark that you need to start really being careful about the electrolyte balance, and if you know you'll be out that long then you have to start replenishing well before 2 hours.
Remember, sodium isn't the only important one to keep your muscles working; potassium and magnesium need to be in there, too.

lil brown bat

You're From Away, so I suppose that would make sense. It's like any other sugar source except that it's got some minerals. Maple syrup is one of the few natural food sources that's rich in zinc, for example.

I agree with you, mostly -- one of the biggest problems with "sports nutrition" and "sports hydration" is people who are doing a light workout (if that) consuming "energy drinks" and such as if they were running an ultramarathon -- BUT:

a)a tiny pinch of salt != what's in "sports drinks", and it WILL help with rehydration, which can be an issue in the conditions OP describes even with very light exertion, and
b)"we" all have different diets. Some people automatically salt their food and/or consume a lot of processed or restaurant food, and you can safely assume that they're probably taking in a lot of sodium. Some, OTOH, do their own cooking, don't automatically salt everything, and aren't getting an excess of sodium in their diet.

DX Rider

I take it that you're talking about real maple syrup, not aunt jemima or mrs. butterworths?

lil brown bat

DX, stop it. Stop it right now. Maple syrup is the boiled squeezings of the maple tree, full of the goodness that makes the sugar maple so beautiful. "Pancake syrup" is some brown corn syrup crap. Please tell me you don't use that "pancake syrup" crap.

DX Rider

Just checking.

nahh

I understand the salt part, that's why I said "and I understand the salt." I just usually don't throw it in my bottle w/ the water and lemon.

I'm saying "we" as the average american get plenty of sodium daily. Even if you are cooking every one of your meals, things like butter and meats have plenty of sodium so that the person exerting themselves mildly to moderately probably doesn't need much more.

p.s Totally agreed, real maple or nothing.....I just haven't ever thought "I should put this in my water bottle!" ....arrgh. now i want pancakes. well, i needed a post-ride snack anyway xD

Tex_Arcana

What about unfiltered wild flower bee vomit instead of maple syrup. We got plenty of that stuff here in Texas but not much of a maple syrup industry.

Trying not to support too many imports.

lil brown bat

Hell yeah...ever read the ingredient label on a Campbell's soup can? Lotsa sodium AND high fructose corn syrup, yummm.

My neighbor used to be a maple producer -- he had a sign on my land, which fronts on the main road, and I got a gallon of syrup a year in return. He's retired from that biz now, but I still have a backlog

swwhite

I had a kidney stone earlier this year and so now have to pay attention to my water intake. I try to follow a schedule, just to make sure I get the recommended eight glasses. When I get up in the morning, it's one glass of water and a glass of juice plus a little food. When I get to work 45 minutes later, I fill up a 16-ounce mug and try to get it all down by noon. With lunch I have eight ounces of something (water, juice, etc.) and then I fill up the16-ounce mug again and try to empty it before I ride home. Then, at home in the evening, I try to remember one more glass some time before I go to bed. It's a brutal schedule.

GTALuigi

i can just jump into the river if i want to be any more hydrated
else i can just take a deep breath, and i'm filled with extra high humidity air.

i hate the summer here, humidity is at all time high, is like living inside a fish tank....