best hydration products

[Part time cyclist]

what is your poison???

 

[S-Express]

Water is pretty good. Widely available, too.

 

[jefmcg]

my poison? pretty well any artificial sweeteners. Who decided they were essential for athletes (and children: see "no added sugar")?

 

[Sharky]

Have you tried "Wobbler" beer?

 

[marzjennings]

Water, as it's the only thing that actually hydrates the body. Now if you're also looking to replace electrolytes lost through perspiration, then I stick with gatorade as it's so cheap over here.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

The use of the term "hydration product" indicates that you've already fallen for the Gatorade brainwashing. Think water, rather than water laced with HFCS, the root cause behind obesity and type 2 diabetes.

 

[Drago]

For pure hydration, water.

For the replacement of other substances then other drinkies may help, but for replacing lost water nothing beats water.

 

[vickster]

Water. I'll occasionally use a high5 grapefruit tab or preferably sugar containing high juice squash (Waitrose) on long, hot rides
Caffe latte (skinny wet)
Tea

 

[S-Express]

Something tells me this thread is not going quite the way the OP intended...

 

[Drago]

I suspect the OP may have taken the term 'hydration' to mean something other than the replacement of lost water.

The replacement of other lost chemical compounds is not hydration.

 

[Spiderweb]

Water often with a high 5 zero tablet or two especially on hot days.

 

[MichaelW2]

I use dihydrogen monoxide. You can buy it in dehydrated form so just add water.

 

[winjim]

my poison? pretty well any artificial sweeteners. Who decided they were essential for athletes (and children: see "no added sugar")?

Perhaps unsurprisingly, there is an association between use of artificial sweeteners and hypoglycaemic episodes in children.

 

[martint235]

Water. I tried Zero tabs for a while but they seemed to make any cramps I had worse. So plenty of plain water.

Once I'm home I have a few beers as these reduce the possibility of cramping plus they give my body time to recover anything it's lost by eating food.

 

[KnackeredBike]

Nothing but the presidential stuff for me. Gets me some weird looks in the gym.