Energy Gell

[darth vadar]

Thanks for your replys....

I had drunk plenty of fluid all arund the course, just used more to wash the gell down. Will take more to eat though.

I was thinking of taking a gell at the begining and every 20 mins. For me I do put more effort in than I`m fit for...

Nothing to do with this thread, but I just wanted to say great profile pic.

Best one on the site me thinks.

Made me chuckle !!!!

 

[Banjo]

Hi,

How quickly does a gell take to work then, longer than 20 mins or shorter?

With dehydration, would the body kick back in as it it did without the gell?

Cheers

Hi Koro In my limited experience the boost from sucking down a gel kicks in within about 10 minutes .If you know where the climbs are on a route you can slurp one down intime to get maximum benefit when you need it.

Personally I wouldnt use them continually on a ride Scoff down something sweet at the feed stations.

Like you I cant really eat flapjack etc while pedalling along.Also a slight danger of inhaling a bit and choking this is the advantage of gels/ energy drinks.

A jelly baby has 20 calories and there easy to eat on the bike unless your wearing winter gloves.

 

[koro]

Nothing to do with this thread, but I just wanted to say great profile pic.

Best one on the site me thinks.

Made me chuckle !!!!

It made me chucke too...I think someone else uses it also on this site. I did a google search for a pic....

 

[koro]

Hi Koro In my limited experience the boost from sucking down a gel kicks in within about 10 minutes .If you know where the climbs are on a route you can slurp one down intime to get maximum benefit when you need it.

Personally I wouldnt use them continually on a ride Scoff down something sweet at the feed stations.

Like you I cant really eat flapjack etc while pedalling along.Also a slight danger of inhaling a bit and choking this is the advantage of gels/ energy drinks.

A jelly baby has 20 calories and there easy to eat on the bike unless your wearing winter gloves.

Blimey. I didn`t realise a jelly baby had so many calories... Would be like you say much easier to eat cycling along...

How many gells do you need to carry to get up the Bwylch.. ? lol

 

[Blue]

so anybody else like the raisins? or do you all not like the natural options?

I've been using raisins for years, however, I've never used gels so can't compare them for effectiveness. What I can say is "raisins work for me".

 

[Blue]

Staying with the 'natural' aspect of things, I don't use commercial sports drinks either. I fill my bottles with 1/3rd innocent smoothie and 2/3rds water. I have found this to be a very effective energy drink.

 

[HLaB]

so anybody else like the raisins? or do you all not like the natural options?

I've never used just raisin on their own, two fiddly for my thumbs but I like to get a cereal packed with them

 

[kevcampbell]

something else you could do, well it is something i did earlier today, flapjack with raisins

if anyone wants the recipe let me know

 

[SlowerThanASluggishSloth]

so anybody else like the raisins? or do you all not like the natural options?

Dried apricots are pretty easy to handle and consume but, weight for weight, don't contain as many carbs as Haribo and the like.

 

[lukesdad]

Hi,

How quickly does a gell take to work then, longer than 20 mins or shorter?

With dehydration, would the body kick back in as it it did without the gell?

Cheers

In my case 10 mins for the gel. With the dehydration it would probably depend on to what degree, but if you ve fully rehydrated the effect would be similar and certainly last a lot longer. The gel boost would not last very long at all. As ive said before there is a simple check for hydration during a ride.

 

[koro]

[sub]
Hi,

I did 60 miles on Sunday, at a fair old pace for me, hilly averaging 17.5mph. I took jelly babies and made sure I took a few every 20 mins and sipped water. Felt way better, could have gone on for longer. Will now leave the Gell for emergency use.

Thanks all[/sub]

 

[zigzag]

Blimey. I didn`t realise a jelly baby had so many calories... Would be like you say much easier to eat cycling along...

How many gells do you need to carry to get up the Bwylch.. ? lol

iirc, someone counted that on a 200km audax you could go through a packet of jelly babies having one piece every seven minutes..

where's my timer then?

 

[zacklaws]

Without sounding a "Jelly Baby" spotter, its worth looking to see how many carb's there are per sweet as there is a lot of variation between makes, off top of my head my usual ones which Netto's seem to have stopped selling have 6grms, but the ones I am having to use now are only 4grms. Knowing this information, you can then work out how many you need to sustain yourself over the period of your ride also including your energy drink and anything else you may carry to eat.

My intake is 10 jelly babies per hour of my usual ones to help keep the carb intake up to the recommended 60grms per hour after the first hour or two depending on how far I am going, or 15 of these other cheap smaller ones that I am having to put up with.

 

[lukesdad]

A new type of fuel consumption figure is born ! Miles Per Jelly Baby MPJ

 

[Banjo]

I find the red or black ones are better for hill climbing while the yellow ones give more of a boost on the flat.