nickg
Veteran
- Location
- Colchester, Essex
What do you put in your drinks bottle? Do you just have water or do you add anything else?
What do you drink?
- Thread starter nickg
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Biker Joe
Über Member
- Location
- Nr Harlow, Essex.
On a cool day just water.
If I'm going to be sweating a lot I put a teaspoon of salt in 750ml bottles.
Energy I get from food.
If I'm going to be sweating a lot I put a teaspoon of salt in 750ml bottles.
Energy I get from food.
numbnuts
Legendary Member
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
Robinsons Tropical fruit and barley
in summer with a pinch of salt
in summer with a pinch of salt
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
plain water
Steve H
Large Member
- Location
- Brighouse in West Yorkshire
Shorter rides - just water
Longer rides - I use Hi-Five energy powder
Longer rides - I use Hi-Five energy powder
smokeysmoo
Legendary Member
- Location
- Bolton, not very far from Nob End
citybabe
Keep Calm and OMG.......CAKES!!
- Location
- Lowestoft Suffolk
A little blackcurrant in with my water
mattobrien
Guru
- Location
- Sunny Suffolk
Over the winter I have just been taking water with me for rides over and hour, anything under and hour, I haven't bothered with a drink.
During the warmer months I will take some kind of energy drink. Last year I ended up using Nectar, which was quite palatable, it can also be dosed differently depending on the level of exercise / what you need it to do.
During the warmer months I will take some kind of energy drink. Last year I ended up using Nectar, which was quite palatable, it can also be dosed differently depending on the level of exercise / what you need it to do.
DRHysted
Guru
- Location
- New Forest
weakly diluted Asda Isotonic. I can't stand the taste of water, so if there is just water in the bottle I find myself not drinking it.
fullcycle
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Birmingham
usually just water - if its a long ride and im flagging ill call in at a shop for a lucozade or something like that 
addictfreak
Guru
- Location
- Boldon, Tyne and Wear
Short rides of 25 miles or under I don't usually take a bottle. Anything over that either one or two bottles, with high5 or something similar.
Hip Priest
Veteran
Water in one bottle, Leffe Blond in the other.
Water with Vimto juice in first bottle 
NUUN electrolyte tablet in second
Sip-sip every 20 mins, each 750ml bottle should last an hour and a half. Refill bottles at cafe stop/audax control and repeat until ride ends .... then !
It is very important to maintain fluid levels, hence the 'sip-sip every 20 mins' - and I use my clock to remind myself, as it's the only way I can keep on top of it.
NUUN electrolyte tablet in second
Sip-sip every 20 mins, each 750ml bottle should last an hour and a half. Refill bottles at cafe stop/audax control and repeat until ride ends .... then
!It is very important to maintain fluid levels, hence the 'sip-sip every 20 mins' - and I use my clock to remind myself, as it's the only way I can keep on top of it.
