GU Flavors- What's your favorite?...m

Espresso Love...  not too sweet, tastes good warm or cold...  'nuff said.

Chocolate Outrage for runs when I need a caffeine boost.

Mint chocolate for everything else. Yummmmm.

It's all about mint chocolate for me. The only ones I actually don't like are espresso (I don't like coffee) and tri berry. The rest of them I can just put in a bucket, reach in at random and just surprise myself during a run or ride.

Brad

I'm extremely picky about this stuff as I have an unfortunate genetic quirk for an endurance athlete--my taste buds are hypersensitive to sweet stuff (the way some people can't take chili--it's physically painful) and it tends to make me nauseous as well. So I've spent a lot of time finding, ironically, the least sweet-tasting products. Cliff Shot Turbo Chocolate Cherry and Double Espresso are my hands-down favorites; neither is super-sweet and both have a bittersweet kick (due to a ton of caffeine, which is what really gets me thru long bricks in 90-100 degree temperatures).  Found some chocolate raspberry Gu Roctane in Singapore and going to test that soon.  Aside from those flavors, I can kinda sorta tolerate Gu Espresso Love, Chocolate Outrage, and Peanut Butter--on a good day, I don't gag on them.  I've also forced myself to develop the ability to consume Power Bar Tangerine Gu with a ton of water, as it has caffeine and electrolytes and some races here serve only water or super-sweet local drinks that I can't tolerate, and I need it for the electrolytes.  But what relation to tangerines it has, I have no idea. To me it tastes like pure corn syrup with salt.

As for Gu alternatives, Asian finger bananas fit nicely in a bike bento box. And after 50 km or so, they're basically Gu anyway! I also like putting some salted nuts in there to stop myself from getting nauseated from the sweetness of Gu or energy bars. My mother, who has the same issues with sweets as I do, loves Chex Spicy Party Mix with almonds on her rides.

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These two are my favorites

Most of them are pretty good, just stay away from the chocolate, peanut butter, chocolate mint, and espresso.  The last thing you want when your in the middle of a long run is a mouth full of cake frosting.  Stick to the fruit type flavors.  Think of it this way, what would you rather drink in the middle of a long run, a glass of chocolate milk or a glass of fruit juice? 

Ha!  I'm just the opposite.  I hate the fruit flavors.  The chocolately ones are the best.  My favorite is Gingerbread, which they make around the holidays.

Choc Outrage, Triberry

Coffee sucks

Strawberry bannana for me, I cant really tolerate the other flavors late in races.....