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2013-03-12 5:54 AM
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Subject: RE: taking in gel on your bike
It all depends on the distance and type of race. In a bike race, I tend to use a gel bottle (in my back pocket). You need to dilute the gel to make it easy to take in though, otherwise you will keep pushing on the bottle and get very little out of it. I love coffee, so I add GU Espresso with a shot of espresso to dilute it. Works great for me, but not for everyone.

In duathlons and tri's, I use gel, just because they're more convenient. A gel before the start, and one of the bike and I'm good for the race.

2013-03-12 6:07 AM
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I use a gel-bot on the bike...get gel and water from the same bottle.
2013-03-12 7:09 AM
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I put one or two gel packs (typically GU) on my water bottle, then screw the top down so the tear-off piece of the gel pack is firmly held in the threads of the water bottle..

Then when it's time to take a gel, just rip it from the bottle, the tear-away piece stays with the bottle... The biggest drawback is if you get any stickyness on the gel pack it will get on your bento box or in your shirt pocket etc...

I tried the flask and never thought to add liquid to dilute the gels...I actually lost a podium finish (clydes) last year fiddling with the flask on the bike...About the time I decided to heck with it I was on the base of a hill and had lost a lot of momentum....The guy who took third beat me by less than 10 seconds...

I may revist the flask now...

2013-03-12 7:48 AM
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Subject: RE: taking in gel on your bike

Have you tried Amino Vital ? I found it to works as good a gel and you can mix it in the water bottle. Tastes good too.

 

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