What do you drink while cycling?

murpheous81

Just interested to hear what people drink, i.e water, powerade, protein shake etc and how much while cycling, and what to drink to recover afterwards?

Help will be well appreicated,

Cheers

Caroline_ie

I use zym, it has caffein in it , and I sometimes mix it with lucozade sport and water.

AstraMonti

I mainly drink water and Lucozade sport.

Caroline_ie wrote: »

I use zym, it has caffein in it , and I sometimes mix it with lucozade sport and water.

Caroline do you use one tablet per half litre of water and you take one per ride or more? Mixing it with lucozade sounds scary tbh!

CheGuedara

Early season (shorter spins) -

During: water
After: water, coffee


Rest of season (long spins) -

During: Torq energy drink/nuun electrolyte tabs,
At the bottom of the barrel: Torq energy gels/Hi5 Gels
After: Water, lucozade sport and on a nice day a nice cold pint of Bulmers

Nietzschean

During: H5 4:1 for the first 1.5L , then 1.5L of the H5 Energy one
Mixed in with some of the maxim energy gel's(tastes like jam) and granola bars

After: normally another H5 4:1 n food

Caroline_ie

AstraMonti wrote: »

Caroline do you use one tablet per half litre of water and you take one per ride or more? Mixing it with lucozade sounds scary tbh!

I fill my bottle with lucozade sport + water half/half and add a zym tablet, it's nice!

DirkVoodoo

Water with a touch of miwadi for taste.

Acoustic

High5

RobFowl

Acoustic wrote: »

High5

+1
Bulmers as a recovery drink :rolleyes:

Caroline_ie

RobFowl wrote: »

+1
Bulmers as a recovery drink :rolleyes:

I raise you ...
with 1 Stella Artois

Raam

Glucose + Salt + Water + YourFavouriteFlavouring

biker_joe

mostly vodka with a wicked blue mixer !! Helps getting the HR up !

Junior

Powerbar Drink...

RobFowl

Caroline_ie wrote: »

I raise you ...
with 1 Stella Artois

Raise you with red wine after (full of anti oxidants )

petethedrummer

Half lucozade sport, half water. Gonna look into getting some of these hydration tablet jobbies. Getting fed up of the taste of lucozade sport.

zzzzzzzz

Usually water. Or for a longer spin or race I'd have a bottle of high 5 and a bottle of water.

pburns

Robinsons Barley Water pretty well diluted. Scientifically not the most beneficial but at the moment it suffices...

Lumen

Currently weak squash, going to get myself some of this when I can be bothered to find it:

petethedrummer

Some weak lemon drink.

Húrin

Dutch Gold Premium Lager

kenmc

murpheous81 wrote: »

Just interested to hear what people drink, i.e water, powerade, protein shake etc and how much while cycling,

High5 4:1 drink for me

and what to drink to recover afterwards?

Beer, preferably something with plenty of hops in it like a Goose Island IPA or Big Daddy Prohibition.

Help will be well appreicated,
Cheers

Well you know what I drink, so thanks very much!

DirkVoodoo

Lumen wrote: »

Currently weak squash, going to get myself some of this when I can be bothered to find it:

My brother has the chocolate flavoured protein supplement from those chaps, I'll ask him where he picked it up.

keano007

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

My brother has the chocolate flavoured protein supplement from those chaps, I'll ask him where he picked it up.

There's a good place at the end of westmoreland street across from trinity more or less, it's fairly cheap to, I think it's actually cheaper than online.....I buy from there the guy that runs it seems sound as well! Tell him ur a student and you'll get an extra 10% off

TinyExplosions

kenmc wrote: »

Beer, preferably something with plenty of hops in it like a Goose Island IPA or Big Daddy Prohibition.

I do like that Prohibition myself...

On the bike, it's water in one bottle, and either Nuun or Carborocket in the other. Nuun is great for hydration (and hangovers!), but Carborocket has to be my favourite fuel -tasty and great

Jawgap

Before: - half a cup of strong coffee

During - half water / half fruit juice (usu grape or apple, not cranberry)

After - Fruit juice.....

Later - Peroni beer - 1 for every 10km!!!

CheGuedara

Jawgap wrote: »

Later - Peroni beer - 1 for every 10km!!!

There's gonna be some session after the Sean Kelly 160 methinks....

Jawgap

CheGuedara wrote: »

There's gonna be some session after the Sean Kelly 160 methinks....

ah, they're only small ones!!

Plus if I ever get to the stage where I could do something like the Sean Kelly or the Wicklow 200, then it'll be one for every 10km and 1 for every 500m climbed - that's what I call fluid replacement!

neiljb

murpheous81 wrote: »

Just interested to hear what people drink, i.e water, powerade, protein shake etc and how much while cycling, and what to drink to recover afterwards?

S.I.S do a good range of before, during and after drinks etc.
http://www.scienceinsport.com/

Their 'GO' gels are good. Not to thick and sticky. Have gotten me over a few hills

alfalad

Nuun Tablets for me in each bottle, they recommend 1 to 500ml but 1 to 750ml means it's not to sweet or sickly i find. The SIS is good i'm sure but i find it to sickly after a while. Not sure i could handle it for 8-9 hours in the saddle!

If i think of it a protein shake after and if i have have a chance a nice cold beer!

LDB

alfalad wrote: »

Nuun Tablets for me in each bottle, they recommend 1 to 500ml but 1 to 750ml means it's not to sweet or sickly i find.

same, I use one Nuun per 750ml bottle, when that runs out just use water.
after ... giant pot of peppermint tea

DirkVoodoo

keano007 wrote: »

There's a good place at the end of westmoreland street across from trinity more or less, it's fairly cheap to, I think it's actually cheaper than online.....I buy from there the guy that runs it seems sound as well! Tell him ur a student and you'll get an extra 10% off

Just asked him, he got it from the Health Store in Dundrum and apparently Chartbusters in Donnybrook sell maximuscle also, dunno if it's just protein as well as recovery drink.

petethedrummer

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

Chartbusters in Donnybrook sell maximuscle

How very odd.

DirkVoodoo

petethedrummer wrote: »

How very odd.

I think it's to do with the whole tanning thing they have going on, either that or popcorn has sadly been replaced as a favourite movie treat.

TinyExplosions

After a brief dalliance with customs (think they saw the white powder and went a bit mad), I'll be trying out zipvit's range of drinks and gels shortly -good enough for Cervelo, so good enough for Mr Explosions

Acoustic

http://www.highfive.co.uk/

MadHatter

Started drinking Nuun recently and find it good. One tablet in each water bottle starting off and if planning a long ride I'll wrap a couple of tablets in cling film and stick them in the back pocket for when I refill.

GlennaMaddy

MadHatter wrote: »

Started drinking Nuun recently and find it good.

Is Nuun the tablet form of Blue Nun?

MadHatter

GlennaMaddy wrote: »

Is Nuun the tablet form of Blue Nun?

Eh, no. http://www.nuun.com/

Save the Blue Nun until you're home and hosed.