david7591 wrote:I too use jelly babies, and also energy drinks. If I want anything more substantial, I stop to eat.
If you eat JB's and just 12 an hour not sure you need an energy drink do you ?
Is that just a personal preference ?
david7591 wrote:I too use jelly babies, and also energy drinks. If I want anything more substantial, I stop to eat.
Si wrote:Tried an energy gel for the first time ever this week....one of our suppliers had.a couple of boxes that were a few days past their sell by date so let us have them.
Now i understand how they work....you quoth one and then immediatly need to eat loads of solid food to get rid of the after taste and the feeling that you have just necked a slime mold.
Think i'll stick with the malt loaf and bananas
Si wrote:Now i understand how they work....you quoth one and then immediatly need to eat loads of solid food to get rid of the after taste and the feeling that you have just necked a slime mold.
You can always stop for the 30 seconds needed to open and consume the contents, unless in the middle of a road race that is.NATURAL ANKLING wrote:I need more practice in consuming whilst on the bike, learning not to drop it is the first lesson.
ianrobo wrote:david7591 wrote:I too use jelly babies, and also energy drinks. If I want anything more substantial, I stop to eat.
If you eat JB's and just 12 an hour not sure you need an energy drink do you ?
Is that just a personal preference ?
cyclingmad wrote:Why do they need to be in gel form rather than just pure liquid? Are gels more nutrious than say a bottle full of freshly squeezed orange juice?