2025 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos

[Jeremy McCreary]

A few pics from today's 23km ride:

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Love the dramatic clouds and reflections!

Noticed your water bottle. Orange Gatorade is my go-to riding drink. Always hits the spot (even warm), not too much sugar, the price is right, and you can get it just about anywhere. The last 3 ingredients (including the yellow 6 dye) might be a little sketchy, but they're not deal-killers.

 

[JGcycle]

Love the dramatic clouds and reflections!

Noticed your water bottle. Orange Gatorade is my go-to riding drink. Always hits the spot (even warm), not too much sugar, the price is right, and you can get it just about anywhere. The last 3 ingredients (including the yellow 6 dye) might be a little sketchy, but they're not deal-killers.

Thanks Jeremy. As for the water bottle, I don't put Gatorade in it--instead I use diluted Costco lemonade (4 parts water/1 part lemonade.)

 

[Stefan Mikes]

Orange Gatorade is my go-to riding drink.

There are some facts that you might find interesting, Jeremy.

Poland is one of a very few world countries to introduce the "sugar tax" (Ireland belongs to the club as well). Any sugar or sweetener drink is taxed; when it comes to sugar, the upper limit for a fixed tax is 5%; the sweetener drinks are the subject to the same tax. However, drinks containing more sugar are progressively taxed more. For this reason, a soft drink such as Fanta Orange only contains 4.1% of sugar in Poland while it is as much as 13% in the original recipe!

In 2008, a smart businessman created the Oshee brand in Poland. He launched isotonic sports drinks similar to Gatorade. The key to the success was the bottle: a 750 cm3 container of the size of the cycling bottle (which cap can be opened with teeth) at the price a way better than Gatorade or Powerade. The bottle is designed the way you can empty the contents into your mouth very quickly. Nowadays, Oshee owns the Polish sports drink market.

I only drink Oshee Zero on my rides with a rare switch to the competitor 4Move Zero. In very rare cases, I mix Coke Zero with water.

The Oshee bottle is such a practical thing I once poured my own production of a strong apple wine into some 50 Oshee bottles! No bouncer at a club or a festival ever found I and friends were actually carrying wine inside!

 

[Mulezen]

Im increasingly concentrating on the minute and obscure, they are expanding their experience to a virtual competitive experience overlayed on reality.

There is much to appreciate in this line…it rises from the particular (Strava)

 

[Mulezen]

I mix a Pedialyte sports sleeve (Lime)…scoop of Creatine…and a nice dollop from a freshly squeezed bottle of Lime Juice.

 

[Chargeride]

Im terrible for not drinking, I did that mountain climb there and back without a single swig, my two friends emptied two bottles each.

 

[DaveMatthews]

Im terrible for not drinking, I did that mountain climb there and back without a single swig, my two friends emptied two bottles each.

Somewhat similar as well...

 

[Watana Bob]

Im terrible for not drinking, I did that mountain climb there and back without a single swig, my two friends emptied two bottles each.

Chris I thought that you stayed hydrated with rum and cokes