I put high5 zero electrolyte tablets in mine and they seem to help with endurance but wondered if anyone had any secret recipes?
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Whats in your Camelbak/Reservoir?
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why would they help with endurance - they're not giving you any energy? just wondering like....
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Water only, don't want the dreaded black fungus
APF
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Apparently they let you burn more fat than glycogen, saving your glycogen stores for longer.
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Vimto
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water...keeps it cleaner. When I finish riding i refill the reservoir with clean tap water and keep it in the fridge...this minimises cleaning... I would only use the fancy electrolyte stuff if I was a racer otherwise I'm happy to stop and enjoy a tasty bite!
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Nuun tablets-Citrus flavour... I just like the taste and they help avoid cramp by replacing salts.
Quick tip for cleaning rather than buying Camelbak tablets, denture tablets. Works a treat but make sure you rinse it well and dry it out a bit then store it empty in the freezer.
No mould.
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25% fruit juice - 40% fruit juice for 80+ milers
Works for me
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...or Bottle Green Ginger & Lemon Grass cordial for the hard tail pootle. Very nice and the ginger adds a bit of kick !
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Robinsons fruit & barley sugar free
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just add some orange squash to water to sweeten it up and give it some flavour.
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Only ever water, rinse out and stored in the freezer between rides.
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deepo - Member
Apparently they let you burn more fat than glycogen, saving your glycogen stores for longer.
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Mould or Ribena or SIS PSP22 or High5... Did I mention mould? Only use energy stuff on longer rides. Also read that drinking green tea enables your body to burn fat stores as well as glycogen stores. Don't know if any truth to that
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One of those drying / airer contraptions.
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Not entirely sure, but the scientists at Porton Down are refusing to return it
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apple juice/water roughly 50/50. A bit of black stuff won't do you any harm. My bladder often contains the previous weekends dregs, a quick rinse out with occaisonal brushing out the tube works.
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yunki - things have just been explained to me
fwiw i only have water in mine - this is the reason for my awesomeness
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33% Lucozade orange glucose energy drink , 66% tap water , good splash of lemon juice!!...
....cheap and mmm tasty!
steradent denture cleaning tabs for cleaning!Posted 7 months ago # -
currently in mine is some black gunky stuff,
We have an understanding, i drink from the camelbak and the gunk doesn't make me ill.
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I use half a milton tab to sterilise mine. Dry it out by stuffing 3 or 4 sheets of kitchen roll in it.
I only ever put water in it, if I need a boost I usually have some energy gels with me.Posted 7 months ago # -
Water and black mouldy stuff mostly
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Normally water. But I'm going to start using Zero's on long rides. I clean out using boiling water.
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Water. I cleaned it once a couple of years ago after putting sports drink in, haven't since. Am I meant to?
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water...keeps it cleaner. When I finish riding i refill the reservoir with clean tap water and keep it in the fridge...this minimises cleaning...
Water, topped up when necessary, never rinsed or kept in the fridge. Unable to minimise cleaning because I don't do any. Still not ill or dead.
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I am dead from mine and I am speaking to you all from beyond the grave.
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Use tablets or some home brewed juice mix.
I just rinse mine through with water after use, then chuck it in the freezer.Take it out when I need it again.
I can't be bothered with all that rinsing and drying out malarky + no black lurgy to kill me ........yet
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High 5 zero electrolyte tablets, plain flavour with a bit of orange squash, rinse out with hot water then fill with hot water and store full, rinse with hot water before each refill.
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I got gastroenteritis from a mouldy camelback bladder, you dont want gastroenteritis.
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Water in camelbak, salty/sugary goodness in bottle - only take the 'bak if I'm on a very long or multiday ride though, otherwise a bottle (or two) will do......
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Electrolyte powder, squash and water for rides over 2hrs. Just water if not.
Used to use GO but the powder and string squash does a similar job.Posted 7 months ago # -
Wee.
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Was always a water-only type, but have been adding High-5 since I started getting it free from CRC - seems good, and no sugar, so no fungus.
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Water, torq stuff, black gunk, milton.
The red wine trip was interesting.
Generally give it a swill out before I use it again, have a bad habit of leaving a little bit in the bottom.
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