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anyone reccommend any reasonable tasting ones, or are they all much the same?

thinking of trying a box of the maxim oranage + caffiene ones in the 100g pouches as they seem quite good value compared to the single shot types.


 
Posted : 04/01/2009 11:41 am
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torq ones are lovely but a little pricey. High5 ones are nice and cheap as well..


 
Posted : 04/01/2009 12:26 pm
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mmm... torq ones, yogurty!


 
Posted : 04/01/2009 12:35 pm
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Torq are good and I like squeezy ones too, particularly peach n pineapple.


 
Posted : 04/01/2009 2:09 pm
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High5 Banana and Strawberry works for me - so sickly and sweet you're pretty distracted from the general ickiness of gels in general...


 
Posted : 04/01/2009 3:59 pm
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Double post :'(


 
Posted : 04/01/2009 4:00 pm
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If you can get them Carb Boom are the best tasting Gels on the market. All natural ingredients too. I think they now have a uk distributor.


 
Posted : 04/01/2009 4:01 pm
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torq are the only ones that dont taste like my poo!


 
Posted : 04/01/2009 4:04 pm
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torq are the only ones that dont taste like my poo!

and you would know this because????????
Sheesh... no wonder you are wearing out toothbrushes!!!!

Drillski


 
Posted : 04/01/2009 4:33 pm
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sis ones are good if you don't want to drink shitloads of water with them.

Powerbar ones are gross.

Mostly i don't bother with gels, even for tri's, as I eat well and use an energy drink rather than water.


 
Posted : 04/01/2009 4:59 pm
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I've tried the SIS gels and the Torq ones and the Torq are much better as they don't taste like wallpaper paste mixed with Kia-Ora


 
Posted : 04/01/2009 5:02 pm
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SIS the red ones (smart I think ). They are awesome, I use them for triathlon racing and they give me a real boost.


 
Posted : 04/01/2009 5:11 pm
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i just try to use sis psp22 powder in my drink with the occasional lucazade carbo gel from asda, does me o.k.

the sis smart 1 gels felt like they damn near killed me, my heart rate rocketed when i used this and had heart racing and palpitations for 24hrs after... nasty stuff


 
Posted : 04/01/2009 5:17 pm
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drilski, figure of speech i guess and it wasn't me who was wearing out toothbrushes! lol


 
Posted : 04/01/2009 5:18 pm
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Torq black cherry gels are my favourite. Sometimes whizz a couple into my camalbak bladder as they taste so good it encourages me to drink more.

They do a caffeine / Guarana versin that is abit full on , keep it in reserve for that 3 am lap or if someone on a group rides bonks spectaculaly.


 
Posted : 04/01/2009 6:16 pm
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whatever you do don't get the sis one with fruit bits in, tropical i think. the texture is so bad its incredible.


 
Posted : 04/01/2009 6:44 pm