From al’s link:
“As part of a fuelling/hydration strategy: As discussed earlier, their (sic) is a perfectly valid use for an electrolyte tablet if you’re prepared to address your fuelling separately by consuming energy bars/gels/other high carbohydrate food with them. If this is your preference there is nothing wrong with that, but expect your strategy to be expensive and note that you will have to consume artificial sweeteners. Our main issue is that most people don’t realise how much they need to eat with these tablets and the expense involved.”
I thought the whole point of them was to use them as part of a fuelling/hydration strategy? If you think a zero carbohydrate tablet is somehow going to fuel you around a hard ride, then yes, perhaps you need to read the packet.
And it’s obviously more expensive than drinking water alone, although at a tenner for 100 tabs, not a lot. And I notice that the price of Torq gels/energy drinks isn’t compared with the cost of a slice of malt-loaf or half a banana.
Anecdotally, of course, I buy them because I’ve noticed that I’m less likely to cramp up on longer, hotter rides than with water alone.
