When do you suck your gel?

[RoboLuke]

...60 km race...

do you suck it every 30 minutes, 60 minutes, one gell an hour from the end?

[lyslexic]

before you hit the wall

[DR ◣◢]

Personally I can't stand the gels. They spike you just too high and don't last long enough.

 

On long rides I prefer to use a slow release low GI energy supplement and good old water.

[TNT1]

60km? One small bottle of water. What ya need a gel for?

[Stefanh]

i suck one before the race and 1 on every hour, it makes it easier to calculate the time, otherwise you gonne go mad trying to keep up with every 45min calculation and when you get really tired you can’t count. but it will all depend on you.

[Servetus]

I've also never got the point with gels.

 

When I ride, I get hungry and gels don't do anything for hunger.

[TheV]

Depends on the pace, environment and conditions...

 

But most importantly... just use it for the placebo effect.... when you feel like you "need it" - then klap it back and convince yourself it's WORKING!!!!

 

On 60km's you should be taking it 30min-45min into the ride, and you only need one.

Edited September 27, 2012 by TheV

[flymango]

Personally I can't stand the gels. They spike you just too high and don't last long enough.

 

On long rides I prefer to use a slow release low GI energy supplement and good old water.

 

+1. And something proper to eat - possibly with a bit of fat and/or protein. Also found that most gels didn't work very well with my stomach.

[Hairy]

I just suck the moisture out of the air for hydration purposes and for a quick burst of energy I absorb the rays from the sun and turn this into energy.

 

On hot sunny days I have to wear sunblock or else I will easily win any race. This leads to complications later as when I need to provide urine samples, the urine almost always dissolves the container.

[TNT1]

PS, I read that thread title as "...girl" and my initial response was, all day everyday...

[jcza]

When my riding starts sucking......

[TNT1]

When my riding starts sucking......

 

Too late...

[jcza]

Too late...

 

I know

[TNT1]

Dunno about gels, but I guess the same principle applies. Drink before you are thirsty, eat before you are hungry.

[Servetus]

I just suck the moisture out of the air for hydration purposes and for a quick burst of energy I absorb the rays from the sun and turn this into energy.

 

On hot sunny days I have to wear sunblock or else I will easily win any race. This leads to complications later as when I need to provide urine samples, the urine almost always dissolves the container.

 

So, awesomeness also has its drawbacks?

[BMXER]

60km? One small bottle of water. What ya need a gel for?

 

Your point is valid on road. Off road, your small bottle will go very fast.