Drinks for the bike

Some info herehttp://www.bikeradar.com/fitness/article/homemade-sports-drink-25744/

Just checked the SIS stuff and the electrolytes,and Rego recovery do have Aspartame in them (just started reading about it,have you seen how many products its in!Although ive no doubt the majority of our foods have hidden nasties in em)
But the hydros,rego with fruitflow,istonic gels and Rego night DONT have it in.

I love High 5 recovery 4:1. On the bike and after. Not too sweet, enough calories and tasty.

Keith - a whole teaspoon of salt??? Yikes!

I'm happy with blackcurrant squash or plain water. Have tried Torq pink grapefruit and found it very nice. Wouldn't touch SiS as it contains Aspartame.

DIY sports drinks - http://www.jibbering.com/sports/

I normally have bit of orange juice (for the fructose), bit of squash, water, few spoons of sugar (for the glucose) and a touch of salt. I saw it on the bbc website and it seems to work fairly well for me at a dirt cheap price.

Science in Sport all they way for me hydrates and gives me everything i need to keep pumping, use the Rego plus Fruitflow beforehand for faster recovery,the Go Hydro tablets and Go Electrolytes for drinks during (and the odd Go gel)Rego recovery after, yep im an advocate and yes its not cheap (but buying in bulk and using available discounts brings the price down)But i spend a fortune on my bike,clothes,accessories so why not fork out a bit more on aids to my riding.My times and distances have only improved since i started using SIS.

I do 20g glucose and 10g sucrose, with a nuun tab or similar for salt and flavour. You could reduce the sugar slightly and sub the tablet for ribena or another squash and bung in half a teaspoon of salt if you wanted to make it even cheaper.
Oh, this is for a 700g bottle.

Salty ribena not do it for you?

1 teaspoon of salt
2 teaspoon of honey
1 litre of water
3 cups of coconut milk

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1 teaspoon of salt
1 whole squeezed orange (or fresh orange juice)
1 litre of water
1/4 cup of lime juice
1/4 cup of lemon juice

There are two for you to try, I can't remember where I found them years ago, but always start with the salt

White wine and Campari - a bicicletta, very apt for the start of the giro too

I have a few, citrus, coconut and honey or can adapt one for you, what flavour you after?

High 5 tablet about six quid for twenty. Nuns are about the same. Ebays worth a look but stick to UK seller's