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biknben
a Road Racer
from Date Reviewed: April 26, 2005
Strengths: Easy to find in stores. Many varieties to choose from.Weaknesses: Packaging tab is often discarded on trails or roads.Bottom Line: Nearly all flavors I've tried have consistant good taste. Satisfies without being too thick. Easy to swallow.
IMO, second only to HammerGel.
Price Paid:
$1.00
Purchased At: LBS or on-line
Similar Products Used: Hammer Gel, Enervit, PowerGel, etc.
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beev
a Road Racer
from Date Reviewed: February 20, 2005
Strengths: Great taste, not too thick or sweet.Bottom Line: This is a great product. A great way to prevent bonking on endurance rides.
Favorite Ride: Chileno Valley
Price Paid:
$19.00
Purchased At: Amazon - 24 pack cas
Bike Setup: Marin Racing modified
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beev
a Road Racer
from Date Reviewed: February 20, 2005
Strengths: Great taste, not too thick or sweet.Bottom Line: This is a great product. A great way to prevent bonking on endurance rides.
Favorite Ride: Chileno Valley
Price Paid:
$19.00
Purchased At: Amazon - 24 pack cas
Bike Setup: Maring Racing modified
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yamaha_mike
a Weekend Warrior
from pleasant hillDate Reviewed: November 5, 2003
Strengths: Light and easy to carry, providing 100 quick calories (with or without the added caffeine fix) so you don't bonk.Weaknesses: I wish they cost 0.25 instead of a dollar. Other than that, I do like to follow with a little water although they are not what I would describe as thick.Bottom Line: Tastes good. Easy to manage.
Favorite Ride: mt diablo
Price Paid:
$1.00
Purchased At: forward motion sport
Similar Products Used: None. Can't imagine switching from what works perfectly!
Bike Setup: Giant TCR with 7800 DA and at least one pack of GU each ride =)
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Bleve
a Racer
from Melbourne, AustraliaDate Reviewed: April 7, 2003
Strengths: 100kcal, light weight, easy to eat, tastes as good as you could want from concentrated carbohydrates.Weaknesses: Disposal of pack. The dispensers probably deal with this, but I haven't used one yet.
Expensive in Australia.Bottom Line: There's a lot of nonsense mentioned about energy sources. The bottom line is for a quick hit of energy when you're low and trying to stave off glycogen depletion, you need simple carbs, and quickly. Serious cyclists burn a lot of energy (2hour+ rides
in aerobic heartrate zones). The GU packs have 100kcals and weigh bugger-all. They're easy to eat on the move, and apart from the disposal of the packs, are generally easy to handle (I prefer these to the powerbar powergel packs for ease of consumption). If fat was easy metabolised, it'd be the best source of energy, but it's not .. so scoff sugar .. when you're burning it off, you don't get an insulin induced low (that's just you using up the energy, duh).
Personally, I like the chocolate flavour too, but taste is a very personal thing.
Favorite Ride: Old Healsville Rd
Purchased At: Cycle Science Mitcha
Similar Products Used: Powerbars, powergel, muashi(sp?) bars.
Bike Setup: irrelevant
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