Gels for JOGLE

prb007
prb007 Posts: 703
edited March 2011 in Tour & expedition
Never experimented much with gels - just tried the ones that 've been given
on various sportives over the last couple of years.
Checked out prices and they are crazy expensive - £1 a shot or more!
Anyone tried any 'homebrew' alternatives, maybe this sort of thing...

http://www.active.com/mountainbiking/Ar ... gy_Gel.htm

any recipes/recommendations considered!
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Comments

  • amaferanga
    amaferanga Posts: 6,789
    Why would you need gels for JOGLE? Is it a race? Just eat normal food. Homebrew seems a bit odd for JOGLE anyway since you'd need to carry them with you from the start.
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  • jibberjim
    jibberjim Posts: 2,810
    As others have said other than carrying a few gels in case you end up a way from food and need a boost, there's not a really good reason to be eating gels on such long events,

    But http://jibbering.com/sports/gels.html has many simple methods that actually create gels unlike your link above which creates a syrup - and an expensive one at that with honey and molasses being more expensive than gels often!
    Jibbering Sports Stuff: http://jibbering.com/sports/
  • iPete
    iPete Posts: 6,076
    Don't bother, stick one in your bag in-case you get caught short and feel like bonking, apart from that just enjoying eating everything you can get your hand son.

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