lucozade products

mamiljock

anbody tried these - lucozade gels, drinks jelly beans etc? any good?

Mr Dog

I use the full hit Sport drink on longer rides and the Lite for shorter rides or to have with bars. I keep a gel for a boost but find them pretty harsh. Asda is cheap and handy to get a supply. The beans I have not tried, but have used The Jelly Bean Factory. They are cheaper, £1 a tube and come in 36 flavours. Cinnamon is just nasty.. must be for the US riders!

dg74

I cannot use the Lite stuff, honestly, I farted round a 30 mile ride whilst using this stuff.

Terrible.

springtide9

Used to use the is drinks... but they were too sweet and had much too much colour. Stained everything and was too sticky on very hot long rides.

I have now switched High5.. much better IMO, but we are all different. Also a little cheaper.

Poulsy

The beans aren't very tasty and are very chewy but the gels are good - nice consistency and flavour and a bargain (currently on offer for 48p from Tesco)

I dont like them as much as SIS electroliyte gels but they are less than half the price and I use a few gels on my longer rides, so economy rules on this one.

Herbsman

48p?! I hope they sell them locally. What are they like compared to Powerbar gels?

Herbsman

OTOH, glucose syrup is well cheap. You can get refillable gel pouches

Poulsy

Slightly different consistency but taste is nice and at less than half the price, who cares!

mamiljock

if the lite makes you fart will this boost forward propulsion?

skinnypunter

I've been usimg the whole range for about a year: lots of other brands of gel and me don't get on - particularly really concentrated ones.

Bought a 'training pack' off the Lucozade site, which is pretty good value, and has a good selection of bars, gels and powder for drinks. The recovery drink is minging though.

c0ugars

i have used the recovery powder from lucozade and found it very good for my bike ride and running and triathlons, they taste good with water i would recommend

Buckled_Rims

I use the Locozade gel and energy tablets when on long rides or sportives, but rarely for training. I only use them for the simple reason is Morrisons sell them and they're only 500 years down the road.

I do like the energy tablets as they have a bit of a fizz to them and easily dissolve in the mouth, whereas a cereal bar tends to be far too chewy and difficult to swallow for me.

Herbsman

Buckled_Rims wrote:

I only use them for the simple reason is Morrisons sell them and they're only 500 years down the road.

When you say 500 years, do you mean light years? Because that's pretty far away.

Buckled_Rims

Herbsman wrote:

Buckled_Rims wrote:

I only use them for the simple reason is Morrisons sell them and they're only 500 years down the road.

When you say 500 years, do you mean light years? Because that's pretty far away.

When you have a hangover, it feels like 500 years away

Of course I did mean yards. At least I got the "y", "a", "r" and "s" letters correct. 80% correct ain't too bad for me.

Herbsman

mamiljock

Thanks - I found the sport powder/drink has a better taste than lots of other mixing drinks - like the sweetness. Couldn't cope with the gels now use High5 and have started using Squeezy Fruit Gums (mmmmmm) after getting some free with an order from Rose - tried the Jelly bean Factory ones but not for me taste wise whereas the Squeezy ones I have to stop myself eating them all the time!