On 2017-09-26 13:19, Doug Landau wrote:
On Tuesday, September 26, 2017 at 12:47:45 PM UTC-7, Joerg wrote:
On 2017-09-26 12:22, Doug Landau wrote:
On Tuesday, September 26, 2017 at 12:03:06 PM UTC-7, Joerg
wrote:
On 2017-09-26 11:09, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 9/26/2017 4:58 AM, somebody wrote:
On 25 Sep 2017 19:03:42 GMT, Robert Latest
wrote:
Joerg wrote:
For whatever reason the price for Ultima Replenisher
(90-serving canisters) got jacked up, big time. We used
to pay around $25 in bulk, now it's around $40 with
shipping. We go through a lot.
Are there alternatives of comparable quality but more
reasonably priced?
Yes. Half a teaspoon of table salt per liter. Add two or
three of those fizzy nutrition supplement tablets for
additional minerals to taste. Just read the ingredients
on the original powder to find a long list of benign
non-reasons to buy it.
I use a potassium-based salt substitute. Cheap and it
works.
I've done that for years on long and strenuous (for me)
rides, especially in the heat. I do think it helps.
But lately I've been plagued with cramps, either toward the
end or hours after such a ride. A few days ago, a nurse told
me it sounded like a potassium deficiency.
Take more of that supplement?
... I plan to try eating some high potassium foods for a bit
to see if it helps.
My sister says bananas are great. But I guess not when mountain
bike riding in hot weather. Plus you'll have to pack out the
peels. And then old Silver Hoof wants my bananas.
You do NOT have to pack out the peels. Try it sometime and you
will see.
You eat the peels? In our area it is very frowned upon by rangers
to chuck them into the bush.
So what? If those guys didn't have deep-seated need to frown on
****, they wouldn't have become rangers in the first place. Means
nothing.
Until one of them hands you a ticket for littering which can set you
back several hundred Dollars. I'd applaud the ranger for that.
I never throw anything away in the wilderness or elsewhere. Ever. I find
such behavior very anti-social. In fact, on singletrack I often pack out
stuff that others tossed.
We have enough homeless as it is who do this. They throw whatever they
don't need into the bushes. Disgusting. Unfortunately careless MTB
riders do that as well and it is likely the reason why some trails are
closed for us.
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Regards, Joerg
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