On Mon, 31 Jul 2017 11:37:23 -0700 (PDT), Sir Ridesalot
wrote:

On Monday, July 31, 2017 at 2:00:33 PM UTC-4, Joerg wrote:
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Quote: "Carry and consume one 16-24oz bottle of plain water, plus one
extra 16-24oz bottle of an energy drink for each hour on the bike".

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It's not my equation, it is recommended by sports medicine guys and they
know a thing or two about dehydration. I assume they calculated for
heavy riding where you pump out close to as much as your body will give
at the current weather conditions. Note they say "per hour", not "per xx
miles".

The same sports medicine guys who used to recomend that runners and other athletes drink so much water during exercise that some runners and athletes died of hyponatremia or water intoxication.

Or are those sports medicine guys getting a kickback from the energy drink people?

Cheers

I don't know what they recommend now but the old time scheme was to
drink until one's urine was clear and you were good to go.

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Cheers,

John B.