Isotonic Rip Off

Why are these so called 'isotonic' drinks so expensive ??
Surely just a big marketing rip off 'Drink BloggoBlast and go 10 mph
faster'

15 years ago there was not an isotonic drink in sight, now at £1 a
500ml bottle, and sometimes more .... it's a big con!!

I used to have a chemist mix me up some powder (steady don't go there)
that he made for a Racing Greyhound trainer and slightly adjusted for
human use. Basically a soluble glucose / dextrose base with potassium
and magnesium salts (the stuff we lose in sweat) I used to just mix a
couple of spoonfuls in some water and pure fruit juice (50/50) and it
worked wonders, and NO there was nothing else in it !!!

I used to get the occasional cold nose, and a severe aversion to
rabbits and hares, but apart from that it was cheap as chips :-)

Jack Ouzzi wrote:

Why are these so called 'isotonic' drinks so expensive ??
Surely just a big marketing rip off 'Drink BloggoBlast and go 10 mph
faster'

A 50-50 mix of apple juice and water is roughly isotonic, and it tastes
nicer than Isostar etc. In fact, most fruit juices taste OK when
diluted, with the exception of orange.

On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 10:05:12 +0100, Zog The Undeniable
wrote:

Jack Ouzzi wrote:

Why are these so called 'isotonic' drinks so expensive ??
Surely just a big marketing rip off 'Drink BloggoBlast and go 10 mph
faster'

A 50-50 mix of apple juice and water is roughly isotonic, and it tastes
nicer than Isostar etc. In fact, most fruit juices taste OK when
diluted, with the exception of orange.

Cider OK ??

Jack Ouzzi wrote:

On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 10:05:12 +0100, Zog The Undeniable
wrote:

A 50-50 mix of apple juice and water is roughly isotonic, and it tastes
nicer than Isostar etc. In fact, most fruit juices taste OK when
diluted, with the exception of orange.


Cider OK ??

You'll certainly *feel* as if you're going faster.

Ever seen the drunk cyclist piece on one of the Police Stop! videos?
There's a brilliant finale as he finally loses forward momentum and
keels over into the ditch, having failed to notice the police car
following him for the previous 10 minutes.

"Jack Ouzzi" wrote in message
...

15 years ago there was not an isotonic drink in sight,

Not true, actually. I'm (just!) old enough to remember XL1 in the very early
eighties (or was that actually Isotonic?), and Isostar was well established
by the late eighties.

it's a big con!!

Agreed! :-)

I used to use either plain water or *very* dilute orange juice, and then
50/50 (flat) Coke / water with 20 miles to go. It gives you a good kick for
the finish, but also makes a hell of a mess of your bike if / when it oozes
over your bike!

Jack Ouzzi opined the following...
Why are these so called 'isotonic' drinks so expensive ??
Surely just a big marketing rip off 'Drink BloggoBlast and go 10 mph
faster'
=20
15 years ago there was not an isotonic drink in sight, now at =A31 a
500ml bottle, and sometimes more .... it's a big con!!
=20
I used to have a chemist mix me up some powder (steady don't go there)
that he made for a Racing Greyhound trainer and slightly adjusted for
human use. Basically a soluble glucose / dextrose base with potassium
and magnesium salts (the stuff we lose in sweat) I used to just mix a
couple of spoonfuls in some water and pure fruit juice (50/50) and it
worked wonders, and NO there was nothing else in it !!!
=20
I used to get the occasional cold nose, and a severe aversion to
rabbits and hares, but apart from that it was cheap as chips :-)

The ultimate solution has to be the gel packs. They'll make you go=20
faster simply because you know that if you hang around, you'll have to=20
eat another one! :-)

Jon

Jon Senior wrote:
Jack Ouzzi opined the following...

Why are these so called 'isotonic' drinks so expensive ??
Surely just a big marketing rip off 'Drink BloggoBlast and go 10 mph
faster'

15 years ago there was not an isotonic drink in sight, now at £1 a
500ml bottle, and sometimes more .... it's a big con!!

I used to have a chemist mix me up some powder (steady don't go there)
that he made for a Racing Greyhound trainer and slightly adjusted for
human use. Basically a soluble glucose / dextrose base with potassium
and magnesium salts (the stuff we lose in sweat) I used to just mix a
couple of spoonfuls in some water and pure fruit juice (50/50) and it
worked wonders, and NO there was nothing else in it !!!

I used to get the occasional cold nose, and a severe aversion to
rabbits and hares, but apart from that it was cheap as chips :-)


The ultimate solution has to be the gel packs. They'll make you go
faster simply because you know that if you hang around, you'll have to
eat another one! :-)

Jon

Reports from my errant t'other half currently doing the C2C both ways
but incorporating a more northerly route for the initial e-w stint is
swearing by gel packs, it seems.

Surprised me, I thought they'd be dire. My current preference is the
Enervit energy drink. The orange flavour rocks (and tastes of nothing
but orange squash) but my body adores it as fuel. Unlike hamburgers,
which it resisted ingesting really very strongly.

--


Velvet

"Jack Ouzzi" wrote in message
...
Why are these so called 'isotonic' drinks so expensive ??
Surely just a big marketing rip off 'Drink BloggoBlast and go 10 mph
faster'


Don't buy them then. Getting them in powdered form is usually cheaper.

Velvet in opined the following...
Reports from my errant t'other half currently doing the C2C both ways
but incorporating a more northerly route for the initial e-w stint is
swearing by gel packs, it seems.

Surprised me, I thought they'd be dire. My current preference is the
Enervit energy drink. The orange flavour rocks (and tastes of nothing
but orange squash) but my body adores it as fuel. Unlike hamburgers,
which it resisted ingesting really very strongly.

Imagine a slightly floury (A bit like a cornflower paste) sweet
gelatenous gunk, that coats every surface in your mouth. Now flavour it
with the best of modern artificial flavourings.

Each to their own, I suppose. I for one would not touch them again.

Jon

"Martin Newstead" typed



"Jack Ouzzi" wrote in message
...
Why are these so called 'isotonic' drinks so expensive ??
Surely just a big marketing rip off 'Drink BloggoBlast and go 10 mph
faster'


Don't buy them then. Getting them in powdered form is usually cheaper.

Try singing

'Sidcup water, Sidcup water,
Comes for free, comes for free,
Now it's called Dasani, Now it's called Dasani,
90p, 90p!'

to tune of Frère Jacques...

People will charge what they can. There probably is an advantage to
isotonic drinks in _prolonged_ exertion, sometimes...

--
Helen D. Vecht:
Edgware.