After reading through these threads for the last several months I have been experimenting with bottles. I have tried the Gatorade (for flavor), sugar and salt combo described by Dr. Alex and found it a bit sweet. I was able to stomach it, but it was not “refreshing”. Lately I have been doing approx 1/3 Gatorade/sugar/ malto w/ 1/2 teaspoon table salt. I found this works for me and is a bit more appealing. What do you think the ratio is?
I’m not racing so not necessarily looking for optimal, just good enough. Now that I’m putting 90g in a bottle I do notice a positive difference at the end of the ride (typically 2.5-3hours). Before I just dumped a scoop or two of Gatorade/malto and was on my way.
Also, funny enough to an earlier post of Dr. Alex, I notice once I put over 95-ish g in my bottle I start to get stomach issues. So if I wanted to go more, I definitely need a bigger bottle to increase the water/ carb ratio.