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I will probably merge this later this morning.
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Small Coke is my goto for a mid-ride hit of caffeine and sugar. Sometimes with a pack of salted nuts or a candy bar.
For hydration, usually just water. If I’m out long enough to need a water refill, I’ll probably have or buy solid foods for nutrition.
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Yea if you’re thirsty you need water not electrolytes.
Most gas stations will have a fountain drink option of Powerade or Gatorade. The one I stop at most has 44oz blue Powerade for $0.77, which is much cheaper than getting the bottles ones.
Other than that, getting a gallon of water is usually cheaper than individual water bottles.
Getting harder and Arden to find that size, unfortunately……the ideal is if you can find a Mexican Coke. Real sugar is the schitt for a mid-ride kickstart!!!
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Coconut water is nice. Sometimes I do Gatorade. Otherwise, just regular water
Yeah. I’ll grab a bottle of Mexi-Coke if it’s available, if not, small can, regular can, then last resort is a plastic bottle. Actually, that’s not true, last resort is a Pepsi. 
The small can or Mexican bottle (smaller than US bottle) are a better size. If I drink a full-size US bottle, I’ll be belchy for miles after.
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I went ahead and merged your topic to the long one that already existed. I updated the title for clarity by adding the title from your post.
“Is Pepsi okay?”
“If it was you wouldn’t have to ask.”
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I do feel sorry for the Pepsi waitstaff. They have to ask everyone in that “don’t yell at me, I’ve heard them all” voice.
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My stomach doesn’t do well in heat with Gatorade or the like. I think it’s the tartness. I will usually do a coke and buy a pack of peanut butter crackers or cookies.
I’ll do Dr. Pepper before Pepsi… 
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I briefly worked for Pepsi Americas back in the late 00’s…leaving aside it was an awful professional experience, the worst part was feeling obligated to drink Pepsi at home…or having to order iced tea if we were at a “Coke pour” restaurant. 
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Pre-mix/bottled Gatorade is way to sweet for me.
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Confessional… I prefer Pepsi to Coca-Cola. I’ll take Dr. Pepper over both. 
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Try some other flavors, maybe…the regular Lemon-Lime is too sweet for me, but the Fierce Apple and Glacier Cherry aren’t too bad.
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Lemonade Is my liquid sugar of choice. Ideally from a random kid’s stand in the middle of summer, but those slackers are never around when I need them 
In Aus we have Solo, which is sort of a carbonated lemon squash/distilled warhead that’s both sweet enough to rattle the teeth straight out of your head and sour enough to make you forget. Sadly never found a good equivalent in the US though.
Ginger beer is also nice, though that is perhaps the one front on which I am a bit of a snob. (I absolutely do not hold with ginger ale, which is the margarine of spicy beverages. Floaty bits or GTFO.)
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I have four different ginger beers in the fridge now, we tend to use them for cocktails but I just like them. Owens, Gosling, then two of the flavored ones from Q. I like how citrusy the Owens is.