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I had to laugh a little at "their impact on performance remains unexamined" as the bicycle touring crowd has used plain boiled potatoes as a common fueling snac
by skookum 7y ago
I had to laugh a little at "their impact on performance remains unexamined" as the bicycle touring crowd has used plain boiled potatoes as a common fueling snack for as long as I can remember. When I did the Seattle-to-Portland ride 15 or so years ago all of the aid stations had tubs of them to hand out. This study seems to be yet another instance of Taleb's "lecturing birds how to fly" phenomenon.
- mattyb678 7y agoThey also have boiled potatoes at many aid stations in ultra running events
- habitue 7y agoI mean, they didn't claim to have invented the idea of using potatoes. They're examining them quantitatively clearly because they're in use.
- thrwn_frthr_awy 7y agoThere have been similar research around pickle juice and endurance athletes.
- jdietrich 7y agoThere's a world of difference between touring at 180w and racing at 300w+. Tourists also use panniers and fenders and puncture-resistant tires, but you'd be ill-advised to leave them on if you're trying to win your local crit.
- aaron695 7y agoSo the cycling crowd knew they were better than carbohydrate gels (since they are cheaper) before? Then why do carbohydrate gels exist if they knew the old method of potatoes was better? I'd be careful quoting Tabeb I'm not sure he ever actually says anything.
- klyrs 7y agoHaha, I came here to same the same thing, only I was riding STP... uh... oh god I'm old.. 26 years ago. Last time I rode, about 10 years ago, they were still going like hotcakes. They keep rotating out the sports drink of the year, but I swear: all a body needs for endurance cycling is water, boiled taters, and bananas.
- Scoundreller 7y agoIt’s almost like all these plants (and their cells) are made with electrolytes!