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Was Durianrider correct all these years? Many cyclists now just skip the expensive gels and literally put some sugar in their water bottle.
by robotburrito 3y ago
Was Durianrider correct all these years? Many cyclists now just skip the expensive gels and literally put some sugar in their water bottle.
- lormayna 3y agoI heard it in a podcast from a professional cyclist too.
- Lio 3y ago> “At the time I was being beaten by a guy who was claiming to build bikes out of washing machines, eating marmalade sandwiches and getting up and do the hour record. It was quite irritating to say the least,” - Chris Boardman. I went to a film premier about the great Graeme Obree and afterwards he gave a talk. He mentioned that people used to laugh at him for eating marmalade sandwiches heavily in training. He countered that as far as he could see sugars are are just sugars no mater where you source them from ...and he happens to like marmalade and bread. His down to earth approach to cycling was so ahead of it's time. He earned all his success the hard way. A truly interesting bloke. https://stories.blacksheepcycling.cc/the-marmalade-man# https://stories.blacksheepcycling.cc/the-marmalade-man#!
- zh3 3y agoFor anyone who hasn't seen it, look up "The flying Scotsman" https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472268/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472268/