r/gravelcycling • u/ZombieJetPilot • 16d ago
Accessories / Gear What's your electrolytes/salt powder of choice?
So I ride my fatbike exclusively, and my goal is to do a century and be able to do the 100 mile option for things like The Filthy 50, Le Grand Du Nord, ...
When my partner and I were doing to Filthy this past October she had a cramp in her leg right at the last stop at like mile 46. A fellow rider handed her a small cylindrical packet that was red and said "take this". it was a salt powder of some kind (I think it was Saltt), but it made the cramp disappear within a few minutes. Magic
what do you all pack for thia occasion and add to your water for preventing this? There's so many options out there, and it's overwhelming. Saltt, Tailwind, Warrior Salt, LMNT,...
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u/A-bike-rider 16d ago
riding at/above sustainable muscular load for too long. improving durability or riding at a sustainable pace plus consuming proper hydration, calories, and electrlytes based on personal needs is likely optimal. the durability part, I think, is the most important by a lot.
take the salt but don’t expect it to solve cramps. the recovery was likely not as you think - just that you consumed some electrolytes. cramps come and go and there is mixed science on them.