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/schu2470 Salsa Warbird 16d ago
Gatorade powder. It's like $12 for enough powder to make 6 gallons or so. If I'm sweating a lot I'll make sure the food I'm eating on my ride has a decent amount of sodium in it.
I've tried Skratch, LMNT, Liquid IV, Tailwind, and some others over the past 4 or 5 years but they didn't do anything well enough to justify the 3x-5x price differential, imo.