Our travels through Mexico have been unmistakeably hot.  Some sections have been defined by a dry desert sun cracking the earth and melting the tar on the road, where my sweat evaporates before it has a chance to cool me off and once I remove my gloves assume a statuesque pose, as if my hand was still there. More recently, it has been a humid heat, where sweat pools up on my arms and saturates all my clothes. In either situation, after multiple hours of riding, mere water does not suffice. You need the salts that you have just sweated out in the hours of riding.
  While inexpensive and accessible anywhere in Canada and the United States, electrolyte powders such as Gatorade are impossible to find in Mexico (unless, we´ve been told, you go to Wal-Mart).  Some people may find the Wal-Mart or have some shipped to them en route. Â
 The dirtbag solution is to go to any of the local community health centers or hospitals and get “Vida Suero” with a picture of a chubby baby in a diaper with one tooth and red cheeks. It has all the salts you will need and it is given away FREE. It is just the salts and somewhat unpalatable during a ride.
So we´ve been mixing it with a tiny portion of Zuko. A fruit juice powder that does not require sugar, because there is a disgusting amount already. Â
The better blends have included a half package of Suero mixed with 1/5th of a Zuko package.  And the dirtbag has their own sports bevergage powder at the cost of a few dimes. Â
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We will post more Dirtbag Tips periodically. We´ve got a bunch!!
c’mon folks, you can’t be serious, water is the way to go in all places on earth; just carry more.
will you need walmarts planted all along your route?
red
c’mon folks, you can’t be serious, water is the way to go in all places on earth; just carry more.
will you need walmarts planted all along your route?
red
c’mon folks, you can’t be serious, water is the way to go in all places on earth; just carry more.
will you need walmarts planted all along your route?
red
you better get use to zuko, because it will be all the way to the south,… and i love it….. good luck
you better get use to zuko, because it will be all the way to the south,… and i love it….. good luck
you better get use to zuko, because it will be all the way to the south,… and i love it….. good luck
you better get used to zuko, because it will be all the way to the south,… and i love it….. good luck
you better get used to zuko, because it will be all the way to the south,… and i love it….. good luck
you better get used to zuko, because it will be all the way to the south,… and i love it….. good luck
Sounds yummy…
Sounds yummy…
Sounds yummy…
Goat is Right!!
Electrolytes are an essential requirement to keep brain activity, heart rate, and other physical phenomenon well regulated. Electrolytes transport electrons (hence the name) throughout the body, and sodium chloride (salt) is one of the main ones. We all have a natural level of electroltyes in our body. Its only at times when the levels are too high in salt concentration that cells will actually expel water to relieve the imbalance (forcing dehydration). I’m sure “Vida Suero” includes sodium chloride, potassium chloride, sodium citrate and other molecules which aid electron transport throughout the body.
Just water will not suffice!! Unless you are supplementing your body with these electroltyes the chance of irregular heart beat, fatigue and other ailments could occur in extreme circumstances.
Good luck guys and have fun, stay safe, and remember “better living through chemistry”
Goat is Right!!
Electrolytes are an essential requirement to keep brain activity, heart rate, and other physical phenomenon well regulated. Electrolytes transport electrons (hence the name) throughout the body, and sodium chloride (salt) is one of the main ones. We all have a natural level of electroltyes in our body. Its only at times when the levels are too high in salt concentration that cells will actually expel water to relieve the imbalance (forcing dehydration). I’m sure “Vida Suero” includes sodium chloride, potassium chloride, sodium citrate and other molecules which aid electron transport throughout the body.
Just water will not suffice!! Unless you are supplementing your body with these electroltyes the chance of irregular heart beat, fatigue and other ailments could occur in extreme circumstances.
Good luck guys and have fun, stay safe, and remember “better living through chemistry”
Goat is Right!!
Electrolytes are an essential requirement to keep brain activity, heart rate, and other physical phenomenon well regulated. Electrolytes transport electrons (hence the name) throughout the body, and sodium chloride (salt) is one of the main ones. We all have a natural level of electroltyes in our body. Its only at times when the levels are too high in salt concentration that cells will actually expel water to relieve the imbalance (forcing dehydration). I’m sure “Vida Suero” includes sodium chloride, potassium chloride, sodium citrate and other molecules which aid electron transport throughout the body.
Just water will not suffice!! Unless you are supplementing your body with these electroltyes the chance of irregular heart beat, fatigue and other ailments could occur in extreme circumstances.
Good luck guys and have fun, stay safe, and remember “better living through chemistry”
The Chupacabra??? Isn’t that a Goat-Eating Monster???
The Santa Cruz/San Francisco Dance Contingency is rooting for you all.
Enjoy the ride!
The Chupacabra??? Isn’t that a Goat-Eating Monster???
The Santa Cruz/San Francisco Dance Contingency is rooting for you all.
Enjoy the ride!
The Chupacabra??? Isn’t that a Goat-Eating Monster???
The Santa Cruz/San Francisco Dance Contingency is rooting for you all.
Enjoy the ride!