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Homemade endurance hydration mix

Fuel you mix yourself.

An endurance drink mix you make yourself, for about a third of what the commercial stuff costs. Two transportable carbohydrates instead of one, so you can absorb more per hour.

Enter what you have on hand for a recipe. Already made a batch? The bottle planner says what to pack.

Supplement Facts

Batch size — g
Serving size 1 hour — g
Hours of fueling per batch —
Amount per hour
Calories —
Total Carbohydrate
— g
Sugars
— g
Sodium
— mg

A serving is one hour of fueling at 75 g carbs/hr. Sodium from sodium citrate dihydrate (~235 mg Na/g). Flavoring: Strawberry.

Making a batch

Enter what you have on hand — see what to buy if you don't have it yet. The calculator finds the limiting ingredient and scales the rest of the batch to it.

An empty 4 lb ingredient tub holds about this much — deliberately under what it could take, since it needs a third empty to shake properly. Clear the field for no limit.
Doesn't change the mix — it defines one serving as an hour at this rate, for the label and the facts panel.

Weigh out

Make a label A printable label for this batch, sized for a jar or to wrap the tub.

A serving is one hour of fueling at your serving basis. Ingredients are listed by descending weight.

Adds a scoop count to the directions. How to measure
Stays in your browser — never uploaded.
Print is actual size on one sheet. PNG is a 300 DPI image, sized to match — good for a phone or a sticker printer.

The Sauce

Strawberry

Supplement Facts

Serving size— g
Servings per container—
Calories—
Total Carbohydrate
— g
Total Sugars
— g
Sodium
— mg

Ingredients: —

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Bottle planner Already have a batch? What to pack for a specific ride.

Uses the batch above, so it follows any changes you make to the recipe.

What to buy The ingredients and kit these numbers are priced from.

Any food-grade equivalent works — the calculator doesn't care what you buy.

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Kit

What an hour costs How mixing it yourself compares to buying it.

Priced per gram of carbohydrate — comparing per gram of powder would favour whichever product is most diluted. Each one also lists what the price doesn't cover.

Where the money goes

Troubleshooting Common problems and what to change.

Ordered by when you'd hit them: mixing the batch, then the bottle, then taste, then how it feels riding.

The science Every number on this page, and where it comes from.