Tell us about your weekend ride

If you've sweated a lot and you just drink water your body tries to maintain the low-salt balance by pissing out the water. Or is that just Gatorade marketing?

I know in Oz I use to race with just water and got crazy headaches which switching to an electrolyte drink remedied.

A lot of that is marketing I reckon.

The headache thing has happened to me though, and more recently cramps. Which the electrolyte marketing folk claim to reduce. I've moved to electrolyte tabs and seen a reduction. But I've probably also been more careful all round, and maybe even drank more.