Nuun Active Hydration tablets are a handy way of taking on board electrolytes on your ride without the extra calories found in most sports drinks and powders. Although that might sound a little counter-intuitive – you need calories on long rides – we've consumed far more bottles of Nuun than carbohydrate drink in training this year.
We've found Nuun best for the first part of a 4-5 hour ride, when breakfast is still settling and we're not quite ready to start on the sugary stuff. We tested Nuun in the UK winter (unfortunately it doesn't prevent bottle-freezing) and the much warmer Australian summer. We found it kicked our thirst mechanism into gear, meaning that we'd drink more on a long ride than if we'd just had water.
As a result we weren't as dehydrated at the end of the ride and could recover better for the next day. The tablets come in small plastic tubes (£5.99) containing 12 tablets each, which works out at 50p a shot. It's recommended you dissolve one per 500mL bottle (in 750mL is fine of course, just a little more dilute). The tubes are small so you can easily carry them to use for a mid-ride bottle refill.
They're available in five flavours: Tri-Berry, Orange Ginger, Lemon and Lime, Citrus Fruit and Kona Cola. Each has sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, vitamin C and B2 in various proportions, and the Kona Kola has 20mg of caffeine per tab. What's not to like? Nothing really, although they are a little pricey.
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