In part one of our hatefest with Gatorade, we show you how to ditch Gatorade by making your own variety.  Now, for those of us who don’t feel like making our own, we have found a fantastic alternative.
Why do we hate Gatorade so much?  Simple.  It is sugar water (of the worst kind) that is marketed as some sort of miracle energy maker.  Let’s compare the latest Gatorade, G2, with the Knudsen Recharge of the same flavor.  First off, G2:
Ingredients: Water, sucrose syrup, high fructose corn syrup, citric acid, natural …

The Tacx Tao Cage is my favorite recent purchase for my bike. I was getting frustrated with my previous water bottle cage for a few reasons (too heavy, not convenient for the most part) and decided to pick this up online for around $15.
The cage fits a standard bottle, and is very light at 37g. The Tacx Tao cage also looks very good, and is available in either silver or black.
There are some complaints with the cage that I have seen and the biggest one is the durability. …

I have had a couple of the classic Nalgene bottles for the last 5 years, and I have had only one complaint. It is a pain in the ass to drive and drink out of the standard Nalgene bottle.
If you hit a bump while drinking, you are screwed. I was picking up a new bed roll for a camping trip this weekend and decided to pick up one of the smaller mouthed Nalgene bottles. I had seen the OTG Nalgenes in Bicycling Magazine a few …