I drink the pickle juice from the pickles my wife makes<http://stitchandboots.com/2009/06/15/garlic-dill-pickles/>. Seems to work. Vinegar, salt, dill, mustard, peppercorns. And cucumbers. Brined, not fermented (not knocking fermented, she just hasn't successfully fermented pickles yet).
The last two times I felt the first flutterings of a cramp during a ride, I drank a beer. Actually worked, no cramps during the ride, or after... Philip www.biketinker.com On Monday, May 6, 2013 12:54:52 PM UTC-7, Will wrote: > > Kosher Dills are what I use. Since it is a pantry staple, the juice is > simply a side benefit. > > Google "pickle juice and cramps". There are quite a few links. It's not a > secret. I got it from a track coach years ago. > > Will > > > On Monday, May 6, 2013 2:21:10 PM UTC-5, Anne Paulson wrote: >> >> When you say "pickle juice," what kind of pickles do you mean? Some >> pickles are pickled in a lot of salt, in fact they're pickled in brine, but >> some have only a tiny bit of salt. Some pickles have a lot of vinegar, but >> some have none. Some have a lot of sugar, but some have none. >> >> It seems to me if you think that a salt solution, diluted vinegar, sugar >> water, or some combination of those things, works for cramps, you should >> just mix those ingredients up, rather than hoping that you have the right >> kind of pickles around. >> >> On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 12:12 PM, Will <waller....@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> When you feel that cramp coming on, drink 2 tablespoons of pickle juice. >>> It works immediately. >>> >> >> >> -- >> -- Anne Paulson >> >> My hovercraft is full of eels >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
