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Bart Miller here with Cycling Strong I'm here with Gu products if you have not tried
their products
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become part of cycling strong's community now Brian I've been using your product for quite
some time
my favorite flavor can you guess what it is?
is it new or old? vanilla bean
no It's the orange
It's orange I love orange like
we started with vanilla, chocolate and orange
you did? It's one of the originals orange is a home run
like I love it so every event I pack these
and I like the actual chomps because I just like the flavor
but what I love is your products are well-rounded for multiple ways to
consume your product
genius! nice job so
the reason I like that is because some people obviously
like eating things other people like a gel and other people like drinking it
right
yep but the product I'm most interested in right now
is rocktane yes so I want you to talk to everybody a little bit about that
kinda how it came about why you got it
what is it best used for just a little bit so I use it I'll give you a background of how I like it
okay so I use it
when on certain events so most you know I've tried
all sorts of these products and
I use their product the first time in Leadville so
because you sponsor Leadville we did so
that was the first time I ever use rocktane and
Bryan's gonna tll us a little bit
so Rocktane was a creation for
my sister as she was running
the hardrock 100 in Colorado
Okay that's a big loop around Silverton it's a unique race and that it's
never finished before you know 24 hours
I mean back then she was getting for a
3537 hour time frame and
we had Gu at the point that she started training for that
that race but we knew we needed something more. Right
and so we added more of the amino acids
that are in Gu and put them together in a
blend with citrates that really amplified
the original formula right it's a tricky product because of
the performance ingredients and so we've always blended it
with a number of favor's so you'll see blueberry pomegranate will see vanilla
orange. right!
and it was a product that
would get her through this 100-mile
33,000ft of climbing trail ultra
so what I love about those kinda products and I use several of them right now
and the reason I love 'em is is because I don't have to eat out of the back of my pocket
everything's in the bottle. well so now we have
a Roctane drink which is the Rocktane formula
in gel right now it's in a bottle right that's what I tried at Leadville
okay and that's unique in that we've added a few other things that the
athlete can benefit from
which is taurine and beta-alanine
the combination of those ingredients with
branching amino acids is
it's a perfect plan for endurance events
so Bryan my last question for the audience is this
what I there's always these frequently asked questions that people always ask
right yep what should they ask give me five
things when I'm looking at a product if I'm if I'm lookin at
Carbo rocket if I'm lookin at whatever it may be out there all these different
hammer nutrition we we got a bazillion things right
what should I be asking myself give me 5 good things for the audience that they
should go to themselves and say okay
product A let's look at this or
should they be you know give me some things that they should be thinking about
it should be something that is
measurable
so that you've got 100 calories in a packet of Gu
you'll always have a 100 pack of calories in a packet of Gu so that you can
begin to develop a nutrition plan based on that one basic element
it's convenient and portable its durable
so I'd say conveniences is another important component so can i interrupt you for just a
second so the first thing if I understand it correctly is
make sure your testing whatever it is
make sure you're testing it you put it to the test to and make sure works
Is that what you're saying yep second thing you're saying is that it's gotta be easy to use
if you can't haul it with here or its too bigger or this or that or the other
you're not going to use it or its simply inconvenient you've gotta
great do a special mix and so what we're trying to do is
make it so that these products are interchangeable you might like
rocktane drink but you also have a gel form there you go
the same formula for chomps is in the original gu
we have an effervescent electrolyte tablets that goes right into
water
right ! it gives you plenty of sodium and potassium right
and so it's a complete system so you're looking for something
and that meets your needs
that has a wide range of applications
good are you the answer for everybody well we don't have a solid product at
this point and
on an event like rebecca's Private Idaho
you're out there for six and a half hours you probably should have some
solids
an honest individual don't you love that about a company when somebody can actually tell
how it is
love that so thanks for the interview today thanks for taking the time
of creating products and helping at events like this and Leadville
it blesses all of our lives out there when there's great products out there
and people care about us as riders
thank you the grass roots is really where it all begins
events like this that get people
into new applicant you know application to the sport
you know whether you're a mountain biker or a cross rider this is a
or road cyclist this is your perfect blend so
everybody out there if you have any questions for Brian or for me
right underneath here go down there make your comments
we'll answer those comments and help you the best we possibly can
with the knowledge that we have so thank you for staying tuned to this
and cycle strong Gu!
don't forget it See ya