Soda or Water?
Question: Does soda or water allow us to go faster while mountain biking?
Hypothesis: While mountain biking on a closed course, we think that if we drink water, it will have the better long-term effect, because it contains no sugar, and will not allow us to crash off of a sugar rush, and therefore will make us go faster.
Materials: 24oz. Coca-Cola, 24oz. water, American-standard Orbea Mountain Bike, closed course for time trails, and good attitudesJ.
Procedure: We will find a closed, semi-flat course on Village Trail about ½ mile long., in Telluride. Next, one of us will drink 12oz. of water, and do one uphill lap on the bike. Before beginning the next lap, they will drink the other 12 oz. of water, and do another lap. The next day, repeat this procedure, only with soda. Get recorded data.
Data: Water: 2:06.9, 1:58.3 avg. =2:04.3
Soda: 1.58.3, 1:52.7 avg. = 1:55.5
Water in Minutes
Soda in Minutes
1. 2:06.9
1. 1:58.3
2. 1:58.3
2. 1:52.7
Avg. 2:04.3
Avg. 1:55.5
Research: Caffeinated beverages, like soda, tea and coffee, as well as anything alcoholic, will sap your body of water. Before, during and immediately after a ride, stick to liquids that are caffeine- and alcohol-free. Energy or "sports" drinks are good, too -- they replenish electrolytes and calories to help keep you going during a particularly long trek. But they're an addition to the hydration regimen, not a substitute. Plain water is critical. http://adventure.howstuffworks.com.
My research shows me that I should drink water and not to drink any caffeinated drinks before, during, or after riding. But during my research I could not find any data about which would make you go faster, soda or water. So we will have to test to see which will make us go faster.
. Rex, Conclusion: Our question was, will soda or water produce the fastest times while mountain biking. Harrison and I went to the telluride ski resort and found a time trial course and did 2 tests for water and soda. After getting our times in minutes, we averaged our times for the soda and water. Overall the soda gave us the faster time than the water did. The conclusion was that our hypothesis was incorrect. The overall average for our experiment showed us that soda was better to drink while mountain biking. Even though during the testing the water felt more refreshing, it still gave you a slower time than the soda did. We found that it was interesting how the soda being less healthy than water that it gave us a better time than water did. We thought water, being the healthier beverage for our bodies would give us a faster time. However, drinking the soda produced faster times. We tried to do it in the same time of the day to have similar results, but even the slightest change of the weather could change how our results came out. There were some problems with our experiment. We were unable to control the weather; this factor may have changed our results. The overall conclusion was that soda is the better liquid to drink if you want to have faster times while mountain biking.
Harrison, Conclusion After reviewing the results in comparison to the hypothesis, I have concluded that our hypothesis was way off. After the first lap with water, I felt very tired and fatigued, and by the next lap, I was still fatigued, but did my best to ignore it. After the first lap with soda, although not refreshing, I still did a lot better than I did with water. Obviously, the short-term effects of the sugar in the soda gave me the energy to keep going at a sprinting rate, while the water most likely had an effective long-term effect, and I only did this for a short time. Also, there could have been flaws in the experiment, like the changes in temperature, and the different tracks I took on the course, like in terms of where I was on the trail. Next time, to get better results, both Rex and I can do more laps, for more accurate information and more data.
Hypothesis: While mountain biking on a closed course, we think that if we drink water, it will have the better long-term effect, because it contains no sugar, and will not allow us to crash off of a sugar rush, and therefore will make us go faster.
Materials: 24oz. Coca-Cola, 24oz. water, American-standard Orbea Mountain Bike, closed course for time trails, and good attitudesJ.
Procedure: We will find a closed, semi-flat course on Village Trail about ½ mile long., in Telluride. Next, one of us will drink 12oz. of water, and do one uphill lap on the bike. Before beginning the next lap, they will drink the other 12 oz. of water, and do another lap. The next day, repeat this procedure, only with soda. Get recorded data.
Data: Water: 2:06.9, 1:58.3 avg. =2:04.3
Soda: 1.58.3, 1:52.7 avg. = 1:55.5
Water in Minutes
Soda in Minutes
1. 2:06.9
1. 1:58.3
2. 1:58.3
2. 1:52.7
Avg. 2:04.3
Avg. 1:55.5
Research: Caffeinated beverages, like soda, tea and coffee, as well as anything alcoholic, will sap your body of water. Before, during and immediately after a ride, stick to liquids that are caffeine- and alcohol-free. Energy or "sports" drinks are good, too -- they replenish electrolytes and calories to help keep you going during a particularly long trek. But they're an addition to the hydration regimen, not a substitute. Plain water is critical. http://adventure.howstuffworks.com.
My research shows me that I should drink water and not to drink any caffeinated drinks before, during, or after riding. But during my research I could not find any data about which would make you go faster, soda or water. So we will have to test to see which will make us go faster.
. Rex, Conclusion: Our question was, will soda or water produce the fastest times while mountain biking. Harrison and I went to the telluride ski resort and found a time trial course and did 2 tests for water and soda. After getting our times in minutes, we averaged our times for the soda and water. Overall the soda gave us the faster time than the water did. The conclusion was that our hypothesis was incorrect. The overall average for our experiment showed us that soda was better to drink while mountain biking. Even though during the testing the water felt more refreshing, it still gave you a slower time than the soda did. We found that it was interesting how the soda being less healthy than water that it gave us a better time than water did. We thought water, being the healthier beverage for our bodies would give us a faster time. However, drinking the soda produced faster times. We tried to do it in the same time of the day to have similar results, but even the slightest change of the weather could change how our results came out. There were some problems with our experiment. We were unable to control the weather; this factor may have changed our results. The overall conclusion was that soda is the better liquid to drink if you want to have faster times while mountain biking.
Harrison, Conclusion After reviewing the results in comparison to the hypothesis, I have concluded that our hypothesis was way off. After the first lap with water, I felt very tired and fatigued, and by the next lap, I was still fatigued, but did my best to ignore it. After the first lap with soda, although not refreshing, I still did a lot better than I did with water. Obviously, the short-term effects of the sugar in the soda gave me the energy to keep going at a sprinting rate, while the water most likely had an effective long-term effect, and I only did this for a short time. Also, there could have been flaws in the experiment, like the changes in temperature, and the different tracks I took on the course, like in terms of where I was on the trail. Next time, to get better results, both Rex and I can do more laps, for more accurate information and more data.