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What is the best kind of food to eat before going on a long bike ride
and what should be eaten during the ride?

Lots of your favorite foods days in advance. After that, hamburger,
french fries, beer.

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Dave Maggs

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What is the best kind of food to eat before going on a long bike ride
and what should be eaten during the ride?

Dave Maggs

Four fried chickens with a Coke. And some dry white toast.

I don't eat anything more than an energy bar in the three hours before
a ride, and nothing at all in the last hour. After an hour on the bike,
the snacking begins...

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What is the best kind of food to eat before going on a long bike ride
and what should be eaten during the ride?

Dave Maggs

I can't recall what the received wisdom is on pre-ride meals, but I
think it's fairly carb-oriented, and ideally a few hours before the ride
so you can properly digest it.

For on-bike food, carbs are king. If you're doing a century, just about
any source from granola bars to power gels (yes, even candy bars if
you're working hard enough) will do.

Like most racers, I'm mainly interested in what doesn't upset my
stomach. The reigning king seems to be performance gels (Power Gel, Clif
gels, etc.)

I did a fairly interesting experiment with "liquid candy" I found called
Ooze tubes. The stuff is just corn syrup with enough thickeners to make
its consistency nearly identical to that of performance gels, but either
the queasy fake-strawberry taste or some other element of its
composition made it feel not as good as a proper gel.

Some people, mind, find gels barely palatable. Try before your important
long bike ride.

I think my baseline recommendation to someone doing their first century
would be to take along a big bottle of water, and a second big bottle of
either water or performance beverage (Hydrade, Gatorade, etc.), and
probably four bananas and four Powerbars in your favourite flavour.

That's enough food to ride that distance bonk-free, enough water to make
it to the first rest stop, and it's the good stuff.

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"I don't want kids who are thinking about going into mathematics
to think that they have to take drugs to succeed." -Paul Erdos

Ryan Cousineau said:

I think my baseline recommendation to someone doing their first century
would be to take along a big bottle of water, and a second big bottle of
either water or performance beverage (Hydrade, Gatorade, etc.), and
probably four bananas and four Powerbars in your favourite flavour.

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That's enough food to ride that distance bonk-free, enough water to make
it to the first rest stop, and it's the good stuff.

I wonder if anybody in practice can eat that much during a century. If
I do a 100 km training ride, I usually drink one to one and a half large
bottles of water or energy drink and perhaps eat one müsli bar or energy
gel if I feel like I need it. That's it. If I've eaten shortly before
the ride and ride at an easy pace, just water is usually enough.

If it was a 100-miler I'd use two bottles and perhaps add two more
energy gels or so. I think a human body can store as much as 2000 kcal
in carbohydrates, which is plenty.

Of course everybody and every ride is different, and bonking is neither
nice nor smart, so slightly too much is obviously better than too little.

-as

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What is the best kind of food to eat before going on a long bike ride
and what should be eaten during the ride?

Oatmeal, bacon, and lots of water before hand, and salami and cheese
sandwiches, OJ, and fig newtons during.

Greg

TRAIL MIX I always take this on long rides, it has everything you need for
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What is the best kind of food to eat before going on a long bike ride
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Antti Salonen said:

Ryan Cousineau said:

I think my baseline recommendation to someone doing their first century
would be to take along a big bottle of water, and a second big bottle of
either water or performance beverage (Hydrade, Gatorade, etc.), and
probably four bananas and four Powerbars in your favourite flavour.

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That's enough food to ride that distance bonk-free, enough water to make
it to the first rest stop, and it's the good stuff.

I wonder if anybody in practice can eat that much during a century. If
I do a 100 km training ride, I usually drink one to one and a half large
bottles of water or energy drink and perhaps eat one müsli bar or energy
gel if I feel like I need it. That's it. If I've eaten shortly before
the ride and ride at an easy pace, just water is usually enough.

one bottle per 100 km is on the low side! Not that it's impossible: a
club-mate routinely rides our Saturday 80-100 km without a water bottle.
But I wouldn't recommend it.

I'd say that two bottles is a perfectly reasonable baseline, and on some
very warm days, could be too little for a comfortable 160 k ride. I'd
also prefer to be the guy who finishes the ride having carried a
half-bottle too much water, rather than a half-bottle too little.

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If it was a 100-miler I'd use two bottles and perhaps add two more
energy gels or so. I think a human body can store as much as 2000 kcal
in carbohydrates, which is plenty.

Well... it depends on the body, and a lot of other factors. If it was
me, I could do that ride on two bottles of lightly-mixed Hydrade* and
maybe one banana, but I also weigh 15 pounds more than I would like to.

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Of course everybody and every ride is different, and bonking is neither
nice nor smart, so slightly too much is obviously better than too little.

Yes indeedy. And I can assure you I have done metric centuries which had
generous feed stops, and I made an absolute pig of myself, even though I
did the ride in under 3 hours. Mind you, much of that was at the finish
line; not much time to eat at the midpoint.

*Sisu sponsors my racing club, which is why I keep name-checking their
excellent powdered hydration beverage mix. Try the new orange flavour,
it's my favourite.

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"I don't want kids who are thinking about going into mathematics
to think that they have to take drugs to succeed." -Paul Erdos

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What is the best kind of food to eat before going on a long bike ride
and what should be eaten during the ride?

Oatmeal, bacon, and lots of water before hand, and salami and cheese
sandwiches, OJ, and fig newtons during.

Note to self: stay ahead of Greg next time we do Palomar!

Bill "mmmmm, salami and cheese" S.

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What is the best kind of food to eat before going on a long bike ride
and what should be eaten during the ride?

Dave Maggs

Four fried chickens with a Coke. And some dry white toast.

ELWOOD!!!!!!!!

A'int nobody hugging your rear wheel....🙂

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What is the best kind of food to eat before going on a long bike ride
and what should be eaten during the ride?

Dave Maggs

Depends on the individual, how fast and how long. Since everyone can
store around 2,000 kcal of glycogen (blood sugar) in their bodies, most
can ride very hard for 3 hours or so before depletion, or "bonking". If
you want to ride hard for longer than that you have to start
replenishing, usually at the rate of 500 kcal/hr or so. Carbohydrates
are the easiest things to digest, you can use the bars, gels and drinks,
or just high-carb foods. If you ride slowly enough, you can ride forever
on just your body fat, for most people this is around 12-13mph.

Antti Salonen said:

Ryan Cousineau said:

I think my baseline recommendation to someone doing their first century
would be to take along a big bottle of water, and a second big bottle of
either water or performance beverage (Hydrade, Gatorade, etc.), and
probably four bananas and four Powerbars in your favourite flavour.

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That's enough food to ride that distance bonk-free, enough water to make
it to the first rest stop, and it's the good stuff.

I wonder if anybody in practice can eat that much during a century. If
I do a 100 km training ride, I usually drink one to one and a half large
bottles of water or energy drink and perhaps eat one müsli bar or energy
gel if I feel like I need it. That's it. If I've eaten shortly before
the ride and ride at an easy pace, just water is usually enough.

If it was a 100-miler I'd use two bottles and perhaps add two more
energy gels or so. I think a human body can store as much as 2000 kcal
in carbohydrates, which is plenty.

Of course everybody and every ride is different, and bonking is neither
nice nor smart, so slightly too much is obviously better than too little.

I go through two or three liters of water just on the 50km loop from my
apartment to the beach to the train station and back.

On the century where I was paying attention (I've done two now) I had
four hard boiled eggs, a pound of tangerines, and some chocolate bars
from the US, a liter and a half bottle of pepsi (it came free with the
hugenormous protein filled KFC family meal the night before), a
reasonable big lunch (fish, veggies, good beer, and bad rice), various
snacks and munchies (crackers and the like) from my friends. The
breakfast stop, which I somehow contrived to miss, was sweet milk tea
and fried noodles.

I don't normally keep track of how much water I go through. When I ran
dry I stopped at the next tea shop and asked for a fill up. Most
places were willing to give me clean boiled water for free. And in the
city I've got a collection of places scattered around where I know I
can get a refill (though some, like the beach, require to me at least
buy something before they will refill).

-M

Marian said:

Antti Salonen said:

Ryan Cousineau said:

I think my baseline recommendation to someone doing their first century
would be to take along a big bottle of water, and a second big bottle of
either water or performance beverage (Hydrade, Gatorade, etc.), and
probably four bananas and four Powerbars in your favourite flavour.

Quoted message said:

That's enough food to ride that distance bonk-free, enough water to make
it to the first rest stop, and it's the good stuff.

I wonder if anybody in practice can eat that much during a century. If
I do a 100 km training ride, I usually drink one to one and a half large
bottles of water or energy drink and perhaps eat one müsli bar or energy
gel if I feel like I need it. That's it. If I've eaten shortly before
the ride and ride at an easy pace, just water is usually enough.

If it was a 100-miler I'd use two bottles and perhaps add two more
energy gels or so. I think a human body can store as much as 2000 kcal
in carbohydrates, which is plenty.

Of course everybody and every ride is different, and bonking is neither
nice nor smart, so slightly too much is obviously better than too little.

I go through two or three liters of water just on the 50km loop from my
apartment to the beach to the train station and back.

Wow...4 to 6 bottles for a less then 2 hours ride? Amazing, where do you
live?. Went for a after work ride yesterday, 75 km, and I drank nearly
half a bottle. Temperature was 15 degrees C.

Lou
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Marian said:

I go through two or three liters of water just on the 50km loop from my
apartment to the beach to the train station and back.

Holy [censored], that's a lot of water.

Greg

--
"All my time I spent in heaven
Revelries of dance and wine
Waking to the sound of laughter
Up I'd rise and kiss the sky" - The Mekons

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What is the best kind of food to eat before going on a long bike ride
and what should be eaten during the ride?

This works for me:

Porridge first with a bit of sugar sprinkled on top (sugar is fast
release, oats are slow release carbs).

Two 750ml water bottles filled with 50/50 grape juice and water

Two raspberry flapjacks

That's good for 90 miles. For a century (or slightly more) add a third
flapjack, and you'll probably need to top up with plain water somewhere.

Peter Cole said:

Quoted message said:

What is the best kind of food to eat before going on a long bike ride
and what should be eaten during the ride?

Dave Maggs

Depends on the individual, how fast and how long. Since everyone can
store around 2,000 kcal of glycogen (blood sugar) in their bodies, most
can ride very hard for 3 hours or so before depletion, or "bonking". If
you want to ride hard for longer than that you have to start
replenishing, usually at the rate of 500 kcal/hr or so. Carbohydrates
are the easiest things to digest, you can use the bars, gels and drinks,
or just high-carb foods. If you ride slowly enough, you can ride forever
on just your body fat, for most people this is around 12-13mph.

Just to add, this depends on the temperature. In winter I can get the
bonk after 2 hours (oo-er missus [1]); in summer it rarely happens at all.

[1] "bonk" is a British euphemism for "have sex with", roughly akin to
"shag".

Zog The Undeniable said:

[1] "bonk" is a British euphemism for "have sex with", roughly akin to
"shag".

We changed the spelling and pronunciation to "boink"

Oatmeal and fruit if it's in the morning. If it's later in the day, a
big baked potatoe and anything.
Jim Gagnepain
http://home.comcast.net/~oil_free_and_happy/