Eating en route

A group of us are doing the C2C from Whitehaven in a few weeks. Whenever we
do longer outings (South downs etc) I make sure I have a stash of bananas,
muesli bars etc to snack on during the ride.

I'm a tad concerned about one of the guys who does not see this as a
priority and always runs out of energy at the end of the day (Where's the
surprise?)

I'd like to nudge him onto better ways.

What do people eat on long rides to keep energy levels up? - we will be
doing 40/50 mile hard cycling days

pk

pk said:

A group of us are doing the C2C from Whitehaven in a few weeks. Whenever we
do longer outings (South downs etc) I make sure I have a stash of bananas,
muesli bars etc to snack on during the ride.

I'm a tad concerned about one of the guys who does not see this as a
priority and always runs out of energy at the end of the day (Where's the
surprise?)

I'd like to nudge him onto better ways.

Perhaps the answer is to carry some for him. Day one, he runs out of
energy. You offer him some energy food to help him finish the ride.
Day two, near the end of the day you suggest that he eats some so he
doesn't run out of energy like yesterday. Day three you give him a pack
and then have rest stops when everyone has a munch.

As a rule I don't like energy food on a ride. I find it artificially
increases my energy levels and then becomes "addictive" because you
start to feel flat without it. I therefore generally ride without it
but if I am doing a one off more endurance ride I will take some energy
food with me to top up if I run out.

Tony

Tony Raven said:

pk said:

A group of us are doing the C2C from Whitehaven in a few weeks.
Whenever we do longer outings (South downs etc) I make sure I have a
stash of bananas, muesli bars etc to snack on during the ride.

I'm a tad concerned about one of the guys who does not see this as a
priority and always runs out of energy at the end of the day (Where's
the surprise?)

I'd like to nudge him onto better ways.

Perhaps the answer is to carry some for him.

Beat me to it. It's "not fair" to have to supply and carry his food, but
easier to let him learn relatively painlessly than have to argue about
it endlessly beforehand and/or spoil the ride. Experience is a good teacher.

James

On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 09:18:45 +0000 (UTC), "pk"
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What do people eat on long rides to keep energy levels up? - we will be
doing 40/50 mile hard cycling days

Short rides, then ;-)

Muesli bars, Kendal Mint Cake for those emergency "bonk" situations,
fig rolls, malt loaf - whatever floats your boat, really.

Guy
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What do people eat on long rides to keep energy levels up? - we will be
doing 40/50 mile hard cycling days

water/apple juice 50/50 in the bottles, sundried bananas in a pocket for
en route, good chocolate in a pack somewhere just in case (min 70%
cocoa, that sort of thing... far too good for kids/dogs/other people!),
decent brekkie (coffee, toast, jam, cereal) with a nice lunch (eg beans
on toast and a pot of tea as during my recent Audax introduction) sees
me right.

Eat before hungry (sundried banana every hour) and drink before thirsty
(coupel of swigs every half hour) seems a good rule of thumb.

Oh, and a decent malt/cigar combo at the end ;-)

hth,

Tony B

(kidding about the cigar BTW)

Tony B said:

Oh, and a decent malt/cigar combo at the end ;-)

Which conjures the image of a cyclist wobbling no-handed into the last
control, whisky in one hand, cigar in the other. :-)

Jon

pk said:

What do people eat on long rides to keep energy levels up? - we will be
doing 40/50 mile hard cycling days

Flapjacks. I made it from Swindon to Bedford on two of them (96 miles).

Supermarket 'own brand' muesli bars
Home-baked oat bombs
Raid a bakery - bread pud etc

Wash down with LOTS of a drink you like.

Ideally, clean your teeth...

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pk said:

What do people eat on long rides to keep energy levels up? - we will be
doing 40/50 mile hard cycling days

I just got in a stock of energy bars and gels to see me through
tomorrow's ride (a hilly 100km), but my wife was quite disgusted at the
thought of them and suggested I make some flapjacks to take instead.

And she's right - flapjacks would be perfect for topping up energy
levels en route.

Another favourite of mine is peanut butter and jam sandwiches (crunchy
peanut butter, low sugar jam, wholemeal bread).

d.

pk said:

A group of us are doing the C2C from Whitehaven in a few weeks. Whenever we
do longer outings (South downs etc) I make sure I have a stash of bananas,
muesli bars etc to snack on during the ride.

I'm a tad concerned about one of the guys who does not see this as a
priority and always runs out of energy at the end of the day (Where's the
surprise?)

I'd like to nudge him onto better ways.

What do people eat on long rides to keep energy levels up? - we will be
doing 40/50 mile hard cycling days

pk

Last time I did 50 miles (Boxing Day), I consumed 2 ham sandwiches, 1
bottle of water, 1/2 small flask of coffee and 3 pints of beer. Oh, and
10 cigarettes.

I'm the original cheapskate with food for cycling, but I've never had a
problem with running out of energy since I adopted this method about a year
ago (thanks in part to the advice of this NG)

2 rounds of white toast with butter and jam before I go out, banana as well
usually if it's gonna be 40+ miles. Water with dilute juice and a bit of
salt in to carry with me, along with 1 malt loaf roughly per 80 miles to be
cycled. Banana or other piece of fruit when I get home.

I'm a planner type of person so I always know roughly where any decent
climbs are in a ride and try to eat some maltloaf about 15-25 mins before I
get there.

Works for me and maltloaf = about 1p per mile at my rate of consumption
(prob different for others as i'm 6'2" and 90kg) plus it's something I love
to eat anyway, so it's like a treat when I'm out on the bike. Energy bars?
Too pricey for me.

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A group of us are doing the C2C from Whitehaven in a few weeks. Whenever
we do longer outings (South downs etc) I make sure I have a stash of
bananas, muesli bars etc to snack on during the ride.

I'm a tad concerned about one of the guys who does not see this as a
priority and always runs out of energy at the end of the day (Where's the
surprise?)

I'd like to nudge him onto better ways.

What do people eat on long rides to keep energy levels up? - we will be
doing 40/50 mile hard cycling days

pk

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I'm a planner type of person so I always know roughly where any decent

climbs are in a ride and try to eat some maltloaf about 15-25 mins before
I get there.

On the coast to coast surely that means continuous eating!

(:-)

pk

pk said:

A group of us are doing the C2C from Whitehaven in a few weeks. Whenever we
do longer outings (South downs etc) I make sure I have a stash of bananas,
muesli bars etc to snack on during the ride.

I'm a tad concerned about one of the guys who does not see this as a
priority and always runs out of energy at the end of the day (Where's the
surprise?)

I'd like to nudge him onto better ways.

What do people eat on long rides to keep energy levels up? - we will be
doing 40/50 mile hard cycling days

pk

For a 40-50mile ride I personally do not eat. I will have a breakfast
consisting of 3 slices of wholemeal toast with honey on, and 2 bananas.
30-45 minutes later I will ride. When my ride goes over 3 hours I
will take bars in my back pocket or factor in a shop en-route.

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Quoted message said:

For a 40-50mile ride I personally do not eat. I will have a breakfast
consisting of 3 slices of wholemeal toast with honey on, and 2 bananas.
30-45 minutes later I will ride. When my ride goes over 3 hours I will
take bars in my back pocket or factor in a shop en-route.

on the c2c, the 40-50 miles will take all day! there are a lot of hills in
the way!

Thanks for the advice from various posters.

We have a 30 mile "training" ride tomorrow to box hill and back - i'll try
to persuade him to eat something on the way.

pk

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Quoted message said:

A group of us are doing the C2C from Whitehaven in a few weeks. Whenever
we do longer outings (South downs etc) I make sure I have a stash of
bananas, muesli bars etc to snack on during the ride.

I'm a tad concerned about one of the guys who does not see this as a
priority and always runs out of energy at the end of the day (Where's the
surprise?)

I'd like to nudge him onto better ways.

What do people eat on long rides to keep energy levels up? - we will be
doing 40/50 mile hard cycling days

pk

one of the girls always has a bacon buttie. one of the lads has anything as
long as it is followed by a apple pie.

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Tony B said:

Oh, and a decent malt/cigar combo at the end ;-)

Which conjures the image of a cyclist wobbling no-handed into the last
control, whisky in one hand, cigar in the other. :-)

That would be Dave Allen.

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On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 20:14:46 +0000, congokid
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That would be Dave Allen.

At least he won't give you the finger if you call him on it.

Guy
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simple, neat and wrong" - HL Mencken

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Tony B said:

Oh, and a decent malt/cigar combo at the end ;-)

Which conjures the image of a cyclist wobbling no-handed into the last
control, whisky in one hand, cigar in the other. :-)

That would be Dave Allen.

Since when is a sedan chair a bike?

--
Nick Kew

MSA of said:

For a 40-50mile ride I personally do not eat. I will have a breakfast
consisting of 3 slices of wholemeal toast with honey on, and 2 bananas.
30-45 minutes later I will ride. When my ride goes over 3 hours I
will take bars in my back pocket or factor in a shop en-route.

Good grief! How do you (and others) do it? Audrey and I went for our second
training ride today, 16 miles for her, 18 for me 'cos I went home via the
supermarket. Took us over 2 hours, due to closed cycle paths and lots of
map consultation. When I got home I was definitely feeling empty, to the
extent that for our projected first 20 miles next weekend I'm definitely
factoring in a tea and cake stop.
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