which food for exhausting muni rides?

granola bars and energy bars and the like are very very good for tough
rides...and bananas if you can bring them without getting 'em squashed,
but that can be difficult.

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and bananas if you can bring them without getting 'em squashed, but
that can be difficult.

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Dry fruit should almost be considered as steroids in my opinion.
Energetic mineral water is a great addition.

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What we're all about on Mike's thread, is Soreen (that's the brand name)
Malt Loaf. It's a cake made with malt extract in it. It is better than
posh energy bars because it doesn't cost anywhere near as much.

You might be able to get it from that shop in Paris that sells marmite
and other English things at vastly inflated prices, but I can't
remember the name or location of the shop.

If you happen to be near these shops any time
http://www.bestofbritish.fr/aboutus.htm they sell it.

Alternatively you could make something similar yourself.

http://www.see.ed.ac.uk/~pmh/recipes/Bread/Malt.html

Malt loaf is good. A combination of 2 malt loaves and some apples with
a pub lunch can be enough for a good days riding.

Power bars and gels are okay, but really really expensive and you need
tons of them to keep going. If you must use sport food, buy the powder
that you make into a drink, that's way cheaper and works just as well.

Breakfast-wise, if I'm at home, cereal and toast in vast quantities is
the way, if I'm camping, it tends to be sandwiches if I can't be
bothered to cook, or a big thing of pasta if I can. Having said that,
the evening meal the night before makes way more difference to me, have
a big pasta meal the night before and you'll be ready to ride.

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when it comes to knowing your gonna be going out the next day and muni
riding from hell 😄

Evening b4 pig out on pizza and all the fatty yummy foods, coz you'll
need it and work it off the next day.

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zippy said:

when it comes to knowing your gonna be going out the next day and muni
riding from hell 😄

Evening b4 pig out on pizza and all the fatty yummy foods, coz you'll
need it and work it off the next day.

Three words: Pasta, Pasta, Pasta! (days leading up and the night
before.)

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joemarshall said:

You might be able to get it from that shop in Paris that sells marmite
and other English things at vastly inflated prices, but I can't
remember the name or location of the shop.

Is it Marks & Spencer's you're thinking of ? Because these guys went
under in France.

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I bring 'salt tablets' (http://www.lavasalts.com/salts.htm) just because
I need more electrolytes than the average person. All the energy food
that I can carry isn't going to do me any good if I don't have enough
electrolytes.

Nutrition requirements and preferences while riding are an individual
thing. Some people need more electrolytes than other people. Some
people do better when eating a little bit regularly throughout the
ride. Some people prefer different mixes of carbs and proteins and
fat. Some people like all natural foods with fruit.

So it's all going to depend.

I bring my salt tablets and commercial energy bars (Cliff bars, Power
Bars, Balance Bars, etc.) and energy gels. It's all about convenience
and shelf life for me. The bars and gels keep and don't go bad. When
I want to go for a ride I just grab some energy bars, energy gels, and
my salt tablets from the pantry and be ready to ride. I can even leave
the food in my pack and not worry about it spoiling. Sometimes I'll
take some fruit or beef jerky and things like that, but for most rides
I just go for the convenience of the prepackaged energy bars and gels.

Before the ride and after the ride I eat real food. I don't eat energy
bars all day long (yuck).

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i like to bring dried fruit. yum, especially dried bannanas and dried
mangos.
also, my camel back wanna be has room for 2 bladders. so i put gatorade
in one and water in the other. i dont think the pack is designed to
hold two, but it has exits for the water tubes on both sides. woo hoo
haha.

what else is good to bring..oh yea if im doing a day long ride i like
to bring a couple peanut butter sanwiches.

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well in Moab i did 20 miles. I had my standard Hog camelback and a ton
of Cliff Bars, and "Gu" tubes. They worked out great for me. I never
even got tired or hungry at all. I still have like 20 "Gu" tubes left.

So just go to any bike shop and buy a box of "Gu" and some cliff bars.
Im sure there is other "Gu" type stuff out aswell.

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musketman said:

well in Moab i did 20 miles. I had my standard Hog camelback and a ton
of Cliff Bars, and "Gu" tubes. They worked out great for me. I never
even got tired or hungry at all. I still have like 20 "Gu" tubes left.

So just go to any bike shop and buy a box of "Gu" and some cliff bars.
Im sure there is other "Gu" type stuff out aswell.

That "GU" stuff will give you a fast energy boost, but watch out! They
are LOADED with caffeine! I had three of 'em during a recent 4 hour
muni ride, and couldn't sleep that night until at least 6am!:eek:

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if you'r looking for something with a bit more flavor check out the
Sport Beans from Jelly Belly.

http://tinyurl.com/7c3tr

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i think we are cursed with jelly beans and don't touch em, it's like a
plan to take over the world or sommat.

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space food sticks are great for quick energy bursts plus they are small
so you can carry lots of them and they are also like the best tasting
thing on earth

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We used various bars for years, but lately have switched to what I call
"real food". It turns out to be more satisfying and cheaper too. It's
really a benefit when riding multiple days in a row - bars get REALLY
old.

My current favorites are:

Peanut butter and jam or honey sandwiches
Baked potatoes
Dill pickles
Fresh fruit
Nuts
String (or other) cheese

It's pretty funny when we stop for lunch and people are looking at
their bars, trading them around because they are so sick of whatever
flavor they have, and I am munching on something real and yummy. There
is a lot of power in potatoes!

You need enough minerals too. Some use salt tablets, but dill pickles
have lots of salt. Zack Baldwin turned me on to CaMg (CalMag - Calcium
and Magnesium pills) and it is great stuff. When in doubt, you need
more magnesium.

There is one bar that I actually like these days. The cherry ones are
actually good: 'Lara Bars' (https://www.larabar.com/). I always have
one of these in the bottom of my camelbak for emergencies. You can't
beat the list of ingredients: dates, almonds and cherries and nothing
else.

Here's a funny story. Back in 2002, I spent a month in Bhutan riding
and filming. One of the sponsors was Clif and they gave us something
like 250 'ClifShots'
(http://www.clifbar.com/eat/shot_family.cfm?location=shot). Initially
we thought this was great as we often had meals really delayed due to
shooting so long. By the end though, none of us could eat them and we
ended up giving them away.

Real food for me.

Cheers,
Nathan

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