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pablo said:
Bananas, five for a pound.... Save your money for bike upgrades
Not the easiest thing to carry and keep looking good though. Soreen lunchbox loafs for the win. I have one every 90 mins topped up with a little bag of haribo starmix. Much nicer tasting and than Cliff bars and gels.P
Your body just needs conditioning. You should be able to do that sort of distance with a bottle of water and that's about it. Unless its very hot then have some sort of electrolyte additive in it. In the meantime, take a mars bar or a snickers with a bottle of water and you'll be fine.
Rob_T said:
Your body just needs conditioning. You should be able to do that sort of distance with a bottle of water and that's about it. Unless its very hot then have some sort of electrolyte additive in it. In the meantime, take a mars bar or a snickers with a bottle of water and you'll be fine.
Mars or Snickers? Aside from the fact you'd have to drink them once they've spent more than 10 minutes in your jersey pocket, they'll be utterly useless. HUGE sugar spike and associated crash, coupled to a nice lump of fat lurking about your digestive system right when you don't want it.Bananas, Soreen or the food of the cycling gods that is flapjack. Sorted.
Kellogg's Elevenses are great to eat and don't melt, cheap too. Try eating something like this after two hours as that's when you start to need to take on more energy. Also something like porridge for breakfast will help.
Drink wise I find that High5 is very good, a 750ml bottle of it should do you for 50 miles unless it's hot in which case you'd do well to take some water as well.
Gels are a waste of money unless you're racing and need a quick fix.
Drink wise I find that High5 is very good, a 750ml bottle of it should do you for 50 miles unless it's hot in which case you'd do well to take some water as well.
Gels are a waste of money unless you're racing and need a quick fix.
Jimbo. said:
Rob_T said:
Your body just needs conditioning. You should be able to do that sort of distance with a bottle of water and that's about it. Unless its very hot then have some sort of electrolyte additive in it. In the meantime, take a mars bar or a snickers with a bottle of water and you'll be fine.
Mars or Snickers? Aside from the fact you'd have to drink them once they've spent more than 10 minutes in your jersey pocket, they'll be utterly useless. HUGE sugar spike and associated crash, coupled to a nice lump of fat lurking about your digestive system right when you don't want it.Bananas, Soreen or the food of the cycling gods that is flapjack. Sorted.
OP,
I use breakfast bars, they're good on the go. Personally, I like the red (jordans?) ones, they're chewey so you can eat one without having a drink. Ones like those nature valley ones make your gob too dry. Have one BEFORE you get hungry, and you'll not have the energy dip. Ignore the internet heros who can do 100 miles on nothing mroe than a 500ml bottle of sand, every normal human I have ever ridden with uses food and water instead.
I use breakfast bars, they're good on the go. Personally, I like the red (jordans?) ones, they're chewey so you can eat one without having a drink. Ones like those nature valley ones make your gob too dry. Have one BEFORE you get hungry, and you'll not have the energy dip. Ignore the internet heros who can do 100 miles on nothing mroe than a 500ml bottle of sand, every normal human I have ever ridden with uses food and water instead.
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