The best sweeties to take out on a ride?
Bhima
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What are the best sweets for taking on a ride?
In my experience so far:
Good: (if unwrapped and emptied into pockets beforehand)
Love Hearts
Jelly Babies
Jelly Beans
Liquorice Allsorts
Smarties
Turkish Delight - Like an energy gel, although a bit difficult to unwrap while riding.
Bad:
Mars Bar - Makes you want to throw up!
Mints - Too many makes your mouth freezing!
Hard Boiled Sweets - Impossible to crunch into these with your teeth and breathe at the same time
Fruitella/Starburst - Impossible to unwrap while riding. Pre-unwrapping them makes them stick in your pockets like glue
What are your favourites? Which ones are the most effective for energy/price?
Has anyone tried those Lucozade Glucose/Dextrose tablets? Any good? I heard that honey can be used instead of energy gels - is this right? How can you keep honey in your back pockets? Can you get it in squeezy tubes anywhere?
In my experience so far:
Good: (if unwrapped and emptied into pockets beforehand)
Love Hearts
Jelly Babies
Jelly Beans
Liquorice Allsorts
Smarties
Turkish Delight - Like an energy gel, although a bit difficult to unwrap while riding.
Bad:
Mars Bar - Makes you want to throw up!
Mints - Too many makes your mouth freezing!
Hard Boiled Sweets - Impossible to crunch into these with your teeth and breathe at the same time
Fruitella/Starburst - Impossible to unwrap while riding. Pre-unwrapping them makes them stick in your pockets like glue
What are your favourites? Which ones are the most effective for energy/price?
Has anyone tried those Lucozade Glucose/Dextrose tablets? Any good? I heard that honey can be used instead of energy gels - is this right? How can you keep honey in your back pockets? Can you get it in squeezy tubes anywhere?
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Very boring for me dates, banananana and other dried fruit I tried sweets but they didn't help much better when I get home and eat everything in sight
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Yes, I tried dates the other day - really good! Not as good as dried apricots though.
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On a hard ride i'll take dates, raisins mixed nuts & dried bananana, drink water for the 1st 30 mins then switch to a diluted sports drink and start eating my trail mix that's kept me going for 7 hours off road, never needed that kind of energy on the road but then I've never done more than 5.30 hrs on the road.
For what it's worth I found tons of "health" foods sap my energy including things like OJ, I guess it could be the energy required by the body to break those foods down, trail and error is the order of the day.
But nuts n fruit is a good start.Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.0 -
Haribo style fizzy coke bottles - but you must take them out of the packet in advance so that they go flatBhima wrote:What are the best sweets for taking on a ride?
Didn't Beryl Burton get the 12 hour record (and overtake the men) fuelled by jelly babies?
Tomorrow's mission is now to get some proper Pistachio Turkish Delight; and yes - honey comes in squeezy plastic containers these days!0 -
:!: Oooh yes! :!:Nelson Longflap wrote:Haribo style fizzy coke bottles - but you must take them out of the packet in advance so that they go flat
I forgot about the fizzy Haribo sweets! Seriously addictive stuff! 0 -
Nicest for me are raisins, dried apricots and bananas.
Trail mix seems to go down well on longer efforts, as itboffin says. A cadbury fudge can be a nice treat/fix but I get fed up of refined sugars quickly.Aspire not to have more, but to be more.0 -
Simon E wrote:I get fed up of refined sugars quickly.
That's probably because they only give you a boost for a short time (followed by a massive energy drop). In order to use them effectively, you have to keep a regular rhythm of eating going. If you time it right, to keep the flow of energy quick, it can make a massive difference in my opinion.
I think the simpler sugar carbohydrates are useful for high-intensity stuff like sprinting and the more complex starchy ones are slow-release so good for long-distance riding at a reasonable pace.
I met a cyclist today who says it's best to eat the sugary stuff immediately after a big effort - like at the top of a climb or after a sprint - because, apparently, you replace your energy stores quicker when your muscles are relly drained and you're in "recovery" mode... True?0 -
Yes, yes. All this talk of sensible, low GI fuel is all well and good, but in an effort to put back sports nutrition by 40 years or so, I give you this:
http://www.aquarterof.co.uk/-p-543.html
Bobby Clamp would be proud of me.0 -
I messed up big time today I started out nice and easy into the headwind but 20 odd miles out I changed direction tailwind yey!!! and like a school boy in a candy shop I nailed it mile after mile I even reached 38mph woohoo!!!
Anyway back on top I totally forgot to eat and barely drank until it was too late resulting in massive dehydration and almost total loss of energy, what an idiot
That last 10 miles of the ride were hard really hard coupled with light-headedness when I stopped and generally spacey all day, it's so important to get your fuel & pace right.
But tailwinds RULE Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.0 -
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itboffin wrote: mile after mile I even reached 38mph woohoo!!!
Anyway back on top I totally forgot to eat and barely drank until it was too late resulting in massive dehydration and almost total loss of energy, what an idiot Can't beat a good tailwind!
It's weird, sometimes I put more effort on the downhill bits that the uphill bits! My mate has a powermeter and his figures showed that he pushed harder on the descent of a big climb we did, compared to the ascent! :? 0 -
that was 38 on the flat :shock: in my defence it was one hell of a wind today and I was out in the open of Salisbury Plains, but I do understand pushing harder on the descents it sort of a challenge just how fast can you go before the end of the road, speed wobble gets too bad or I bottle it
Damn that's a good website I'm kinda a giant flyer junkie, I bought a whole box once and ate them all in a few days :? Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.0 -
JELLY BABIES. Luuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurvley. Tail end Charlie
The above post may contain traces of sarcasm or/and bullsh*t.0 -
Haribo Tangfastics. No contest.0
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Back on the same route today this time with dates, oat cake thingy and 2 bottle of sports drink, no loss of power 110% effort the whole way but sadly no tailwind, still what a great day to be out on the bike Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.0
