cereal bars

pots

just wondering which cereal bar found on the supermarket shelves come closest to a bespoke energy bar ?

Takis61

Not sure any of them do really, but I find Geo bars tasty & with a reasonable calorie count. The cheap Lidl bars are good for a short ride.
But you can get Trek & food doctor bars in Sainsburys & Tesco, Trek are a genuine energy bar, but cost almost as much as a pack of 5 Geo bars.

vitesse169

I've given up on all the energy bar thing - I did the Severn Bridge circuit on friday and took a banana. 2 gells and 2 bottles of energy drink. this was plenty esp as I went about 2 hours after brekkie....

freehub

I had this Nestle bar last night, they are quire large but for a snack bar I was surprised to see 24g of carbs in them, I'm pretty sure it was carbs, it was in French though.

huuregeil

Soreen.

Gavin Gilbert

huuregeil wrote:

Soreen.

Yay! And as it sticks to your teeth and takes an age to dissolve it provides a long lasting source of energy

pabloweaver

apologies Mods ...

i have posted this elsewhere, but i might as well cut and paste it here as well !


I swear by these things http://www.eatnatural.co.uk/

tried all sorts over the years ( gels ......nnnnnrrrggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh like sugary mucus ! ) and had so so thoughts on them .

these natural bars are good to eat , flavoursome, variety of flavours and 3 for 1.65 in tesco ! ( 80 pence each in holland a barrat )

in fact BR seems to agree with me ! http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/ ... bars-25822

my fave is the macademia and dark choc

Takis61

+1, yoghurt coated apricot & nut ! M & S do their own brand in store, blueberry yoghurt covered one is ace.

shockedsoshocked

Nutrigrain bars are pretty good. Basically a stick of sugar, but really easy to chew and swallow even when gassing.

fraserq

Fig rolls or ,make your own flap jacks. Energy bars are a waste of cash.

robmanic1

Cadbury's brunch bars are great, don't know how they stack-up nutritionally though

fungus_the_muffin_man

Kelloggs crunchy nut bars are quality
They're about a tenner for 24 from costco

Gav888

I think ive tried most of the cereal bars currently for sale in Tesco trying to find an alternative to the expensive energy bars that gives me loads of energy, and to be honest they all seem the same to me energy wise, so it really comes down to how easy they are to eat, and I find the Eat Natural yogurt bars are the best.

Ive not tried a Banana yet though....

simon_e

Dried apricots or raisins work well for me. I also like these, particularly the Tropical Fruit and Banana & Honey flavours. A box of 24 lasts a while. Geobars are tasty and cheap, last time I checked Tesco were doing 6 for about £1.60 - that's something like 30p each.

I think a lot of the branded cereal bars are too sickly or high in fat (or both). In which case you might as well have a Snickers bar for a proper sugar hit.

freehub

fraserq wrote:

Fig rolls or ,make your own flap jacks. Energy bars are a waste of cash.

Well they certainly was not a waste of cash for me when I did my longest ride ever, without them I'd be allot slower and not be able to do the full distance.

Frank the tank

Gavin Gilbert wrote:

huuregeil wrote:

Soreen.

Yay! And as it sticks to your teeth and takes an age to dissolve it provides a long lasting source of energy

+1

must-tri-harder

nutrigrain elevenses raisin bake bars are about as good as i've found, 165 calories per bar and only £2.25 for 6 i think, got me round the 102 mile north cornwall tor with 5 litres of nuun and a couple of bananas thrown in for good measure. powerbar etc are a total waste of money in my opinion, but they do look ever so gucci... if that floats your boat. for shorter events i prefer clif shot bloks, cran razz flavour, good stuff and easy on my stomach.

pots

someone on another forum swears by 'fig newtons'.are they available from supermarket shelves,or are they just fig rolls with a different name ?you can get them mail order but seem quite expensive

kingstongraham

pots wrote:

someone on another forum swears by 'fig newtons'.are they available from supermarket shelves,or are they just fig rolls with a different name ?you can get them mail order but seem quite expensive

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fig_Newton

jamlala

Aptonia cereal bars from Decathlon? £1.45 for 6 of the mixed berry ones. Yum!

bexley5200

kelloggs nutri-grain oat baked bar cherry flavour,soft,do not like hard bars

Takis61

Tesco had Nakd bars for 88p today - just got my Zipfit sample box so will be trying one of those shortly.

Dazzza

If i have the time natures best oat bars are nice, ideal for those epic rides as they provide a nice long lasting source of energy.

But my favourites are eat natural apricot/almond and yoghurt bars and the power bar caramel ride bars, very good but not enough carbs for a epic.

Clif shot blocks are good on the go fodder.

I don't bother with energy drinks, they bloat me out, and i end up eating too much carbs so i drink nuun or lately high 5 zero which is nice and cheap 20 tabs for £6

swagman

You nonses, get some fruit cake down yer face .
Pound for pound best energy value washed down with a cup of ceylon black tea.
Keep yer goin for miles...

andrewjoseph

I used to like the nutri-grain stuff, or whatever was cheap in tesco's but always came back to the eat natural bars, apart from the chocolate coated and yoghurt ones (left a yoghurt one in my backpack for too long and took a few bits out on the trail.... not nice.... and the chocolate ones melt).

Now I find that I can't eat wheat nor oats, so cheap flapjacks are out!

I use the 'eat natural' bars, 'sesame snaps' (3 small thin wafers in a pack, 163 kcal) and '9 bar' (this is carob topped so melts easily, best kept for cooler days 246kcal).

KevinMcC

anyone tried the harvest something or other bars from aldi? noticed they were buy one get one free as I went past but no wallet on me so never went in to check them out. They any good?

nolf

Flapjack is great but goes everywhere.

I quite like Crunchy oat granola bars. Quite dry but taste really nice and lots of energy in 'em.

Proper energy bars do work really well though, for a proper organised ride I'd always go with them.

amaferanga

KevinMcC wrote:

anyone tried the harvest something or other bars from aldi? noticed they were buy one get one free as I went past but no wallet on me so never went in to check them out. They any good?

I often get them cos they're cheap and tasty.