Tour thoughts on beef jerky as bike food

Flanker37

For a long time this stuff wasn't available in the UK, and i always wondered what they were on about every time i heard it in the movies. But now i love the stuff, readily available in 3 flavors at ASDA...... I am still waiting to see turkey jerkey however.

Point is, is it any good to nibble on a bike ride. You don't get much in a packet, and like it says on the back... a hundred cows were flattened to make a single bag (slight exaggeration i know)

What other supermarket off the shelf stuff is good for a ride, just food wise.

I allready know about fig rolls & malt loaf, but what else is there.


the reason i ask, is i am doing a mega ride from Newcastle to Coniston across hartside top (elv. 1304ft) pulling one of these http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/ ... iler-17016

and as i am still buying kit for my bike, i cannot afford or have the time to buy proper bike food, gels or powders

Anonymous

What? How can you not have time to buy gels etc, but have plenty of time to buy flattened cows?

Anyway, sounds like I should try this beef jerky stuf. Several friends who've been to the states have told me about it.

militiacore

Powder based Meal Replacements are far cheaper than Jerky to purchase and have a far better make up of nutrients and macro's; Jerky is simply Protein and a little Sugar, is very slow to digest and as a result certainly won't provide you with much energy during a bike ride.

Some decent Meal Replacement Powders can be had online for a decent price or just settle for something like the humble flapjack which will give you great fast and slow energy release.

The Northern Monkey

too much salt.

SimonM83

Any meat products which do not require refrigeration = stomach cancer. Massively processed & probably the leftover connective tissue, and from bonvine given growth hormones. Avoid more than the plague.

That's just my opinion, so prove me wrong.

mikey0303

too much salt and saturated fats - I would avoid it

Maxticate

Beef Jerky is not high in saturated fats.

It doesn't contain connective tissue any more than a steak you'd buy from a super market would.

It's effectively just dried beef.

Check this link out out, I've had Jerky from these people and it is by far superior to the stuff you get in the supermarkets.

http://www.wildwestjerky.co.uk/history.htm

The Northern Monkey

Maxticate
its too salty.

Fuji Mackers

What you need is Biltong...

Maxticate

bigbenj_08 wrote:

Maxticate
its too salty.

Just drink more water and to hell with the hypertension

More seriously though without looking at the nutrition table on the back of a packet it may well be far too salty.

Also depending on how it is made, nitrites have been thought to cause cancer.

I still like it though.

furby

It lacks carbs and sugars so rubbish for eating whilst cycling but the high protien levels would mean its ok afterwards to aid recovery.

As for not affording fancy drinks, bars and powders, beef jerky is expensive aswell!!

KnightofCydonia

we occasionally gave jerky to the dog. It stinks so I'd never think of eating it myself. it's vile :shock:

Tank-slapper

If your diet doesn't contain much salt to begin with, beef jerky may not be salty enough:

http://ironman.com/training/nutrition/e ... ation-plan

FYI: 3300mg of salt is about 1 teaspoon.

Noel PT

Jerky is not a good snack mate, like someone said earlier there are no carbs and you need a 4 to 1 ratio while training. Crumpets, dried fruit, energy bars or snack bars all make good snacks.

Avoid to much protein while riding. I grew up eating biltong mate, which is basically Jerky. But dont buy the crap ASDA sells, its full of other sh!t. If you enojoy Jerky rather go to a butcher that makes his own. Its all about quality protein, not quantity.

Anonymous

Mmm, bit of crumpet