Best commuting breakfast

Kieran_Burns
Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
edited May 2010 in Commuting chat
I think I've found mine:

Sugar Puffs. :D

Don't laugh. Well okay, but snigger quietly...

The thing is I find that the honey, being a mono-sacchiride gets into the blood stream much more quickly and I'm cycling in on a sugar rush 8)

I swear I found the ride in easier today. Okay there was no wind whatsoever but I just cruised in and as noted in the average speed thread went from 14 to 15.75 mph average.

Hmmmm.....
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  • langtounboy
    langtounboy Posts: 55
    Bannana mashed on to toast with a drizzle of honey mmm 8)
    Breakfast of kings :D
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  • essex-commuter
    essex-commuter Posts: 2,188
    Toothpaste.
  • WesternWay
    WesternWay Posts: 564
    coffee and swearing
  • anton1r
    anton1r Posts: 272
    Sorry but you lads are both wrong, its all about the Weetabix.
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  • Lancslad
    Lancslad Posts: 307
    Coffee and crumpets!
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  • amnezia
    amnezia Posts: 590
    Double Espresso and go. Great for burning fat on the morning commute.
  • Aguila
    Aguila Posts: 622
    Lancslad wrote:
    Coffee and crumpets!

    Crumpets do rock but it has to be porridge.

    It's all about the glycaemic index, your sugar rush from your puffs is probably over by the end of the drive KB.
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  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    I **need** the sugar hit in the morning :P

    I'm so damn' unfit at the moment that any little extra erg of energy is a great help and have a few sugar molecules floating around makes all the difference.
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    2011 Trek Madone 4.5
    2012 Felt F65X
    Proud CX Pervert and quiet roadie. 12 mile commuter
  • UndercoverElephant
    UndercoverElephant Posts: 5,796
    Bacon and Black Pudding roll, brown sauce. End of thread. 8)
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,358
    Full Ulster Fry


    with Chips
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    Curry!

    That is all......
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  • howie3472
    howie3472 Posts: 110
    banna and yogurt all the time :D
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  • mattrsa
    mattrsa Posts: 143
    I don't eat before I set off just have a glass of juice before I set off

    generally when I get to work I have weetabix with a banana but sometimes a bacon butty if I am naughty and the ride has been particular hard :lol:
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  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    itboffin wrote:
    Curry!

    That is all......

    for breakfast???

    You're clearly going for the wind assistance trick then, not to mention the "stop drafting me or I'll fart and follow through" tactic
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  • asprilla
    asprilla Posts: 8,440
    Glass of mango juice and a granola bar (Nature Valley), followed by porridge and a banana when I get to work.
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  • vorsprung
    vorsprung Posts: 1,953
    Porridge

    Sugar Puffs make one's wee smell odd
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  • will3
    will3 Posts: 2,173
    +1 for crumpet in the morning.

    but also

    Rhubarb and strawberries on toast (thanks to the guesthouse in Settle for that one)
    Curry
    Mince pie
  • Headhuunter
    Headhuunter Posts: 6,494
    A cup of tea
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  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    will3 wrote:
    +1 for crumpet in the morning.

    You get time in the morning for such things :lol:

    I'm tempted to do 5 miles on an empty stomach apart from a cuppa then hit Wetherspoons for a Farmhouse brekkie at 7:30 with a pint of lager.
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  • Lancslad
    Lancslad Posts: 307
    I tried bagels but they are to chewy for so early in a morning and I just cant face cereals/porridge and dont have enough time.
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  • Jay dubbleU
    Jay dubbleU Posts: 3,159
    Weetabix with honey and banana plus strong coffee. Sugar puffs are so ghey :wink:
  • rf6
    rf6 Posts: 323
    Banana or yoghurt and fruit juice. Ride in. Then cooked breaky in the canteen. Yummy, and so filling, doin't need more than a couple of pieces of fruit for lunch.
  • The Rookie
    The Rookie Posts: 27,812
    2 Shredded wheat with a little aspartame on top (with milk).....was 3 until I decided it was cheaper to loose weight than trying to lighten the bike! 8 pounds off in 2 weeks....

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  • Wallace1492
    Wallace1492 Posts: 3,707
    UndercoverElephant wrote:
    Bacon and Black Pudding roll, brown sauce. End of thread. 8)

    Almost.... swap the Black Pudding for Haggis, and have it with a Latte post ride - its my Friday treat!!!
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  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,187
    Jay dubbleU wrote:
    Weetabix with honey and banana plus strong coffee. Sugar puffs are so ghey :wink:
    How true :D Weetabix and some dried fruit for me.
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  • jimmypippa
    jimmypippa Posts: 1,712
    porridge
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  • artaxerxes
    artaxerxes Posts: 612
    Benson & Hedges

    ...only joking. Toasted bagel for me.
  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    Don't bother with breakfast before I ride in - tend to have porridge with honey from Philpotts around the corner mid morning. An expensive luxury but worth it :)
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  • Zachariah
    Zachariah Posts: 782
    A short while back I had leftovers, which ended up being smoked salmon on baked potato. Best thing I ever ate.
  • shouldbeinbed
    shouldbeinbed Posts: 2,660
    vorsprung wrote:

    Sugar Puffs make one's wee smell odd

    :shock: ok. I'm not in the habit of sniffing mine.

    nothing usually but a friday treat is fatty cholesterol laden death on a barm cake with all the trimmings from the butty shop just outside work.

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