Fuel

Supergoose

I realise this has been done before but I was looking for some new ideas.

I've become really lazy when it comes to eating on the bike on longer rides. Apart from the usual energy foods can anyone tell me what they take with them for eats?

Cheers

Rouge Penguin

Logs. Silverbirch for quick fixes or Cherry for longer rides.

SBezza

Just breakfast type bars and the odd chocolate bar. Sometimes malt loaf or the like. Nothing special needed really, just something to help keep glycogen depletion at bay.

Also depends on how long though, shorter rides really don't need anything special, longer rides you might want to have higher calorific value snacks.

Herbsman

I never take enough. 2hrs I take 2 bananas, 3-4hrs 2 bananas and 1-2 flapjacks

Baggervance

I've always found it really difficult to eat anything solid whilst out on a ride unless I stop so now I make my own energy gels consisting of milk, bananas, maltodextrin mixed in a blender to get a nice consistency.
Optional extras I sometimes add:- Beta Alanine, Caffeine, Whey protein

liquor box

At what point should you eat in a ride? I generally only ride for 75min to 100min and dont get hungry, I am starving when I get home though. I usually drink about 1.5L of water on the ride.

Herbsman

I eat about halfway through a ride if it's more than 60-90 mins. If it's more than two hours I eat whenever I'm hungry, which is about every hour.

il_principe

At the moment I'm taking soreen and jaffa cakes or haribo and just Nunn in my water - that's for rides of 3 hours or so. For longer/more strenuous rides I tend to go with Clif bars and something like Torq mixed into the water.

ozzzyosborn206

cereal bars, fig rolls for shorter rides, for long ones banana, hot cross buns/jam sandwich on top of the bars

simon_e

Up to 2.5 hours just water. If I'm out for longer then a Tropical Wholefoods/Torq bar is my first choice, otherwise Snickers or a banana.

Cereal bars too cereal-y, and are the sugar makes them a bit sickly. Flapjacks sit a bit heavily if eaten while riding but great afterwards, preferably with a big mug of coffee.

If you're passing a decent cafe (and TBH the best rides usually do) then a nice piece of cake has got to be the best answer.

Routier

Kellogg's Elevenses are great - cheap, plenty of energy and tasty without being difficult to eat. I only have one if I'm doing more than 2 hours or so, and I sometimes take a baggie with jelly beans just in case.