Best cycling food?

blablablacksheep

Im going to post my pre racing food..even though its for running it works just as well for cycling.. given i did a 100k run using this....


Porridge is king.
Dinner before should be pasta, although not too much or you can feel too heavy in morning.

During race i had, bananas,flapjacks,soreen (which is very good, but not great if you dont slow down while eating it lol)

haribo teddy bears.
i had 0 gells, only use them if i need a caffeine boost.

dmclite-3.0

A Kentucky family feast bucket, cable tied to my bars. I shove the fries up the legs of my shorts to keep them warm and the beans and coleslaw go in my pockets as bail out foods. I put the 1.5 litres of pepsi (other colas are available from most retailers) in 2 750ml bottles. The handy lemon scented wiped go in back pockets after the chicken has gone. Finger lickin' ridin'

sloppyschleckonds

philwint wrote:

250g good dark sugar
250g golden syrup

That's a lot of sugar

maddog 2

one banana is about 25g of carb

you should aim to eat approx 1g of carb per kg of body weight, so 75kg person = 75g of carb per hour

so that's 3 bananas an hour (ignoring drink carb intake)

so on a 4 hour ride that's 12 bananas - you have big pockets?

that's why we carry gels One ZipVit gel = 50g of carb - twice a banana. 6 gels is the same as 12 bananas. 6 gels are easily portable.

charliew87

Did my first 90 mile sportive yesterday and was petrified of running out of energy...over the 6 hours I had the following:

From my back pocket
- 11 High5 gels (3 caffeinated)
- 2 Snickers
- 2 slices soreen loaf
- 2l High5 2:1 mix
- 1l High5 4:1 mix
- 1l High5 Extreme mix

From the food stops
- 8 squares of flapjack
- 2 bits of cake
- 3 large handfuls of jelly beans


When I got home to a roast dinner I was fuming with myself for not being hungry enough!!

At least I didn't bonk on the ride.

pippi_langsamer-2

Agree with flapjacks, Soreen and peanut butter n jam (or honey), butties although peanut butter can be very cloying.

I think when you see the contents of your average pro musette, it says a lot for what's "preferred". Surem there's some high-tech-nano-shoite in there, but they often seem to prefer things they like to actually eat. If you have your favourite snack in there, you'll be more inclined to remember to eat it!

Also, I really really wish some of the sports drink manufactureres would make a version that contained no artificial sweetening agents or colours/ flavourings. I would quite happily drink grey, cloudy, tasteless liquid in preference to some of the awful stuff that's sold if it meant it didnt contain any of the nasty stuff.

Few years ago, my dentist told me the enamel on my teeth was badly eroded. I've never really drunk fizzy pop etc etc and told him so. He asked whether I did any sport and linked the thinning of the enamel to sports drinks which can be very acidic. Coupled with the fact we tend to "spray", the stuff into our mouths and over the teeth apparently worsens the effect. He also advised against brushing teeth immediately after such consumption of energy drinks as it can have an additional scouring effect due to the acidity.

I solved the problem however by giving up racing

dmclite-3.0

Pippi Langsamer wrote:

Agree with flapjacks, Soreen and peanut butter n jam (or honey), butties although peanut butter can be very cloying.

I think when you see the contents of your average pro musette, it says a lot for what's "preferred". Surem there's some high-tech-nano-shoite in there, but they often seem to prefer things they like to actually eat. If you have your favourite snack in there, you'll be more inclined to remember to eat it!

Also, I really really wish some of the sports drink manufactureres would make a version that contained no artificial sweetening agents or colours/ flavourings. I would quite happily drink grey, cloudy, tasteless liquid in preference to some of the awful stuff that's sold if it meant it didnt contain any of the nasty stuff.

Few years ago, my dentist told me the enamel on my teeth was badly eroded. I've never really drunk fizzy pop etc etc and told him so. He asked whether I did any sport and linked the thinning of the enamel to sports drinks which can be very acidic. Coupled with the fact we tend to "spray", the stuff into our mouths and over the teeth apparently worsens the effect. He also advised against brushing teeth immediately after such consumption of energy drinks as it can have an additional scouring effect due to the acidity.

I solved the problem however by giving up racing

Weakling. You shuld have smashed your own teeth out with a mini pump and carried on racing.