What to eat on an 8+ hour ride

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  • thomasmorris
    thomasmorris Posts: 373
    A sit down seven course meal would be time you won't get back, but arguably time well spent! I might make an exception.

    Sometimes you can kid yourself that having a 15 minute break will freshen the legs, or let the food go down. But in reality you never make this time up. Obviously if you're just out for social ride then this is no issue. But if you're in a race, or event where the time matters to you, then stuff your pockets and carry on ASAP.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Soreen.

    Maybe some bananas too. Beef jerky is good for some savoury, also don't mind the flavoured oatcakes you can buy in m&s for that. M&s also sells rice cakes covered in chocolate now so you can imagine you're a pro (they seem to eat lots of rice cakes).

    But mainly Soreen.
  • sebbyp
    sebbyp Posts: 106
    looks a nice tough ride that! better get a pass from the missus and sign up!
    Liking the savoury suggestions, do get sick of the sweet stuff after 4 or 5 hours.
    The main problem I have is stuffing too much in my mouth at once, really messes the breathing rate up, a mouthful of energy bar takes me about a minute to chew and swallow.
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,428
    thomasmorris wrote:
    A sit down seven course meal would be time you won't get back, but arguably time well spent! I might make an exception.
    Friends and I displayed our lack of Italian by screwing up ordering food in La Spezia during a long Sunday on Paris to Rome. We thought we'd cancelled the 'tagliata', and opted for lashings of pasta instead. Just as we were about to leave, we disovered that we still had 2kg, or 60€'s-worth of steak to eat. We just about finished all. Progress was 'stately' for the next hour or so, but we were on fire for the last 20 miles into Lucca.

    The lesson? The tagliata was awesome. Though you'll probably not get that option on your ride.
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  • kleinstroker
    kleinstroker Posts: 2,133
    Don't people eat dried fruit anymore on bike rides? I always go out with a back pocket full of dried apricots and flapjacks
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,317
    kleinstroker wrote:
    Don't people eat dried fruit anymore on bike rides? I always go out with a back pocket full of dried apricots and flapjacks

    Nope, we are back to beef jerky now
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  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,821
    kleinstroker wrote:
    Don't people eat dried fruit anymore on bike rides? I always go out with a back pocket full of dried apricots and flapjacks

    Yeah, the little packets of dried apricots are excellent. I tear them open slightly to squash the air out so they'll stuff into a jersey pocket more easily.

    "Real" food is always the answer.
  • kleinstroker
    kleinstroker Posts: 2,133
    ugo.santalucia wrote:
    kleinstroker wrote:
    Don't people eat dried fruit anymore on bike rides? I always go out with a back pocket full of dried apricots and flapjacks

    Nope, we are back to beef jerky now

    Yeah suppose it's always good to have a piece or two strapped to your stem to nibble on
  • keef66
    keef66 Posts: 13,123
    I've had to give up on dried apricots; they seem to produce flatulence on an industrial scale, both in terms of pungency and volume - in every sense.

    Fig rolls appear oddly safe though.
  • fenix
    fenix Posts: 5,437
    I have seen people covering their flat wing tri bars in pieces of sticky flapjack/powerbar. Simply peel and eat.

    Possibly not the most hygienic and might go wrong in the rain - but its an option. Especially now flat top handlebars are in.

    Yum yum
  • drlodge
    drlodge Posts: 4,826
    Fenix wrote:
    I have seen people covering their flat wing tri bars in pieces of sticky flapjack/powerbar.

    Just like cork handlebar tape, right? :P
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  • kleinstroker
    kleinstroker Posts: 2,133
    drlodge wrote:
    Fenix wrote:
    I have seen people covering their flat wing tri bars in pieces of sticky flapjack/powerbar.

    Just like cork handlebar tape, right? :P


    Thats a good idea! Might wrap my top tube with parma ham

    :)
  • darkhairedlord
    darkhairedlord Posts: 7,180
    Fondue on a lazy Susan mounted to the top cap; variety and all that.
    Or stop for a pub lunch half way.
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,317
    darkhairedlord wrote:
    Or stop for a pub lunch half way.

    My friends did that at the Gent-Wevelgem... they rolled back into Kortrijk at 8 PM... maybe not a good idea... :roll:
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  • fenix
    fenix Posts: 5,437
    I had a full english once - bloody impossible to get going after that.

    I think little and often is the key. Shove loads into your tum and the body is too busy digesting that to actually let you cycle properly.

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