The finest Mars Bar I've ever had (Bromley)

londoncommuter

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jrich

Haha!! Great post!

I can relate, although I find Snickers is the best in those situations.

mamil314

Welcome to bonk, brother, i friekin hate those. Keep emergency gel on you always.
And yes, it's sugar that gets into your blood first, it starts breaking down already in mouth.

Ted Mason

Got to agree with the spare gel thing, I now take one with me as a matter of course. Only seriously bonked once and was rescued by a can of coke and a mars bar. Kudos to those who helped you

burnthesheep

I tried my first ever HC climb solo last summer and took everything I thought I needed. It's about 26mi total and 6200ft. Not steep, just continuous.

I had eaten everything and drunk all my bottles (3). A little under 3 hours total I got to the top and almost cried when I saw there was a snack bar at the top that accepted credit cards.

Snickers bar. Sweet sweet nectar.

Oh, and there are two "mini" peaks you summit on the way then descend. Meaning I still had almost 1000ft to go on the way back down. That Snicker's bar was choice.

daniel_b

Fair play LC, glad you had a good outcome. I have only experienced this once, and had eaten before and during (But evidently not enough) the ride, and it came on very fast. I felt myself slowing down, and starting to waver and realised I was becoming unsafe to myself and others.

Pulled into the side of the road and virtually fell off the bike, lucky to unclip - then pretty much collapsed.
Rang my gf, and nearly scared her to death, as I was unable to form a sentence just heavy breathe at her, eventually managed to impart some information, and where I was (only about 3 miles from home) and she then came to get me.
I made sure I didn't lie down properly, as I thought I would pass out, and was worried about my bike!
Once she arrived with food and drink, I perked up pretty fast, and was then ok.
Proper scared me though - you can't envisage quite how bad it is until it happens.
So pleased I managed to form a cohesive thought to pull in, as part of me was thinking I can go slowly and just make it home, but I am pretty certain I would have been wondering all over the road, and would have ended up falling over, and then it would have been a 50\50 whether that was into the road or not.