Energy Bars

[Milo]

Bit of kendel mint cake thats tastes nice wakes you up perfect.

 

[jamesstout]

kendla mint cake is too sweet

 

[alecstilleyedye]

for club runs and general out and about riding, flapjack is fine.

for big (for me) milage sportives and club events, i like the vanilla/banana/chocolate bar from hi-5. and their isotonic drink too.

 

[mr Mag00]

can we have some links to the home made recipes, or if someone wants to put their recipe up? I know i can look them up too might make a nice thread. I don't dislike any of the bars, never tried the gels and i see torq do an organic powder too.

 

[mondobongo]

Recent convert to Geo Bars nice stuff bit easier to chew than Power Bars etc and far more reasonably priced at about £1.80 for a box of six.

 

[Flange]

I find them all equally horrid and more than one of them messes up my digestion for days and makes me feel sick. Gels are ok towards the end of a long ride, but I try to stick to real, fresh foods like cake, fruit or dried apricots etc

 

[yello]

I find there is a limit to how many of them I can have. The SIS Go Gels tend to make me feel nauseas after just one (60ml). I actually like the new Overstims peanut gel but I can only have a couple of those (27g) before feeling ill.

(Btw, if you think gels taste like 'man juice' then I wouldn't recommend the peanut gel as it has a salty taste... which I am told - I hasten to add in a very matter of fact, macho, manly, definitely not gay way - is how said secretion tastes.)

I prefer gels to bars (which I just don't get on with) but only use gels on long rides (3 hours plus) and then it's in the latter section of the ride. I much prefer solid foods but carrying gels is easier than carrying cake, fruit, etc and I can't guarantee there'll be a shop open to buy stuff on route.

 

[jamesstout]

i loove peantus, do you have alink to thatgel?

 

[monnet]

The bars and gels are all much of a muchness to me. None of them are gourmet but they seem to keep me going on long rides - what I hate are the drinks. I know they work (especially on the longer rides, which is only when I use them) but they really do give me bellyache, esp SIS lemon and lime for some reason.

 

[yello]

Here you go....

Overstims peanut flavoured gel

 

[Horace Goes Skiing]

Bloody typical "sports exercise" article. Gives just enough information to make the layman feel good about buying a cardboard bar. Justification without understanding.

It's almost as if the lack of taste is a selling point! "The worse it tastes, the more scientific it must be". B*llocks.

Some in this thread have already stumbled upon the perfect "energy bar" or equivalent...for them. Hint - they're the ones that taste nice. Taste is a just as an important factor as the ingredients - any physiologist worth their degree will be able to work out why.

Answers on a postcard!

 

[4F]

A mars bar works for me, cannot stand the cardboard stuff

 

[fossyant]

What about cereal bars - like the Jordan's Frusili - really nice, have fruit and oats in....far tastier than artificial sports bars... or make you own flap jacks ?