GuyBoden
Guru
- Location
- Warrington
I do like pinching apples from trees in the early autumn. Lots of apples seem to be left on the trees to rot, it's a shame.
Non techie cycling food
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- The TerrorVortex
I've been interested in what people eat on an audax. It tends to be a lot, as they burn a lot of calories. I'm convinced there are quite a few of us who manage to eat more than we burn though.
It starts off sweet for many people, chocolate, fizzy drinks, even gels and cereal bars. Very quickly - second or third meal break people move to savoury. Often meal deals, sandwich, juice and crisps, which gives a balance and replaces salt. Quite a few people on the flavoured milk. £1 bottles of chocolate or strawberry. A lot of coffee for the caffeine.
I had always imagined my stomach was bombproof and was surprised to find it playing up on long rides. Gastric distress they call it and it is the biggest cause of people quitting endurance events. It will rebel at a lot of things, but scrambled eggs on toast always seem to go down well. Everyone needs to experiment and find their own foodstuff that works for them.
It starts off sweet for many people, chocolate, fizzy drinks, even gels and cereal bars. Very quickly - second or third meal break people move to savoury. Often meal deals, sandwich, juice and crisps, which gives a balance and replaces salt. Quite a few people on the flavoured milk. £1 bottles of chocolate or strawberry. A lot of coffee for the caffeine.
I had always imagined my stomach was bombproof and was surprised to find it playing up on long rides. Gastric distress they call it and it is the biggest cause of people quitting endurance events. It will rebel at a lot of things, but scrambled eggs on toast always seem to go down well. Everyone needs to experiment and find their own foodstuff that works for them.
burntoutbanger
Veteran
- Location
- Devon
And that's just on the commute! 😲
- Location
- The TerrorVortex
That's just wrong.
If you need oat-based sustenance on a ride, that's what flapjacks are for.
OP
OP
- Location
- London
It surely must be a tricky job to slurp it out of the bottle?
And not a pretty sight?
- Location
- The TerrorVortex
Getting flapjacks out of a bottle is even harder than getting them in.
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Get out of here. Why not have hot porridge in a flask if you’re going to carry it?
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Unless you had a bottle that rolled up like a toothpaste tube, or maybe used a long handled spoon, I imagine it would be quite difficult to extract more than maybe half of a bottleful of cold porridge.
Perhaps if it was very runny - a sort of oat based drink - it would be easier.
But I must admit I've never tried it.
Perhaps if it was very runny - a sort of oat based drink - it would be easier.
But I must admit I've never tried it.
matticus
Guru
Back in the day on the 24h Time Trials, the organisers would pass up water to riders, and cones of rice pudding.
(I detest the stuff, but based on visits to Audax controls I am in a minority.)
I don't know for sure why/when they stopped doing this, but the rise of "sports nutrition science" and the increasing percentage of riders wtih their own support crews +vans probably helped.
(I detest the stuff, but based on visits to Audax controls I am in a minority.)
I don't know for sure why/when they stopped doing this, but the rise of "sports nutrition science" and the increasing percentage of riders wtih their own support crews +vans probably helped.
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- The TerrorVortex
Pffft. I managed a century ride (home to Hunstanton and then back to Kings Lynn) fueled by icecream, ham egg and chips, a doughnut, some flapjack, and fish + chips on the beach.
Chips are overlooked as exercise food IMHO.
Chips are overlooked as exercise food IMHO.
matticus
Guru
Punkawallah
Über Member
Linford Christie swore by them - but then, he was training six days a week :-)
