Snacks

[Beats777]

What all do you take out for cycling as a snack. Protein bars, fruit etc?

 

[Psamathe]

No food. But I seem to have got into the habit of taking a flask of hot coffee (made from those "cappuccino" sachets that contain milk powder and some sugar). Never actually drink it until I get home (too hot plus I tend not to stop for a break). That said, these days my rides are shorter than they used to be (when I still didn't take any snacks out).

I do the same when heading out for a walk.

Ian

 

[Arrowfoot]

https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/what-snacks-do-you-take-with-you-when-you-go-cycling.265159/

 

[Brandane]

Chocolate. Lots of it. If possible a pub stop somewhere for the ultimate energy drink - Guinness. With salted peanuts for protein.

 

[figbat]

Usually, nothing. For longer rides it’s Nutri-Grain bars and/or flapjack bars. I always carry one of those Wiggle packs of Haribo for emergency bonk/hypoglycaemia recovery (I’m not diabetic but I might come across someone who is).

 

[Panscrank]

Welsh Cakes

 

[Dogtrousers]

What all do you take out for cycling as a snack. Protein bars, fruit etc?

Pork pies, Peanut Butter & Marmite Sandwiches, Chocolate (in winter only), Bananas, Malt loaf with Blue cheese, Eccles cakes. Flapjacks. Bars - all kinds of bars, cereal, peanut chocolate fruit etc. "Sports" Energy bars if I happen to have a stock of free ones, or picked up a handful at Decathlon. Packets of salted peanuts. Sausage rolls. Not crisps as they are too low density and bulky and get squished.

Not necessarily all at once though!

 

[Reynard]

For bog standard local pootles, there's always sweets in the bar bag - haribo and mentos mints.

Longer rides, then I'll lob an individually wrapped pain au chocolat, a packet of crisps and a banana into the pannier. Might not eat any of it, but it's there.

Away days on the bike, standard packup of a cheese and chutney sandwich, crisps, banana, tangerine and a pain au chocolat, plus a few extras like salted nuts, marmite rice cakes, dried fruit.

Don't bother with any of the "specialist" type stuff, and if I don't eat anything, back into the cupboard it goes. Also, I avoid taking chocolate bars as that can get a bit messy on warmer days.

 

[Brandane]

I avoid taking chocolate bars as that can get a bit messy on warmer days.

I knew there was some advantage to living on the Costa Clyde. No danger of melting chocolate here!