what else can i eat while doing my longer rides, other than energy bars?

[bubbles3]

Can anyone give me ideas what to eat and drink when doing my longer bike rides? At the moment i am eating powerbars and using lucozade sport in one drinks bottle and water in the other drinks bottle.
I was wondering if anyone had any cheaper alternatives that mean i don't run out of energy miles from home.

 

[Hawk]

Bananas, cereal bars (alpen bars etc)

 

[endoman]

Malt loaf, flapjack,

 

[edindave]

'Baker Boys' fruit flapjacks (2 packs of 5 for £2 in Asda). Bananas. Soreen Loaf sliced up and buttered and put back in its wrapper.

I'd ditch the lucozade sport and swap it for some hydration tablets + water eg. Nuun, High 5 etc. Get from Wiggle or Chain Reaction - works out at 30-40p a bottle max.

 

[Deleted member 20519]

Malt loaf, flapjack,

+1 for the flapjacks

 

[Berties]

I use plain high 5 and add a flavour in my bottle,and make the flap jack ,you can add what you like ,I use goji berries dried cranberries and pumpkin seeds,malt loaf is a good source of energy if you like it ! And jelly babies are a good snack

 

[buddha]

fig rolls. And I've just made a batch of honey flapjacks - from >>>this<<< site
Though more recently I've been sampling various insects and the occasional taster of horse poop - which is all free or course!

 

[MisterStan]

I use plain high 5 and add a flavour in my bottle,and make the flap jack ,you can add what you like ,I use goji berries dried cranberries and pumpkin seeds,malt loaf is a good source of energy if you like it ! And jelly babies are a good snack

+1 for making your own flapjack/cereal bars, I add dried cranberries, apricot, raisins and sultanas and add a range of different seeds. Hugh Fernley-Wotsit gives a good base recipe and you can change it to taste; http://www.channel4.com/4food/recip...ingstall/honey-and-peanut-butter-booster-bars

 

[Peteaud]

Bannana and the flapjack bars from the health shop.

 

[MontyVeda]

take a packed lunch... a couple of butties, bag of crisps and maybe a penguin (the bar, don't raid the zoo)... a flask of tea goes down well too

 

[defy-one]

2 beers of Guinness and a packet of crisps

 

[Deleted member 20519]

2 beers of Guinness and a packet of crisps

Since when was beer a valid measurement?

 

[Dave Davenport]

I favour couple of bananas,a pasty and a snickers bar on long rides.

 

[TVC]

Cheaper than lucozade sport, fill your bottles with 1/3 orange juice (tropicana type stuff) 2/3 water and a small pinch of sea salt.

 

[Sam Cycling]

Tesco muesli/cereals bar