what exactly...

[gavroche]

..do you need to eat on a long rode of 45 miles +
I read so many things about carbohydrates and others, I would just like to know what type of food you take with you, like chocolate bars, bananas etc ... and how many. No fancy names please, just name the food.

 

[Hacienda71]

Fuel well before the ride. Porridge or porridge oats with milk and honey. On the ride a bannana and a drink. For a 45 mile ride I wouldn't even take a bannana unless it was hilly, just a drink.

 

[PpPete]

45 miles? A banana and a cereal bar (Jordans Frusli are my favourite) is quite adequate.
Or take some cash and stop and buy whatever takes your fancy at whatever cafe or shop you happen across. A full English is fine if that's what your body is telling you it wants. I've eaten cottage pie and chips and peas then rhubarb and custard at 10.30 am on a ride. It just felt right at the time.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Flapjacks are the first things that spring to mind. Preferably with a lot of dried fruit in them and I came across a recipe that used bananas in with the oats, which worked pretty well.

 

[ColinJ]

20 hilly miles - a 750 mL bottle containing 500 mL of water + 250 mL of OJ.

20 - 40 hilly miles - as above plus half another bottle.

40 - 60 hilly miles - 2-2.5 bottles as above plus 3 scoops of maltodextrin powder per bottle (60g?). Plus a cafe stop if I am with people who want one (beans on toast and/or a piece of cake with a coffee).

75 hilly miles - 3 x 750 mL bottles water/OJ/maltodextrin + a sandwich and/or/cake/chocolate + a cafe stop.

100 hilly miles - 4 x 750 mL bottles, + a sandwich and/or/cake/chocolate + a cafe stop.

125 hilly miles - 5 x 750 mL bottles, a cafe stop, cake, chocolate, fig rolls, sandwiches, Coke, any extra calories that I can force down!

 

[oldgreyandslow]

20 hilly miles - a 750 mL bottle containing 500 mL of water + 250 mL of OJ.

20 - 40 hilly miles - as above plus half another bottle.

40 - 60 hilly miles - 2-2.5 bottles as above plus 3 scoops of maltodextrin powder per bottle (60g?). Plus a cafe stop if I am with people who want one (beans on toast and/or a piece of cake with a coffee).

75 hilly miles - 3 x 750 mL bottles water/OJ/maltodextrin + a sandwich and/or/cake/chocolate + a cafe stop.

100 hilly miles - 4 x 750 mL bottles, + a sandwich and/or/cake/chocolate + a cafe stop.

125 hilly miles - 5 x 750 mL bottles, a cafe stop, cake, chocolate, fig rolls, sandwiches, Coke, any extra calories that I can force down!

Sound advice you can always avoid the hilly bit in Colins post and have an easier time of it

 

[gavroche]

20 hilly miles - a 750 mL bottle containing 500 mL of water + 250 mL of OJ.

20 - 40 hilly miles - as above plus half another bottle.

40 - 60 hilly miles - 2-2.5 bottles as above plus 3 scoops of maltodextrin powder per bottle (60g?). Plus a cafe stop if I am with people who want one (beans on toast and/or a piece of cake with a coffee).

75 hilly miles - 3 x 750 mL bottles water/OJ/maltodextrin + a sandwich and/or/cake/chocolate + a cafe stop.

100 hilly miles - 4 x 750 mL bottles, + a sandwich and/or/cake/chocolate + a cafe stop.

125 hilly miles - 5 x 750 mL bottles, a cafe stop, cake, chocolate, fig rolls, sandwiches, Coke, any extra calories that I can force down!

That's what I called a no nonsense reply. Thanks Colin. I also use one tablet of Zero Xtreme sport drink per 750 ml. Full of cafein.

 

[Ningishzidda]

Vindaloo....

 

[Ningishzidda]

No bull. The capsaicin is a metabolism accelerator.

 

[HovR]

On longer rides with a cafe stop, a sausage (or bacon) and egg butty always goes down well! Otherwise a banana and a couple of muesli bars or a sandwich on even longer rides.