newts
Veteran
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I like the humble banana & a small handful of jelly babies. Maybe some flapjack too on a longer ride. I do enjoy a coffee stop 1/2 way round.
What's a good thing to eat whilst riding for energy
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Punkawallah
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Eat everything? All the time? Bit of a pig. ‘Parrently I use 600 calories an hour pushing my steel steed (must learn how to use the pedals).
Generally, though, bananas & jelly babies do the job.
Generally, though, bananas & jelly babies do the job.
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- London
you sure of this?
I thought it was a fair bit less - hence a fair few bulging cyclists.
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
600 kcal/hr seems not an unreasonable stab in the dark, at least from what I've read - which may be utter cobblers for all I know. But there are so many variables (effort level, terrain, weight , blah blah) it doesn't mean all that much.
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Mralexrides
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I thought it was more than that. I guess it depends on how hard you ride. Also how heavier you are.
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it means a fair bit if you are trying to control your weight and not flatter yourself. As many do - going for a ride and then having a congratulatory bottle and snack feast.
600 cals an hour would mean that a man would burn their entire daily recommended cal intake in four hours - I think the bicycle and human body are more efficient than that.
Mo1959
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- Perthshire,Scotland
Yep. I think so too. I'm not doing quite so much these days, but back when I was regularly doing long rides most days, I can't say it made much if any difference to my weight. Maybe I just ate too much to compensate!
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the food industry plays on this of course - saying good things about exercise as a means to weight reduction, giving you the green light to eat their stuff, much of which is junk, and diverting any attempts to regulate them.Yep. I think so too. I'm not doing quite so much these days, but back when I was regularly doing long rides most days, I can't say it made much if any difference to my weight. Maybe I just ate too much to compensate!
Brandane
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- Costa Clyde
Was it a double espresso though? 23mph average around those Perthshire hills, no problem!
Mo1959
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- Perthshire,Scotland
Ha, ha..........not even 30 years ago!
I think at my best I almost managed 17mph but even those days are long gone! 
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- London
this is why i often carry coffee making gear on rides - quite often have two double espressos before going on my way.
Had two in tatton park a week ago.
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
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- Inside my skull
So very much can put you into the 600-800 cald an hour depending on your average speed.
Not keen on the idea of gels and I find flapjack can be a big claggy to eat on the move. Along with the fairly standard banana, I'm a big fan of these guava energy blocks. 100% natural, really easy to eat on the move and wrapped in a leaf so no litter worries. I've only had the classic guava version (taste like fruit pastilles but less artificial), so I can't vouch for the other flavours. Wiggle, Condor, sigma and probably a few other places sell them. I always have breakfast before setting off and I find one block plus a banana is usually enough to get me round a 40-50 mile route (along with half a nuun tablet in the bidon).
biggs682
Touch it up and ride it
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- Northamptonshire
Eileen Sheridan ate rice pudding and so did many other cyclists of that era as per my previous comment
