Besides the usual bananas, powerbars, and gels, try the new Cliff Blocks and Jelly Belly Sport Beans. They’re easy to eat when you’re stomach is upset or if you start to get dehydrated. They’re loaded with electrolytes so if you start to get dehydrated they can be a fast and easy way to get back some of what you’ve lost.saviourag said:I'm off to Sicily tomorrow for a 200km ride in one day, and I'd like to know what you'd suggest that I take with me, regarding food. My longest ride prior to this was 85km, so this is gonna be a big challenge for me.
I don't like using artificial stuff. I ate pasta some hours before, but I threw it up cause the weather was so bad, and a 3hr ferry trip took more than 4 hours, and I got a bit sea sick. This made me loose 2 valueable hours and so I only did 115km and took a train for the other half of the trip cause I didn't want to ride at night. I ate 2 bananas, and some pastries on my way, and it worked great.BtonRider said:Besides the usual bananas, powerbars, and gels, try the new Cliff Blocks and Jelly Belly Sport Beans. They’re easy to eat when you’re stomach is upset or if you start to get dehydrated. They’re loaded with electrolytes so if you start to get dehydrated they can be a fast and easy way to get back some of what you’ve lost.
saviourag said:I don't like using artificial stuff. I ate pasta some hours before, but I threw it up cause the weather was so bad, and a 3hr ferry trip took more than 4 hours, and I got a bit sea sick. This made me loose 2 valueable hours and so I only did 115km and took a train for the other half of the trip cause I didn't want to ride at night. I ate 2 bananas, and some pastries on my way, and it worked great.
BtonRider said:[font="]A great resource for understanding what to eat during a ride is at Hammer Nutrition (http://www.e-caps.com/downloads/fuelinghandbook.pdf ). If you don’t like artificial sports nutrition the Hammer Nutrition guidelines are still good for deciding what to eat.[/font]
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