Nutrition on the road - What, How and Why?

IMHO, none of that sounds particularly sustaining or able to provide slow-release energy. And it does sound like too much. Lots of artificial sugar shots and dense protein foods make me feel sick on rides. Expensive too.

I like the suggestions above - particularly MuleManning's - fruit and cereal ftw!

My advice would be (based on my experience and what others have told me doing DD over the years) feed up well the day before, avoid alcohol, keep fluids up throughout the ride, keep the food simple/natural/easy to chew, don't overeat but have a nibble often, look forward to the pub/cafe at the end!

I'm addicted to Nakd and Fruitus bars too. So. Damn. Good.

Tried some gel things while out riding today and they are the most ming things I have tasted in a long time, tasted like the weird replacement for proper sugar that's in diet coke in a condensed form so it just has an overloading amount of that weird taste, going to try another tomorrow dumping it into a bottle of water to see if that makes it work for me a bit more but going to have a read of the pack and see if I could have just made a rather expensive flat diet coke lol

http://www.decathlon.co.uk/energy-gel-cola-6x25g-id_8287274.html

Also got these which is what I normally munch on, doubt I will take all 3 packs probably just a couple of each. I could probably make them myself but convenient and stuff.

http://www.decathlon.co.uk/chocolate-rice-souffle-bar-4-pack-id_8289832.html
http://www.decathlon.co.uk/chocolate-praline-bar-5-pack-id_8289830.html
http://www.decathlon.co.uk/coconut-chocolate-bar-5-pack-id_8289827.html

Going to be reading lots of labels in the shops this week I think, will likely make no difference but I will justify all the food I was probably going to buy anyways with pointless numbers like gda this and kcal that.