Nutrition on the road - What, How and Why?

I'm not saying you have to eat gels I'm just making the point that just because something tastes nice or the recipe book has a pro write a foreward doesn't make it 'the best thing' for endurance foods.

You once sat using a turbo trainer for 8 hours just for a laugh and you eat about 40 foil-wrapped packets of caffeinated sludge every time you go out on your bike. No normal human should be listening to your views on "long distance" cycling OR nutrition as you're not normal in either respect, you big freak.