Nutrition on the road - What, How and Why?

Well the cola stuff mixed with water is shit too. Glad to know other gels are maybe better as that first experience sucked. I got another flavour too was the peanut one or butterscotch so might try again but not sure I'm going to go for another gel soon.

Dextrose tablets I have somewhere, got given a free pack at a show will dig them out. I was thinking of grabbing some lucozade tablets they are the same stuff with a flavouring I think.

Will swing by a camping shop and grab a Kendal mint cake if they still make it. Tried and tested stuff for me.

That sounds perfect, all sugar, you know it works for you and you can stomach it.

TBH I wouldn't bother carrying dextrose tablets as well if I had mint cake, they'd be a bit redundant.

Wat? None of these things are appropriate. I think you're reading advice for racing and applying it to a completely different ride.

Gels exist as a fast to eat form of carbs. For racing. Their only relevance to the DD is you can stash one for emergency boost or the last push home.

Kendal mint cake is just refined sugar and mint flavour. Are you going to ride for 8 hours on that? Hells no. Eat some food.