What do you eat on the bike?

Yeah and +1 to chugit's recommendation of pork pies. Fuckin perfect ride food.

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I used to work with James Cracknell, and on his extreme trips into the Artic/Antarctic he would always take these as the most calorific food that would pack/keep/taste semi-decent

Only the purest, most natural and organic substances that this beautiful Earth provide us with...

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all rubbish^^part from apple and blackcurrent mixed
caffeine gels,
caffeine nuun,
tea and coffee while resting,
no solids.

And salt & squash in your bottle. Screw 'isotonics', we were doing that shit years ago to help prevent dehydration.

• 1 - although I do half OJ half water, pinch of salt - done
  

all rubbish^^part from apple and blackcurrent mixed
caffeine gels,
caffeine nuun,
tea and coffee while resting,
no solids.

Your tastebuds are clearly different to mine. Blackcurrent is the worst of the lot, followed by Apple.

are you dissing a famous English traditional pudding recipe?

Bananas and occasionally the odd snickers

Well, bananas are rather suggestive so there's a few chuckles guaranteed.

Bannas and water.
Pound a pot and a pot lats 2 rides.

No one needs any gels or bars or expensive well marketed crap.

Really? You try carrying 12 hours worth of bananas on a training ride then..

Long Rides - Clif bar - crunchy peanut butter.
Shorter rides - Fig Rolls.

You're a special case.
But in reality I excluded racing and your special training rides. Which would be gels and cho drinks or electorlytes.

Bet you could though. Say 12 bannans plus 2 sandwiches. I could fit that.

I went out yesterday with a couple of cheap sainsbury's own cereal bars, peanut butter sandwich made with white bread and half a bag of jelly babies. Turns out cheap stuff is better, went for just under 60k with most of it consisting of riding against a brutal headwind and arrived home with food left over. Home made flapjacks on trial next...

You're a special case.
But in reality I excluded racing and your special training rides. Which would be gels and cho drinks or electorlytes.
Bet you could though. Say 12 bannans plus 2 sandwiches. I could fit that.

Pics or it didn't happen.

Also, your username is skinny and I get called fat.. there could be quite a difference in our calorie requirements for a given ride.

12 bananas = 6 Powerbars or <12 gels.

I'm using roughly 1 bar and 1 gel per hour when training my gut to handle high amounts of CHO.

I once rode back from west wickham to mine streatham with a carrier bag of gels and stuff. Stuffed it up the back of my jersey. Was fun.

You need a basket on the front really, or to have a stash behind someones fence that you can just top up from - i presume you do laps to some degree.

I made these energy bars and recommend, though I used sultanas instead of cranberries. Loads of good things: dates, walnuts, almonds, honey, coconut, etc. You can use something like this as a base and sub for most things in here I suspect.
http://thehungrycyclist.com/cycling-energy-bars/

I made these energy bars and recommend, though I used sultanas instead of cranberries. Loads of good things: dates, walnuts, almonds, honey, coconut, etc. You can use something like this as a base and sub for most things in here I suspect.
http://thehungrycyclist.com/cycling-energy-bars/

Cheers for that, they sound good!

They do sound good.
Too good. I'm sure I'd eat them all before I've even got near the bike.

They are very good. I made a pan, cut and wrapped them separately, kept them in the refrigerator. Will definitely make again.

On long rides I eat miles.

it amazing how much our minds think alike clive
i was coming here to say that very thing

Staple of my rides, although I go for the dark chocolate and cranberry one

Lemon sherberts... not the cheap ones that cut your mouth to pieces though.

I once rode back from west wickham to mine streatham with a carrier bag of gels and stuff. Stuffed it up the back of my jersey. Was fun.

You need a basket on the front really, or to have a stash behind someones fence that you can just top up from - i presume you do laps to some degree.

The first hour of my ride is through Shithole and other suburbia. It's no good for quality miles. I try not to do laps if I can help it as it gets very boring and I'm not leaving stuff out in the Chilterns. Anyway I've raced quite successfully on energy products - why would I change?

No reason to change. If it ain't broke...
Your training is an exception to what I said really. There always are exceptions.

I just personally prefer solid food to energy products where possible.

I did eat solid food.. 10 or so energy bars and some cake :)