What do you eat on the bike?

Kendal mint cake is the best! I've found some bulk boxes of it for not much money, will probably invest.

kendal mint cake is pure sugar.... great for a quick release hit, but you need to follow up with something else with a slower release.
Lucozade will do the same plus is has salts in it.

My ace is Jaffa cakes.

kendal mint cake is pure sugar.... great for a quick release hit, but you need to follow up with something else with a slower release.
Lucozade will do the same plus is has salts in it.

My ace is Jaffa cakes.

I drink a sugar free sports drink to ensure I get all the salts etc on the bike, although I think towards the summer I will change to one with carbs. I'll give jaffa cakes a go, they are tasty!

Do people find they drink more when they don't use gels? I was under the assumption they aid hydration too, could be talking utter shite though.

Jaffa Cakes
Flapjack
Water
Pork Pies if I want something savoury after a long ride

An apple is handy to munch on while overtaking mamils for extra smug-points.

1/3 fruit juice 2/3 water for a drink. I always eat a banana or flapjack on my normal 25 mile route (1500ft climbing and a couple of 10% hills is enough for a fairly unfit cyclist like me - does that sound about right or does it sound really easy?), glass of milk when I get home.

When I lived in York, the valley to the north was so flat that I'd ride 70 miles on water and chips from the pub. If I had a geared bike it would've been a better workout, but 66" forces you to relax.

Hello past me. I'm still fairly unfit, I'm still riding the 25 mile route plus an additional 15 miles tacked on the end, still on a banana, but now drinking very diluted squash plus a big pinch of sugar and little pinch of sea-salt. Cheaper, innit.

Cant believe i forgot these... tube of fruit pastilles (rowntrees )

These are the power beast of sweeties... I use these for pre swim hits.

(get ready for the fruity burps though)

^^ I find smoking a pipe hammers it home.*

*although I suspect I am actually one of these 'mamils' of which you speak.

Make flapjack - dead easy to do, can be varied with different add-ons, and provides both the immediate sugar hit as well as the low GI oats to follow. Cheap, too.

If you like it chewy, bung in a mashed up banana. If crunchy then just bake for 20 mins longer.

Good tip on how to wrap things in tin foil (sounds obvious, but this does make unwrapping quickly, in gloves, with one hand very easy):
http://velonews.competitor.com/2011/12/news/video-learn-to-make-allen-lims-famous-rice-cakes_200812 (not tried the rice cakes personally)

All oats is pretty heavy for digesting and riding isnt it ???

what about a mixture of rice crispies and oats plus some fruit in there, mix it up with treacle or honey ?? add some nuts.... ??

#Imofftobakenow!

certainly no more chips.
safety first!

seriously, im gonna start a couple of fuel flapjack recipes....will follow up with pics and reviews...
gonna do a seedy one too, pumpkin seeds, sesame....

I like clif bars.
Jelly babies if close to a bonk

Definitely going to try and make flapjacks and those allen lim rice cakes. I have made onigiri (rice triangles) with chicken in before, and I know how great they are and so easy to eat on the go.

Plantain chips are my secret weapon. And cheese and chutney sandwiches.

Also I love Jayjeebus' supercool Chingford Salad, but instead of bag of nuts thrown into bag of crisps, it's wine gums thrown in a bag of nuts.

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

Oooh did I mention the grappa/whiskey/slivovica/armagnac? No ride is complete without a nip.

Lolabelle invented the best riding sandwich ever - peanut butter, jam and Fluff.

Amazing. Quick sugar hit from jam and fluff, slower stuff from peanut butter and with added banana goodness.

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

Is this not a 'Fluffernutter Sandwich'?

Nah - that's just peanut butter and fluff.

Actual bellybutton fluff? Dust bunnies from the bathroom?

Marshmallow Fluff! Spreadable marshmallow deliciousness: http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/sainsburys-price-comparison/jam_and_spreads/fluff_marshmallow_spread_213g.html

Ewww

Nah - that's just peanut butter and fluff.

I stand correct. A flufferjamutter, then? Or with added banana it becomes a flufferjamananutter.

Flapjack was a lifesaver at Dunwich last year. Made a huge pan of:
Oats
Honey
Mixed seeds
Candied Fruit
and the magic ingredient - condensed milk.