What’s the best food to keep you fuelled up while you’re riding? Tell us in this week’s People’s Choice poll.
Energy bars or chocolate bars? Fruit or sandwiches? You’ve got to eat on longer rides, but everyone has different tastes and preferences. Some like easily-carried sport nutrition products, others prefer to stop at a cafe.
What’s your favourite? Here’s your chance to tell us.
Here’s how it works:
- Post a comment to nominate your favourite food. Check it hasn’t already been nominated. Add a link to a place you can buy it if you like.
- Like a comment to vote for that food.
- One comment per product. Any multiple comments will be deleted and their likes will not count towards a product’s score. The first nomination will be the one that is counted.
- One product per comment. Otherwise the voting doesn’t make any sense.
- Maximum 30 nominations per award. Once we hit 30 nominations we will close the nomination process.
- All votes will be counted up until the closing date. Votes after this may appear but will not be counted.
- We reserve the right to remove any comment at our sole discretion.
- Closing date is 10am, Wednesday, August 10.
Over to you!

37 thoughts on “What’s the best cycling food? Help decide the road.cc People’s Choice”
Coca-Cola and Flapjacks!
Coca-Cola and Flapjacks!
Tub of maltodextrin.
Tub of maltodextrin.
Cheap as chips and just mixes into your bidon saving bulk.
I like to make my own rice
I like to make my own rice cakes. I use a tweaked version of the recipe here:
http://thesuchef.com/2014/07/29/team-sky-rice-cakes/
Caramel Stroopwaffles!
Caramel Stroopwaffles!
Compact, Tasty, Packed with Energy-boosting calories, Taste Delicious and Non-artificial.
They also get more gooey when out for a long ride but dont get sticky because the waffly bits stop the caramel leaking out….well mostly.
unclebadger wrote:
This. M&S have started making miniature ones in a bag. I open it and stuff into a jersey pocket, then grab one every ten minutes or so.
Jam sandwiches… plain and
Jam sandwiches… plain and simple!
CAKE!
CAKE!
Jelly Babies and Malt Loaf
Jelly Babies and Malt Loaf
Coffee and cake comes in at a stop.
Tub of maltodextrin for
Tub of maltodextrin for energy drink
Mini Brioche rolls with jam /
Mini Brioche rolls with jam / peanut butter and jam
Cheese, ham and pesto pittas!
Cheese, ham and pesto pittas!
Do we actually need this vote
Do we actually need this vote? CAKE is clearly going to be the winner. Everyone knows that.
Malt loaf, as the post above
Malt loaf, as the post above has 2 products… read rules… 🙂
Bananas.
Bananas.
Fig Rolls
Fig Rolls
Jelly babies (for same reason
Jelly babies (for same reason as Malt Loaf got another nomination…
)
Dripping sandwich.
Dripping sandwich.
Those energy jelly shots.
Those energy jelly shots.
Dripping with what exactly?
Finely sliced medium-rare
Finely sliced medium-rare Chateaubriand in a sourdough roll with peppercorn sauce.
Not the easiest to eat on the move, but a gentleman should dine on nothing less.
VonPinkhoffen wrote:
May I ask for your recommendation of what to put in my bidon to accompany it?
AST1986 wrote:
A nicely aged Italian Barolo would accompany Chateaubriand rather nicely and a bottle would decant perfectly into a 750ml bidon.
…….. liver with some fava
…….. liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti –
Ops! – Wrong forum
Pot noodle?
Pot noodle?
Bread pudding.
Bread pudding.
I get sick of sweet stuff
I get sick of sweet stuff pretty quickly, and I find a bit of protein helps me along better than just carbs – my new favourite is cheese and peanut butter sandwiches. Two of those and a couple of Clif Shot Bloks when I was starting to blow at the end got me through the whole of the RideLondon…
Raw energy bars – no cooking
Raw energy bars – no cooking needed
I have made a couple of times and it tastes good too.
For the ultimate in simplicity, make a raw energy bar using this formula: 1/3 dates (Medjool dates work best), 1/3 dried fruit, 1/3 nuts/seeds. Mix thoroughly in a food processor, press firmly into a baking tray, refrigerate and cut into slices.
Read more at http://www.mbr.co.uk/news/how-to-make-a-homemade-energy-bar-329390#thT6SOrQvzH7TuWO.99
Honey roast cashews.
Honey roast cashews.
Sugar, salt, protein, loads of energy, plus magnesium, zinc, selenium etc. Magic.
Soreen malt loaf. They come
Soreen malt loaf. They come in a handy, single person serving size of one loaf
Chia Charge flapjacks.
Chia Charge flapjacks. Delicious and energy boosting
Dates. Yum.
Dates. Yum.
Sesame snaps
Sesame snaps
I like to start a longer ride
I like to start a longer ride with some proper savoury food and then move to the gels and other crap when things start hitting the fan.
A few mini pork pies go down lovely followed on by a jam sarnie and a banana.
At a feed stop on a sportive I did a while back I had someone trying to buy my second pork pie off me so it’s not just me.
DrG82 wrote:
It has to be two pork pies and then a strawberry yoghurt.
White bread vegemite/marmite
White bread vegemite/marmite sandwich
Bananas.
Bananas.
Egg sandwich. Two egg
Egg sandwich. Two egg omelette with chorizo and spinach for preference.
but going for the ethnic vote
but going for the ethnic vote –
Bara brith sarnie with a Welsh clotted cream filling
http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/clotted-cream-for-wales/