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Century Rides – What are you eating?

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  • June 21, 2016 at 8:17 am #25918
    Ewbles

    I’m just curious to know what food people are carrying for century rides. For shorter rides I’ve always gone out with a bagel, a bottle of energy drink and a gel for emergencies, but as my milage has crept up I’m starting to mess around with my supplies a little more. My ideal would be to carry nothing but gels and energy bars for the convenience of the sugar hit and the fact that they take up so little space, (I’m not a weight weenie, I just like to have as little crap with me as I can, I hate the feel of a lumpy jersey) but I’m not sure my guts could handle five or six hours on just gels, so I’m balancing them out with flapjacks and malt loaf slices.

    What do other people carry when they’re going to hit triple digits?

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  • June 21, 2016 at 6:58 pm #873793
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    Vejnemojnen
    Leviathan wrote:
    KiwiMike wrote:
    ‘nothing’ – becasue I’ve Keto-adapted to burn through the ~40,000 calories of fat onboard instead of the measly ~2000 calories of glycogen smiley

    Did 110k on Saturday and came home not feeling hungry. Previously I would have need a lot of Cake mid-ride and would have stripped the kitchen bare of white bread, peanut butter and sweet yoghurts.

    Off to do http://www.themightycorinthian.com on Saturday – 301km in the Lakes. Not a gel, bar or carbo drink in sight.

    http://forums.roadbikereview.com/endurance-riding/century-ketogenic-diet-%3D-recipe-disaster-311663.html#post5019918

    Perhaps you are the mythical Paleo rider who puts out more Greenhouse gases than a Prius.

     

    since when keto became paleo?

    I believe you are in a bit of confusion 🙂

    June 21, 2016 at 6:53 pm #873791
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    Morat

    Keto diet is the way to go

    Keto diet is the way to go for endurance, but you probably won’t believe it unless you try it.

    June 21, 2016 at 4:18 pm #873789
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    wycombewheeler

    unconstituted wrote:

    unconstituted wrote:

    keirik wrote:
    I take my debit card and stop for some proper food. It’s not a race. (unless it is of course)

     

    Hope you drill that debit card to save weight smiley

    I’ve sewn the chip from mine into a mitt. Contact less payment, no fuss, no excess weight.

    Not really. Contact less payment t is also possible with phones now. Never go without a phone.

    June 21, 2016 at 3:48 pm #873787
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    tritecommentbot
    keirik wrote:
    I take my debit card and stop for some proper food. It’s not a race. (unless it is of course)

     

    Hope you drill that debit card to save weight smiley

    June 21, 2016 at 3:26 pm #873785
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    Leviathan
    KiwiMike wrote:
    ‘nothing’ – becasue I’ve Keto-adapted to burn through the ~40,000 calories of fat onboard instead of the measly ~2000 calories of glycogen smiley

    Did 110k on Saturday and came home not feeling hungry. Previously I would have need a lot of Cake mid-ride and would have stripped the kitchen bare of white bread, peanut butter and sweet yoghurts.

    Off to do http://www.themightycorinthian.com on Saturday – 301km in the Lakes. Not a gel, bar or carbo drink in sight.

    http://forums.roadbikereview.com/endurance-riding/century-ketogenic-diet-%3D-recipe-disaster-311663.html#post5019918

    Perhaps you are the mythical Paleo rider who puts out more Greenhouse gases than a Prius.

    June 21, 2016 at 2:55 pm #873783
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    keirik

    I take my debit card and stop

    I take my debit card and stop for some proper food. It’s not a race. (unless it is of course)

    June 21, 2016 at 2:55 pm #873781
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    keirik

    I take my debit card and stop

    I take my debit card and stop for some proper food. It’s not a race. (unless it is of course)

    June 21, 2016 at 12:31 pm #873779
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    antigee

    malt loaf, bananas, choc

    malt loaf, bananas, choc raisins, apple rings for me – an emergency energy bar if things aren’t going to plan – no fan of gels 

    find the day goes better if have a sort of proper hot meal stop preferably somewhere nice  – will save the pint until nearly home though and then some moresmiley

    June 21, 2016 at 12:13 pm #873777
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    Daveyraveygravey
    davel wrote:
    If it’s one of my own rides, I normally factor in stopping for a sarnie midway through.

    If it’s an event I’ll get a decent feed at a feed station – whatever they’re offering.

    I get some porridge in before heading out, and normally carry a couple of bars and bags of sweets for a sugar hit, and some powders for when I refill bottles. I tend to find if you make some of it ‘recovery’ stuff (protein) it staves off hunger better, and I get home with food to spare.

     

    I’m with Dave on this one, if it’s an event I will try and get something at the feed stops, although variety isn’t always great and you can’t always get stuff to carry with you.  Savoury is good too, mini pork pies have made my day a couple of times! On normal rides, I’m trying to get back to pub stops – a pint and some chips, or maybe a light meal, life’s too short to always be worrying about pace, and what time you said you’d get back home.

    Will try the recovery/protein idea, hadn’t come across that before.

    June 21, 2016 at 12:09 pm #873775
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    peted76

    I’ve found that too much

    I’ve found that too much caffine messes with my stomach and can bring on a bonk (and honk). 

    At the TOC the other week I took, two bidons with the zero non caffine tabs in, five non caffine hi-five gels (these for me seem to go down easier than other more jelly gels), a banana, and four Myprotein Energy Bar – Berry – 12 x 60g bars, which are oats, honey and berries, not too dry and seem to go down well. 

    I did feel a little bulky, but it fuelled me well enough for the 84 miles at pace. I did have to stop for more drink near the end, but if I’d have taken 800ml bidons that wouldn’t have been needed. For once I got my fuelling pretty much right!

     

    June 21, 2016 at 12:03 pm #873773
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    rjfrussell

    For long rides I feel much

    For long rides I feel much better with some “proper” food, not just cake/ bars/ gels.

    Couple of bananas for the first hour or so, couple of ham rolls, and then cake/ bars etc.

    My bike handling is rubbish, and I find getting stuff out of jersey pockets while riding at any speed difficult, so I tend to have a bag on the top tube with bite sized bits of cake in it, so I can nibble on the go.

    June 21, 2016 at 11:08 am #873771
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    700c
    KiwiMike wrote:
    ‘nothing’ – becasue I’ve Keto-adapted to burn through the ~40,000 calories of fat onboard instead of the measly ~2000 calories of glycogen smiley

    Not completely sure if serious, (is this even possible?) but interesting! How did you manage it?

    Perhaps the type of riding you do will dictate what or whether you need to eat, i.e. if you want to smash a century in 5 hours, relying on fat reserves might not be possible, (even if you have adapted your body to be able to do this).

    Anyway, assuming you’re not yet prepared to attempt a long ride without food, I’ve always found a few gels supplemented by some sweet and savoury food, so things like flapjacks, soreen bars, crisps, sausage rolls etc work well.

     

     

    June 21, 2016 at 10:26 am #873769
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    KiwiMike

    ‘nothing’ – becasue I’ve Keto

    ‘nothing’ – becasue I’ve Keto-adapted to burn through the ~40,000 calories of fat onboard instead of the measly ~2000 calories of glycogen smiley

    Did 110k on Saturday and came home not feeling hungry. Previously I would have need a lot of Cake mid-ride and would have stripped the kitchen bare of white bread, peanut butter and sweet yoghurts.

    Off to do http://www.themightycorinthian.com on Saturday – 301km in the Lakes. Not a gel, bar or carbo drink in sight.

    http://forums.roadbikereview.com/endurance-riding/century-ketogenic-diet-%3D-recipe-disaster-311663.html#post5019918

     

     

    June 21, 2016 at 10:14 am #873767
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    tritecommentbot

    Snickers

    Snickers

    High 5 gels + caffeine

    Toast with jam (Bagel tastier!)

    SIS Electrolyte in one bottle (has carbs)

    SIS Hydro + caffeine in another bottle (no carbs)

     

    Some combination of those. Going full solids is really bulky. I’d usually eat the solid stuff and Elctrolyte stuff first, then go for the gels and caffeine drink after for a faster kick. Also feels good to lose the bulk and weight, though gels can be a bulky too.

     

    I can’t just take one single thing. Feel like I can’t face it, so try to mix it up. Haven’t bonked on the bike, as I seem to always take more than I need, but I have bonked when running long distances when trying to go as minimal as possible. F’ing horrible. Your body just shuts down, and you’re stuck hours away from home, in the freezing cold and wet. Have to sit for a few then jog and repeat. 

     

    Lots of runners going to low carb now for distance worka and training their body to use fat instead. Not sure if that’s big in cycling yet. Still pretty new to this.

    June 21, 2016 at 10:06 am #873765
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    arckuk

    Soreen malt loaf sliced into

    Soreen malt loaf sliced into 6 or 8, and buttered. Reassemble and slide it back into the loaf wrapper, it fits into a jersey beautifully, and a slice can be accessed on the move and eaten every half an hour to an hour or so. Delicious, and squidy!

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