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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 9:53 am #873763
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    davel

    If it’s one of my own rides,

    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.

    June 21, 2016 at 9:51 am #873761
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    PaulBox

    Gels mess my stomach up, I

    Gels mess my stomach up, I tend to stuff a big packet of Jelly Babies in my pocket for longer rides.

    But I’m rubbish at eating while cycling, energy bars tend to take me about ten minutes per bite to get down.

    June 21, 2016 at 8:49 am #873759
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    sergius

    For me I avoid the gels, they

    For me I avoid the gels, they seem to do nothing for hunger pangs for me.

    I tend to stick to:

    – flapjacks

    – various “tracker” style bars (whatever is on offer)

    – “belvita” style biscuits

     

    I can comfortably carry enough of these for 5-6 hours on the bike without my jersey feeling overloaded. (in two pockets, one has my phone)

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