Ride snacks - real food

[cfcjim]

I’ve read that too, although from personal experience I sincerely doubt that it would take a banana skin 2 years to decompose when exposed to the elements. Hell, whole bananas that my 2 year old hides in the car for daddy is black and shriveled in about a week

Those must be nice to find! It's the post blackening stage which takes a long time.

 

Ref: keepbritaintidy.org

 

Paper bag – 1 month

Apple core – 8 weeks

Orange peel and banana skins – 2 years

Cigarette end – 18 months to 500 years

Plastic bag – 10 to 20 years

A plastic bottle – 450 years

Chewing gum – 1 million years

 

Obviously this is in a NH cooler climate, but it still applies.

[zeepee]

I've stopped over thinking my eating habits on the bike. I used to eat a million gels, energy drinks at double the price of petrol and all kinds of crap to stay "fueled"

 

I've now started seriously upping my distance and chucked all the crap in the bin. On long training rides, I have a big bowl of cereal and black coffee before the ride and chuck a couple of cookies in my jersey pocket and 2 bottles of water. I've not felt the need for anything more than that.

 

I suppose it's fairly easy calculate the amount of fuel you need on a ride by averaging your caloric expenditure per km, but I've never been good at maths.

 

Based on a 100km ride, I burn an average of 2000 calories, 200 per 10km

Bowl of cereal = 540 calories

So I need 292 calories per 20km excluding "residual" calories

 

I (without being a food nutritionist) assume that I need only half of that in order to safely finish my ride. 2-3 Romany creams per 20km sounds like a good deal to me. Replace cookies with anything you fancy that hits that target

I started experimenting with nutrition when I was still racing enduro bikes, where you often have very long days in the saddle. I realised all these hi-tech foods is just a bunch of crap. In the end I dumped all the hi tech rubbish and just stuck to the basics and real food, and I felt no different. 

 

I now have a very basic formula, any rides under 1.5hrs I eat something small before hand and only drink water during the ride. Between 1.5 and 3hrs I'll have a bit bigger meal before hand and chow two bananas during the ride, still just on water. Anything over 3 hrs I'll drink an Endurashake before (lady that I know that makes these herself, great product) and eat something like salted nuts or fruitcake every hour, still just drink water. Thats been working for me for the last 10 years. 

[zeepee]

Those must be nice to find! It's the post blackening stage which takes a long time.

 

Ref: keepbritaintidy.org

 

Paper bag – 1 month

Apple core – 8 weeks

Orange peel and banana skins – 2 years

Cigarette end – 18 months to 500 years

Plastic bag – 10 to 20 years

A plastic bottle – 450 years

Chewing gum – 1 million years

 

Obviously this is in a NH cooler climate, but it still applies.

 

I wonder how big a ball you'll get if you put all the daily discarded chewing gum of the world together? 

[Chris_]

I don't want to kill the vibe here, but on litter - the great pacific garbage patch is no joke..

[PhilipV]

A banana skin takes about two years to decompose. It's litter, take it home.

I reckon I'm gonna do a test in my garden.

 

This link says 2-10 days.

http://www.indiannet.eu/mab/fotky/news/Decomposition.htm

[TheJ]

Are you calling me a monkey ??

 

No, a mandjie.

[Craai]

Those must be nice to find! It's the post blackening stage which takes a long time.

 

Ref: keepbritaintidy.org

 

Paper bag – 1 month

Apple core – 8 weeks

Orange peel and banana skins – 2 years

Cigarette end – 18 months to 500 years

Plastic bag – 10 to 20 years

A plastic bottle – 450 years

Chewing gum – 1 million years

 

Obviously this is in a NH cooler climate, but it still applies.

Yeah, good for testing gag reflexes. Starting smelling it after a couple of days but my daughter is quite talented in hiding stuff. Eventually found it underneath her little car seat, with the consistency of a brown nappy

[Prince]

Have to agree with Partydave and Zeepee. Proper breakfast, one bottle of water and one with energy drink and good to go for hours. I personally think the "keep fueled" is a Tour De France commentators phrase. However, experiment , the brain can play games.

[Coolspin]

So on the real food theme, here is a pic of my most awesome ride snack that I built this morning,

 

Tuna mayo on wholewheat sead bread, garnished with some fresh rocket plucked from my herb garden, seasoned with some salt and crushed black pepper.

 

Yes, it was very tasty, consumed midway through my ride while sitting on the bridge at emmarentia dam watching the paddlers on the dam.

 

Happy Heritage day everyone.

[partydave]

Watched a Seth's Bike video on Friday evening about his favourite real food bike snack and gave it a try for my Sunday long ride. Man of man.

 

Flour tortilla, very lightly toasted. 1/4 strawberry jam, other quarter crunchy peanut butter. Fold over and tuck sides. I made 3 and had all of them before the halfway mark

 

Edit: add a banana if you want some potassium as well

 

 

[Vetseun]

This is a general snack. Suppose you can modify for an on the bike snack.

Has to be Granny Smith apple. With a shot of peanut butter.

Try it.

 

[Kranswurm]

This is a general snack. Suppose you can modify for an on the bike snack.

Has to be Granny Smith apple. With a shot of peanut butter.

Try it.

 

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Urgh...apple....

[BSG]

This is a general snack. Suppose you can modify for an on the bike snack.

Has to be Granny Smith apple. With a shot of peanut butter.

Try it.

 

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Lyk baie lekker, gaan sommer die naweek (payday is Vrydag) die resep probeer.

[Vetseun]

My favourite pre ride snack. You dont need any snacks on the bike because you eat it again about 3 times during your ride.

[Wayne pudding Mol]

My favourite pre ride snack. You dont need any snacks on the bike because you eat it again about 3 times during your ride.1540316590674.jpeg

You obviously plan your rides around toilets - but a good bunny well worth it

[MORNE]

My favourite pre ride snack. You dont need any snacks on the bike because you eat it again about 3 times during your ride.1540316590674.jpeg

 

 to that bunny. naughty pleasure right there. only thing in half-loaf format that comes close is a 'bloutrein'