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Yeah, some of the modern nutrition stuff like gels work really well. I did a 115 mile road bike ride on Sunday and kept eating gels and... I'm not going to say

by davidw 2y ago

Yeah, some of the modern nutrition stuff like gels work really well. I did a 115 mile road bike ride on Sunday and kept eating gels and... I'm not going to say I was super fresh or anything by the end of that, but I was still feeling pretty good.

prmoustache 2y ago
There is usually a point where you can't get those gel inside. It is nice to mix with other stuff.
- matsemann 2y ago
  After my longest ever bike ride, 300 km, I didn't touch a gel for years, heh. Got so sick of 3+ gels per hour for those ~8 hours.
  - 0_____0 2y ago
    I dropped gels pretty fast. Hard to get if you're not somewhere with sports stores, and expensive. These days I cram haribo and peanut butter M&Ms, although I think the latter are more useful for multiday things.
    - matsemann 2y ago
      Yeah, I bought a huge bulk pack online, and then it was okay. But when you need a couple a week it quickly adds up in cost. Same with bars, which I sometimes prefer over gels for longer rides to not just have gels in my stomach. I've tried to bake some bars myself, or make some rice cakes from Velochef ( https://www.rouleur.cc/blogs/desire-journal/velochef-henrik-orre-s-proteam-approved-cinnamon-rice-cakes https://www.rouleur.cc/blogs/desire-journal/velochef-henrik-... ) instead.
      - 0_____0 2y ago
        Thanks for the recipe! Reminds me... A friend of mine made a megagel that was some kind of chocolate concoction that he carried in a 300ml soft flask. It had sugar, salts, caffeine, actually tasted great, and I believe was pretty cheap to make. I have to get the recipe from him. Edit: I did the math on that risotto cake recipe and it comes out to about 2500kcal for the batch, for me that comes out to calories for ~5-6 hours of riding.
  - prmoustache 2y ago
    I don't understand how you manage to do 300km only with gels. That would have been atrocious. I did a similar ride a few years ago, I mixed gels, energy bars with bananas, nuts, sandwichs, nuts and pastries bought along the way.

by davidw 2y ago

prmoustache 2y ago

There is usually a point where you can't get those gel inside. It is nice to mix with other stuff.

matsemann 2y ago
After my longest ever bike ride, 300 km, I didn't touch a gel for years, heh. Got so sick of 3+ gels per hour for those ~8 hours.
- 0_____0 2y ago
  I dropped gels pretty fast. Hard to get if you're not somewhere with sports stores, and expensive. These days I cram haribo and peanut butter M&Ms, although I think the latter are more useful for multiday things.
  - matsemann 2y ago
    Yeah, I bought a huge bulk pack online, and then it was okay. But when you need a couple a week it quickly adds up in cost. Same with bars, which I sometimes prefer over gels for longer rides to not just have gels in my stomach. I've tried to bake some bars myself, or make some rice cakes from Velochef ( https://www.rouleur.cc/blogs/desire-journal/velochef-henrik-orre-s-proteam-approved-cinnamon-rice-cakes https://www.rouleur.cc/blogs/desire-journal/velochef-henrik-... ) instead.
    - 0_____0 2y ago
      Thanks for the recipe! Reminds me... A friend of mine made a megagel that was some kind of chocolate concoction that he carried in a 300ml soft flask. It had sugar, salts, caffeine, actually tasted great, and I believe was pretty cheap to make. I have to get the recipe from him. Edit: I did the math on that risotto cake recipe and it comes out to about 2500kcal for the batch, for me that comes out to calories for ~5-6 hours of riding.
- prmoustache 2y ago
  I don't understand how you manage to do 300km only with gels. That would have been atrocious. I did a similar ride a few years ago, I mixed gels, energy bars with bananas, nuts, sandwichs, nuts and pastries bought along the way.