Worst thing you could eat while cycling........

[TrekTheKaty]

OK, we'll carry this off of "50 miles?"

What is the grossest(?) thing you've ordered or watched another cyclist eat during a ride?

I ordered a bacon/cheese omelette and had to ride 15 miles back to the car!

I believe a corned-beef sandwich is what sparked this discussion!

[Biciclista]

a guy i know was doing a 200k (120+ miles) he sat down to a hamburger and a beer 1/2 way through the ride. He isn't doing big rides any more.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

egg salad sandwich. Just ask my husband, he ate the thing.

[TsPoet]

Cycle Oregon specializes in spam at their rest stops. I once had spam and twizzlers on a cracker.
It was actually quite good. Only time I've ever had spam (can't say the same about twizzlers).

[rubywagon]

One of my club buddies ate an Italian sub when we were doing a century, in 90 degree heat. He had to pull off of the road multiple times on the way back. Spicy food and a century do not mix!

[bambu101]

I saw my partner eat a steaming 12" meatball grinder, complete with oozing tomato suace and melted cheese, on a 95 degree day. We were on a flat bike trail for a 22 mile ride. He usually has digestive issues or a sensitive stomach, but this time was fine!

[GLC1968]

Peaunt M&M's at my first century. I learned the hard way that chocolate does not mix with physical exertion for me AT ALL. EVER.

I did an organized ride once where for the 'lunch' rest stop, they served chili topped baked potatoes with cheese sauce. I didn't have one, but seeing others eating it definitely made me gag once or twice. Ick.

[Norse]

At an event ride for lunch they included a container of veggies with a mayo-based sauce. It tasted good going down. I passed on that salad the next two years.

Eggs. As much as I love them, I learned never to eat them before or during a ride.

[OakLeaf]

What's wrong with an egg salad sandwich?! I can't always get tuna!

[kenyonchris]

I think anything with mayo is out. Ever. Blech.

My ex husband ate a full Thanksgiving dinner then went on a MTB ride with me (not a ride on a mountain bike, a mountain bike ride, off road, on a technical, hard, climbing trail). At some point, he told me to go ahead. When he caught up with me, he said he felt a lot better, having enjoyed (his words) his meal again.

Sport blocks of any sort kill me.

[nscrbug]

My cycling buddy frequently has a custard-filled donut when we stop at a certain gas station that also has a Dunkin Donuts. He will usually down it with a bottle of GRAPE soda...yuck!!! That combo just makes me wanna hurl.

[staceysue]

I'm pretty sure a chili dog with onions, onion rings, and a sugary drink would be the worst thing you could possibly eat. That, or a peanut buster parfait. Those did me in when I was playing softball as a kid.

[JennK13]

Out riding with m DH earlier this year and we stopped for lunch at a cafe. He ordered this chili burger with a hot dog IN it!! complete with onion rings. He wasn't feeling so well on the ride home......can I say "I told you so!!!"

[chickabonita]

Baked Ziti. I don't know why I did it, but it was horrible. It was like 90 degrees out and a few miles into the trial (a rough off road mtb trail) my hubby was, um, holding my hair back so to speak. Then I felt better and continued the ride, I was glad it was not a heavily traveled trail.

[sfa]

I'm pretty sure a chili dog with onions, onion rings, and a sugary drink would be the worst thing you could possibly eat.

I'm pretty sure that's true on or off a bike. Yuck.

My only bad experience with food and biking was when I was about 11, gorged on jelly beans during the Easter break, rode my bike about five miles, then came home and threw it all up. I still love jelly beans, but I avoid them before cycling and I stay far away from Sports Beans.

Bananas also make me gag under any circumstances. I hate it that they're the standard food to offer at cycling events.