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.

[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!!!"

[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.

[OakLeaf]

Yeah, I like bananas (although I don't normally eat them, for environmental reasons), but I can't have anything with much fructose in it when I ride or run. Doesn't matter if it's whole fruit or HFCS.

I've gotten roped onto the committee that's planning our club's annual tour this year. It's given me some insight, I tell you what - when you realize that organized rides are mostly put together by people who don't ride, everything makes so much more sense...

[zoom-zoom]

I have a pretty iron gut...I haven't done any rides long enough to have to eat more than a piece of string cheese, crackers, and some sport beans. I will be interested to see what my first century ride does to me. I do know that my gut is not nearly as tolerate to most solids prior or during a run. First time I tried to eat a Clif bar mid-run I could barely choke down half of it and felt sick for about the next 5 miles.

[Bike Chick]

There is an an annual bike race held in our area called the Tour de Donut. Eating donuts isn't mandatory but you get 5 minutes off your time for every donut you eat at each of the two mandatory stops. It is always held during the week of the Tour de France and it is usually hot and humid. Needless to say, I have seen many donuts going down and coming back up!

Trek, I bet you've heard of this race.

[shootingstar]

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

During a ride, I find bananas drying in the mouth. So it's always puzzled me why they are offered on organized, hot bike rides, though I realize about the healthy carbs.


They don't offer juiciness..so I have to drink water or juice with even part of a banana. I much rather take a tangerine or some other fruit that has juice.

Someone in TE did go on the Tour de Donut..which I don't understand the concept...except maybe as an experience to recount from slight grossiness.

I can eat abit of spicy food on a hot ride, but not much and with water, is a must.
I will eat things on a long ride if I'm desperate..but really want to avoid very oily or fatty foods.

[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.