Mom on bike vs. drive-thru burgers....

[shootingstar]

I find it a little amusing that a dedicated cyclist, in my mind promoting a healthy and sustainable lifestyle, is fighting for her right to eat junk food like everybody else

Nice story though. But did you read the comments underneath I know the States are car-centric but this really brought it home.

Good point lph. As for a cyclist dropping by for fast food places...I only do it if I am cycling somewhere in an area that has very little immediate food choices. Usually that has been in rural areas or in sprawling suburbs where there are strip malls, etc. and it would take ages and many more kms., to find a decent cafe/restaurant with decent/healthier food. This happens to me a couple times per year.

What type of food places exist for travellers in more remote areas of Norway?

There are some fast food chains in Canada that do have car drive through window service ...with a few food choices that may be abit healthier...I'm thinking of Tim Horton's which started with coffee, donuts, muffins and also has soup, chili, sandwiches.

McDonald's offers cheap, small size muffins. ($1.20 CAN or so) No, they have sugar...but at least they aren't huge megamuffins. I know this because I used to work out in the suburbs with tons of chain stores and fast car traffic. That's where I occasionally bought a muffin on my walk from bus stop to construction site ...a place where we were abit trapped during lunchtime because we were in an industrial area.

But hey, during a long distance touring ride, one will take any filling food as long as it's not too fattening/sugary and upsetting to stomach.

[lph]

What type of food places exist for travellers in more remote areas of Norway?

Oh, we certainly don't have an abundance of healthy cafes around, and a lot of people on the road will just eat junk food as it's easily available. Gas stations in Norway sell "food for the road", mostly hamburgers and hotdogs, but there has been a shift towards packaged sandwiches, salads, wraps, stuff like that. But even the smallest hamlet will have a grocery store where you can buy bananas, nuts, cookies, etc.