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

[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.

[kacie tri-ing]

Zoom-Zoom, aren't you doing that doughnut race ^^^^ (I read your blog )

[zoom-zoom]

Zoom-Zoom, aren't you doing that doughnut race ^^^^ (I read your blog )

Not the same one she mentioned, but we have a race with a similar object (and name) here...I believe there are 3 stops and each doughnut subtracts 3 minutes from the finish time. I think I could do fairly well at this if I don't go balls-out (heh) on the bike and take advantage of the doughnut bonus. Luckily our race is late Sept., so it should be much comfier temps.

[zoom-zoom]

I should add that I am another one who doesn't really care for bananas. They give me horrible banana burps. I LOVE banana cream pie, pudding, and banana bread, though.

[TsPoet]

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.

OMG!
As a (type 1) diabetic, i think that is abysmal. I'd still go watch, though

[TrekTheKaty]

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.

Yep, we discussed this last year! I haven't done it, and thank god I'm celiac (no gluten). However, DH has a plan--ride like h@!! then stop at the last stop and eat a dozen. They actually have presses, so you can eat multiple at once. However, if I participated I would require a doughnut per rest stop :-)

I picture this as a "sucker" ride--bring a friend who doesn't know to better, then stand back and watch the festivities.

As a kid, I hurled in the corner. When Mom asked if I ate a whole bag of starbursts, I tried to deny it, but "the proof is in the pudding" so to speak

[kenyonchris]

Bananas make my lips itch.

[Kiwi Stoker]

DH loves meat pies on long rides.

Just thinking about soggy pastry and minced meat makes me feel ill.

We did a 150km cycle challenge and he stopped for his pie (we were on the tandem). He cames out of the shop with TWO! He ate one and stashed the other in his bento box. 10km along the road he decides to eat the other while riding just as the camera crew on a motorcycle and the host (riding a bike- he's a great cyclist and was drafting the motorcycle to get up to people) arrived from behind and started to interview us while riding. Let's say HE was very surprised about DH's eating habits. I dreaded that this interview would make the TV show and DVD they produced about the race, but thankfully we didn't.

DH was very unhappy at a race he does solo 160km in which his half way pie shop was shut down- it was all part of his race plan. He especially liked riding up a steep hill while eating the meat pie and making the other people slogging it stare. Strange sense of humour DH!

[ny biker]

Bananas make my lips itch.

Ever have any problems with latex? My sister has a bad latex allergy and she's been told to avoid bananas and avocado, since all three share the same allergy-triggering chemical.

[zoom-zoom]

Yep, we discussed this last year! I haven't done it, and thank god I'm celiac (no gluten). However, DH has a plan--ride like h@!! then stop at the last stop and eat a dozen. They actually have presses, so you can eat multiple at once. However, if I participated I would require a doughnut per rest stop :-)

Ooh, I think a combo of your plans sounds good. Perhaps I will do 1 donut ea. at the first 2 stops, then mow down as many as I can tolerate at #3.

[Owlie]

BF says that his favorite cycling food is Jack in the Box's French toast sticks (I think it's Jack in the Box), complete with syrup and a coke. Ick! Too much sugar!

[Bike Chick]

Ooh, I think a combo of your plans sounds good. Perhaps I will do 1 donut ea. at the first 2 stops, then mow down as many as I can tolerate at #3.

Zoom, that's what I did. I cruised through the first stop....you have to stop and get your number marked even if you don't eat a donut.....then at the second stop, I grabbed two doughnuts in each hand and smashed them together so I could eat them faster. DH won't even think of eating one but I think you need to because that's just part of the fun