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

[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 )

[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

[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.

[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.

[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!

[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!

[ivorygorgon]

I saw a lady at a recent ride pull a hardboiled egg out of her pocket and it. It looked pretty darn gross to me. But then again, I think a banana with some peanut butter on it was one of the things that made me feel the best.

[tzvia]

Being severely lactose intolerant, I would have to say frozen yogurt. I don't care how hot it is outside or how inviting the yogurt place is, that stuff is a disaster in a cup. If I know I am going to finish my ride near a strip mall with a yogurt place, I pack some lactose pills. But I will never ever eat that stuff on a stop during a ride. Ever.

I have heard of some people taking hard boiled eggs with a dash of salt on a ride; doesn't sound like a bad thing to eat, if you like egg whites (which I don't- stuff is like rubber, but I love egg yellow.) Citrus fruits are out- give me heartburn big time.

Once I had a big tuna salad at the half way point, oh that was a mistake. I belched tuna all the way back to the car. Lunch is one thing that I can't stand reliving as I ride.

Bananas, which I don't like, I will eat on a ride at the drop of a hat. They never cause me grief, other than the taste, which I tolerate. They digest easy and don't come back to haunt me, and force me to drink water, which is a good thing. But I will not eat them at any other time. I also like rice-cakes with peanut-butter. They don't get squished up like a bread sandwich can.