Long Ride Eats

[maillotpois]

Paydays, while tasty, mostly make me queasy. I've never tried them on the bike. Somehow I don't think they'd do that on the bike, though, so I'll have to see if I can find the little ones. Do they get horribly gooey in a jersey pocket?

No. They hold up very well, even in heat.

[jobob]

Paydays are an excellent ride food. Sweet, salty, a bit chewy, and the peanuts make them reasonably filling for their size.

Get the snack-size packets, those are a perfect size for carrying in jersey pockets.

They hold up really well in the heat. Now, that said, when it's really cold out they can get awfully chewy; sometimes when it's cold out I'd unwrap & chop a couple or few bars into quarters or sixths and stash them in a ziplock snack size bag.

Sometimes the snack-size Paydays are hard to find; DH (who also swears by Paydays as on-bike food) & I know where to find them locally. In our area, Safeways tend to carry them.

Many thanks to SadieKate who first turned us on to the snack-sized Paydays, oh so many years ago!

[shootingstar]

I don't have gels and sports drinks at all.

In reading everyone's choices here, I'm probably too illogical for the touring I've done and 90% over the past 20 years has been self-supported multi-day as well as multi-wk. bike touring with my partner by cycling with our own panniers, etc.:

Banana, small sandwich, muffin, nut bars (ones glued together with honey, etc.). any of this preferably with water or natural fruit juice drink.

I agree that apples just are too bulky and "hard" to digest while eating under a short stop. Oranges are too messy unless you choose tangerines.

If I have 1 banana, I absolutely must have a drink with it, since I find a banana tends to dry out my mouth.

[tinyhelmets]

Thank you all for your fantastic replies! We managed to eat pretty well (not supported). We didn't have much time to stop so everything during the ride was from our bags-lots of trail mix, beef jerky, Lara bars, string cheese, etc. I'm in the protein group Although, I have to say, there was a taco truck that smelled mighty amazing...


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Can't wait for the next adventure!

[jobob]

Oh my gosh. What an epic adventure you had! And with toddlers!! I'm so impressed with your tenacity.

ETA: I was just checking out the rest of your blog. Awesomeness.

[indysteel]

Oh my gosh. What an epic adventure you had! And with toddlers!! I'm so impressed with your tenacity.

ETA: I was just checking out the rest of your blog. Awesomeness.

+1!!! What an awesome adventure. The photos are priceless. How lucky Big Brother and Little Brother are!

[tinyhelmets]

We have lots of fun! I am so lucky to have such tolerant kids (and hubby, most of the time)

[maillotpois]

Wow - great pics! What a terrific adventure. Your kids are so lucky!