Favorite snack & drink while out on a ride

[indysteel]

I mostly stick to bananas, dried fruit and nuts, Clif shots, Paydays and Larabars for self-supported rides. Cytomax is my drink of choice but that's mostly because I have a giant jug of it. I haven't tried a ton of others.

[Catrin]

I mostly stick to bananas, dried fruit and nuts, Clif shots, Paydays and Larabars for self-supported rides. Cytomax is my drink of choice but that's mostly because I have a giant jug of it. I haven't tried a ton of others.

My ride food looks a lot like this, though I would have Power or Cliff bars rather than a Payday or Larabar. Heed is my drink of choice, and for longer rides I really like Lemon Lime Accelerade.

[amb]

I recently got turned onto Skratch Labs "secret drink mix". I believe it has more sodium & less sugar than typical replacement drinks like gatorade. It is supposed to make your gut happier. Honestly, I never noticed feeling bloaty on Gatorade until after I switched and NOT being bloaty with Skratch. It's got a good flavor too.

For food, I eat PBJ, Larabars, trail mix, bananas & sometimes Nutter Butter cookies. Obviously, not all on one ride!

[PamNY]

I like Pur bars, Larabars, pbj, cheese & crackers, and bananas. If I am ambitious enough to make these muffins, I like taking them on rides.

[malkin]

Oatmeal cookies.
Water or Nuun.

For rides over 25 mi I like pbj sammiches in quarters. Sometimes apple or banana. Ride bananas make Brewer sick. Weird, huh?

[TigerMom]

Cliff bars and Powerade with a TON of ice in my Podium Ice bottles.
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[tzvia]

Cliff bars (vanilla and chocolate-peanutbutter), Bloks. Cliff Protein bars right after the ride. Bananas (which I don't like but I make myself eat) at the 'half way point'. Sometimes I substitute dried bananas from Trader Joes (somehow I like them better), and mixed nuts. As for what to drink, I stick with my two main cycling drinks, water and GU electrolyte drink but I will be trying Cytomax when the GU is finished. After the ride, a glass of lactose free low fat milk with Ovaltine. If I have to refill the liquid during the ride, I stick with water and when I run out of the electrolyte drink, I switch to the bloks.

Once I tried hauling a corned beef sandwitch on rye in my Camelback on a challenging MTB ride and ate that on a stop. It was a bit much and I ended up belching corned beef all the way back. But it sure tasted good when I had it. Now I stick with peanut butter or Nutella and jelly.

[velo]

I recently got turned onto Skratch Labs "secret drink mix". I believe it has more sodium & less sugar than typical replacement drinks like gatorade. It is supposed to make your gut happier. Honestly, I never noticed feeling bloaty on Gatorade until after I switched and NOT being bloaty with Skratch. It's got a good flavor too.

In the last couple of weeks, I have started riding distances that I felt warranted something more than water. This thread was a great help and I tried almost every drink mix mentioned here, one at at a time. The Skratch mix was hands down the winner for me. Not very sweet and only a light flavor. I immediately went out to their website and bought the pound bag. Thanks for mentioning them!

[Moongidget]

I love the Skratch labs mix. I've tried 3 flavors, and all are great. Very light on the flavor. Don't notice any adverse effects, but I've never been a fan of Gatorade.

On super long, hot rides, I scoop an extra serving of powder into a button baggie, the kind Banana Republic or Loft, etc, give you with extra buttons, and put it into my jersey. One scoop fits perfectly into the largest baggie they give out. Mix with water at a rest stop, and bingo, more Skratch.

As far as nutrition, I eat, but I'm never hungry. (Does this happen to anyone else? In fact, mostly I force myself to eat, but I'd rather not eat. Maybe its the heat?) I've made homemade gluten free energy bars with a recipe I found online. I eat those, and Luna bars in small increments.

[ShutUpLegs]

Skratch Labs drink mix, FTW! I used to exclusively drink Gatorade, and yuck. I haven't looked back. Very good, and doesn't feel bad on my stomach or anything. Lots of ice lately.

For those of you who are experiencing the amazing-ness of the Skratch drink mix, and don't like sweet stuff, you should definitely make rice cakes. It didn't sound good to me at first so I made my first pan hesitatingly. Now, it's pretty much all I eat - my clif bars box is gathering dust. You can make a savory type with eggs & bacon (although I sub things because I'm vegetarian & don't eat eggs), or there are sweet types as well.

The beauty of rice cakes is that they provide a lot of energy but really don't feel anything in your stomach. It's fantastic.

Short of getting the FeedZone cookbook, there are a few recipes on their blog:

http://www.skratchlabs.com/blogs/news

I haven't made the mint/raspberry ones get, but I've heard they're amazing!
Make sure you wrap them the way Allen Lim does. Much easier to eat with one hand that way.

[ShutUpLegs]

Oh, and here's a video of Allen Lim making the savory cakes!:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UiuqIWGe_s