I have been eating a pasta meal the night before any ride, let alone a big one, so I guess I've been doing it all wrong.

But there again, I like pasta, it's a meal that works for me, and my weight is within a pound or so of where I want it to be.

My pre-ride breakfast is oatmeal or muesli, with buttermilk and fruit (more carbs), and my in-ride meal is pb+j (or pb +_ home made marmalade) on home made bread, perhaps with a banana and sometimes an energy bar or two.

I am such a creature of habit.