What do Randonneurs Eat?

[Sky King]

Thanks Susan new ideas for food on the road

A couple of my go to foods when touring.

Rolled Whole wheat tortilla with peanut butter and honey, for those who can tolerate banana's when riding you can mash up and spread too.

Road side lunch stop - "Fish Taco" (the Bike Hermit's name for this snack) Sardines of your choice inside a corn tortilla

and finally, we often buy cocktail bread at whole foods - usually pumpernickel or rye. This is a thin sliced dense bread, 2 inch square. I put about 10 slices in a baggie, some summer sausage and cheese. Obviously we do most of our eating off the bike as we typically aren't on the clock.

[shootingstar]

I've admired randonneurs who can eat, cycle long into the night with alot less sleep and cycling under a broad time frame.

I would be curious for those who do long distance bike touring with their loaded bike panniers, if people here tend to eat/drink athletic food. I've done a number of loaded bike touring trips from several hundred km. to 1,000 km. and...have never had athletic food/drinks. It just never occurs to me, quite frankly. Closest would be energy bars, but I really don't consider that athletic food.

These are things I've noticed myself:
*if I ever eat any meat, it tends to be much smaller amounts of meat before or after a ride.
*noticeably salty and processed foods ie. chips, etc. I don't respond well --stomach-wise. Same for deep-fried food. I will only have it if there's no other choice/desperate.

*an ice cream or gelato is a luxury energy for me. Very welcome during a hot /humid trip.
I like eating parts of a sandwich along the way, banana, real juice drinks, etc.

I also believe that there is a cultural factor here: has it occurred to anyone that eating 1-2 pieces of a veggie sushi roll, works also during a bike trip? People worldwide work very hard and many hrs. ...they find ways to eat healthy without athletic food.