Originally Posted by
pll
Some of the best treats I've had in rest stops in long rides:
- Roasted potatos with rosemary, olive oil and sea salt (at Rebecca's Private Idaho)
- Plain rice, either with salt or soy sauce (at Mountains of Misery)
- Fig spread and ham flat rolls in some sort of flat bread (at the Horribly Hilly Hundreds)
The worst I've had has been surprise creamy cheese in a sandwich.
Edited to add: small cans of coke in the later rest stops in century rides are awesome!
I admire your willingness to do rides with names like "Misery" and "Horribly."
Interesting comment on the cream cheese. A few weeks ago I did a search to find a recipe for roll-up sandwiches and found one that used turkey and cream cheese. I had suggested serving roll-ups at one of our rest stops next year and wanted the recipe to illustrate what I was talking about. They had turkey roll-ups (sans cream cheese) at a ride that I did last fall and I was going to do that ride again this weekend and hoped to be able to ask them if they made the sandwiches or bought them pre-made, but I had a recent change of plans so that won't be possible.
As for pie -- that's the type of thing I used to think would be too heavy to eat during a ride, but I had some during a metric last summer and it really hit the spot.
- Gray 2010 carbon WSD road bike, Rivet Independence saddle
- Red hardtail 26" aluminum mountain bike, Bontrager Evoke WSD saddle
- Royal blue 2018 aluminum gravel bike, Rivet Pearl saddle
Gone but not forgotten:
- Silver 2003 aluminum road bike
- Two awesome worn out Juliana saddles