WWGD? Reading Grant's blights convinced me to cut back on food during rides. I think many cyclists (myself included,at times) use the ride as an excuse to eat. I've been on group rides that, while only about an hour and a half, I would see folks gobbling bars and goo. Even conventional "racer" wisdom says you have enough stored glycogen to go fairly hard for two hours. That used to be my standard. Any ride over 2 hrs and I would bring bars. After reading what Grant had to say I stated stretching it out. Now 3 1/2 hrs is where I think about eating. I try to do bars without fructose or processed sugar. Idea allay and Kind bars and I keep organic, coconut rolled dates. And water. Although I completed my first 400k brevet over the weekend and I had stomach issues. But eating for brevets is a completely different creature than meandering. Also, for the past several months, unless I'm doing long training rides, I only have fresh, homemade (mostly veggie but a little fruit) juice during the day, then my ride after work, then dinner. Even then a 2-3 hr ride is no problem.
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