On Fri, 2011-11-11 at 11:39 -0800, Christian wrote: > I'm riding the same brevet as Steve tomorrow and there will be more > plentiful food stops so all I am bringing is fig newtons.
It's a combination of availability of food stops, what's at those food stops, and how much time you want to spend. My "inner man" has been known to be fussy, and on more than one occasion things I've eaten on long rides have disagreed with me. Also, the quality of "food" varies a lot. The first time I did that brevet, I bought a hamburger at Royal Farms at mi 105 and discovered that after a day under the particle beams employed to maintain heat, whatever that hamburger was originally made of underwent a rather disturbing metamorphosis, being transmuted into something that quite turned my stomach. That's bad under any circumstances, but especially detrimental in the final 20% of a long ride in which every mile is adding to your lifetime "longest ever." There's a limit to how much junk food I can stand. Earlier this year on a Permanent I was reduced to buying a lottery ticket, because all the available "food" I saw in the store made the gorge rise. If every convenience store was like that bakery/coffee shop, it would be another story. I don't know if I could live on pecan sticky buns, but by god I would be willing to try! Finally, being a cycling snail, I can't afford to spend the sort of time the fast folk do at eating establishments. I honor them for their use of time, and have far more respect for people who sit down and eat a real honest to god meal than those who suck slime from a little packet, but you've got to be a lot faster than I am to be able to burn an hour and a half at a restaurant eating lunch! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
