07-21-2004, 06:43 AM
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| | Re: On-bike nutrition advice sought
"Fx199" <fx199@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20040720214233.04469.00000186@mb-m27.aol.com...
> >Subject: On-bike nutrition advice sought
> >From: Dave Stallard stallard@bbn.com
> >Date: 7/20/2004 7:23 PM US Eastern Standard Time
> >Message-id: <2m5rc4Fijna3U1@uni-berlin.de>
> >
> >I did a 90 mile ride on Saturday. I finished pretty strongly, but hit
> >the bonk in a couple of places in the middle - no power in my legs,
> >feeling unequal to any gradient, etc. Strangely, the same places I did
> >the last time, and not even steep hills.
> >
> >[snip]
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> I ride for 2-4 hours and never eat and barely drink Compared to whay I
read
> other people need. My rides are anywhere from 20-50 miles. Seems like you
> should be able to make it. Once in awhile I might bring a banana or a
piece of
> jerky.
> I eat and drink when I get back....
In my experience, 90 miles is completely different from 50 miles. It took
me a fifty mile ride before I even understood what bike shorts were for! I
could go 50 miles without eating, but I could not have a successful 90 mile
ride without anything. I doubt a banana or jerky would be very good in-ride
fuel for me. Powerbars work, but taste nasty. There's a pretty good deli
34 miles down the trail, which works as long as I don't have too much at
once.
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