BONK symptoms

[tdr1nka]

Ah, Mon ami!
Zee international language of hitting 'le wall'.

 

[Valy]

Well I dono but just my $0.02.

You say coffee a lot - lay it off perhaps? Try to eat "more healthily" although I am just basing that from the OP. Heh. If you feel fine now, then you just exerted yourself. If not then you might have a cold or some other illness.

Overall though, not trying to preach, but at least when you go out riding - maybe having stuff not like croissants/coffee for breakfast might help. Less fat, more "complex carbs" and some tea or juice or w/e. You might feel quite different.

 

[Debian]

I find that a large plate of eggs benedict + a large mug of tea for breakfast before a longish XC ride works for me. I can do 20 miles or so cross-country without major refuelling after that.

Despite what others have written Mars bars or chunky KitKats work for me as trail fodder assuming I've had a decent meal beforehand.

I usually only carry water, no fancy energy drinks but I sometimes also carry a can of chilled Fanta in hot weather as I find it refreshing.

 

[Arch]

Overall though, not trying to preach, but at least when you go out riding - maybe having stuff not like croissants/coffee for breakfast might help. Less fat, more "complex carbs" and some tea or juice or w/e. You might feel quite different.

But how will you ever tour in France? Seriously, I'll be breakfasting on croissants and chocolat chaud for a fortnight in June, topped up with more of the same mid morning, and a baguette full of fromage et jambon at lunchtime and doing 50ish miles a day and I'll be fine for energy... I'll come back heavier mind....

But I get your point. Oats in some form are apparently a very good way to get your morning energy input - porridge or muesli.

 

[I am Spartacus]

So, you're an expert, whoopy do. Now, try learning (along with someone else on this thread) how not to be so bloody rude to people.


Anyway, fact of the day, the French for the bonk is defaillance. (weakness) So now we can all bonk multilingually.

Um, I maybe don't mean that....

Wasnt being rude..
look, there are so many sources on how to avoid 'running out of go juice' whilst on a ride even short ones when the Op was trying a lot of exertion.. it is not up to me to deliver a menu..
here is being rude by the rude
fook off Arch

 

[Shaun]

Wasnt being rude..
look, there are so many sources on how to avoid 'running out of go juice' whilst on a ride even short ones when the Op was trying a lot of exertion.. it is not up to me to deliver a menu..

Having read the thread, you were a little short with Debian and as this is the beginners forum I would expect most regulars to be extra friendly to newbies and other respondents on newbie threads too.

I appreciate your experience has taught you what to look out for and how best to prepare for rides, so just passing on the experience without any sarcasm might be best in future ...

Cheers,
Shaun

 

[Debian]

Wasnt being rude..
look, there are so many sources on how to avoid 'running out of go juice' whilst on a ride even short ones when the Op was trying a lot of exertion.. it is not up to me to deliver a menu..
here is being rude by the rude
fook off Arch

Then just a link to one or two of the "many sources" that obviously you know well would have been a good idea maybe? Probably would have been quicker than posting what you did as well.

 

[HobbesChoice]

Hey SD. How are you feeling now?

 

[Valy]

But how will you ever tour in France? Seriously, I'll be breakfasting on croissants and chocolat chaud for a fortnight in June, topped up with more of the same mid morning, and a baguette full of fromage et jambon at lunchtime and doing 50ish miles a day and I'll be fine for energy... I'll come back heavier mind....

But I get your point. Oats in some form are apparently a very good way to get your morning energy input - porridge or muesli.

I overlooked that...

Yeah I guess you are pretty much stuck with frog's legs, cheese and croissants when you are in France.

 

[Salad Dodger]

Hi Hobbes and thanks for your concern.

Have been through all the gamut of cold symptoms, at the rate of a new one every day. Now I just have a really rattly cough, but otherwise feel pretty good. So the arrival of my cold was almost certainly what prompted me to feel so rough....

So, heeding the advice of the much more experienced riders on here, I shall not be touching the bike this weekend, and I will be VERY careful about taking it slowly when I do get back to riding.

This weekend, the most exercise I can look forward to is a bit of a walk....

 

[Arch]

I overlooked that...

Yeah I guess you are pretty much stuck with frog's legs, cheese and croissants when you are in France.

Don't forget the carafe of vin rouge with dinner....

And Orangina at lunchtime. Seriously, it tastes better in France, and on a hot day, it's bliss!

 

[Debian]

Don't forget the carafe of vin rouge with dinner....

And Orangina at lunchtime. Seriously, it tastes better in France, and on a hot day, it's bliss!

Very true, especially out of the little glass bottles!

 

[Valy]

Don't forget the carafe of vin rouge with dinner....

And Orangina at lunchtime. Seriously, it tastes better in France, and on a hot day, it's bliss!

I dono know what this "carafe" stuff is that you are talking about...

Very true, especially out of the little glass bottles!

IRN BRU actuality (I actually don;t know whether or not this is some placebo effect of course) tastes better from glass bottles as well. I remember I bought some Orangina a while back and then recently. It just did not taste as good this time around.

 

[summerdays]

I have a further question about this, how are your glycogen reserves affected by the cold temperatures or does it make no difference? If you are feeling cold do you use a lot of fuel trying to warm yourself or is it too small to make a difference.

 

[Arch]

I dono know what this "carafe" stuff is that you are talking about...

It's a fat necked bottle....


You ask for a half litre (or litre!) of local, and they fill the carafe, presumably from a vat in the kitchen. Being France, the house plonk will be emminently drinkable, and cost less than bottled stuff....

The first time I toured in France it was baking hot (too hot, a couple of us had to cut days short because of it) and we were knocking back the chilled Orangina at every cafe stop...