Nutrition for Beginners

[Coggy]

Apologies if already asked but what fueling/hydration tips have you got for a beginner going on a 30 mile + ride please ?

 

[ianrauk]

Eat brekkie
Take water to drink
If a halfway stop. Have sarnie or some chips or what ever.
One the move, jelly babies or haribo.

That's all you will need.

 

[HLaB]

I need new glasses, the mis spelled double 'g' is making me read it as nutrition for beggars, is this a new social wellfare side to cycling

Edit: Ahh that's better, its been corrected

 

[Cold]

I need new glasses, the mis spelled double 'g' is making me read it as nutrition for beggars, is this a new social wellfare side to cycling

I thought the same so my advice of a can of Super Lager and the contents of a bin might not be helpful.

 

[Coggy]

I need new glasses, the mis spelled double 'g' is making me read it as nutrition for beggars, is this a new social wellfare side to cycling

What are you on about

 

[Rob3rt]

Eat food
Drink liquid

 

[Coggy]

Eat brekkie
Take water to drink
If a halfway stop. Have sarnie or some chips or what ever.
One the move, jelly babies or haribo.

That's all you will need.

So all these special drinks and bars and gels are a load of nonsense then ?

 

[ianrauk]

So all these special drinks and bars and gels are a load of nonsense then ?

for leisure cycling- yes

If you are a competitive racer - perhaps not

 

[Rob3rt]

So all these special drinks and bars and gels are a load of nonsense then ?

No, they aren't nonsense, but you are going on a 30 mile bike ride...

edit: Not belittling the challenge to a beginner!

 

[HLaB]

What are you on about

Colderuk above gets it.

 

[HLaB]

So all these special drinks and bars and gels are a load of nonsense then ?

I've not found any dissadvantage in putting a little salt in my bottle to an energy drink and for a few folk the ingredients in energy products is a distinct dissadvantage as well as a waste of money

 

[Coggy]

Colderuk above gets it.

So do I

that's what the was for

 

[Coggy]

No, they aren't nonsense, but you are going on a 30 mile bike ride...

edit: Not belittling the challenge to a beginner!

30 miles +

 

[Rob3rt]

Still it is just a few hours riding your bike... it is nothing out of the ordinary, therefore nothing out of the ordinary is required nutritionally.

 

[Coggy]

Still it is just a few hours riding your bike... it is nothing out of the ordinary, therefore nothing out of the ordinary is required nutritionally.

Thanks