My jersey goes in the wash anyway, so gel wrappers would go in the pocket, I normally roll as I suck, so very little if any mess. However, yesterday no gels for me, I lived on Jelly beans, rice cakes and hydration tablets.
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My jersey goes in the wash anyway, so gel wrappers would go in the pocket, I normally roll as I suck, so very little if any mess. However, yesterday no gels for me, I lived on Jelly beans, rice cakes and hydration tablets.
Beebo
Firm and Fruity
- Location
- Hexleybeef
What is it with rice cakes, they have a very poor calerie to size ratio, and taste yuk!
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Not that sort of rice cake: http://thesuchef.com/2014/07/29/team-sky-rice-cakes/
For me they fill a hole and are something not sweet. I would love to carry around mini pork pies, but I would need to invent a refrigerated jersey pocket to avoid sweaty pie syndrome.
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Handlebar bag. Not refrigerated, but not sweaty either.
I'd also recommend small/medium pork pies that have been pre-quartered rather than mini pies. They go down easier when eating on the go ... like the pros do.
(Cut to shot of Chris Froome looking at pork pie in puzzlement before Dave Brailsford dashes it from his hands).
srw
It's a bit more complicated than that...
I might be tempted to try that with some milk instead of just water. And I'd want to add some seeds or raisins or something.
One package of those, and one package of TC's cheesy flapjacks and I'd be set for a long ride.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Insulated handlebar bags are available. Mine is http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-4-in-...be-Bag-Panniers-with-Rain-Cover-/251488628098 - at mile 60 of a faster-than-usual ride for me (so maybe 5 hours instead of 6), the lunch cheese rolls in the lightly-insulated front pocket were still noticeably cold. The smaller back pockets aren't insulated.
oldgreyandslow
Guru
- Location
- Farnborough
That is unbelievably sad, and puts all the moaning about discarded wrappers, deep wheels, and my strava upload not working into perspective.
And then throw it on the floor for some poor rider to crash over?
Er, no, obviously not.
You fill them up from normal gel packets before the ride, drink the gel from them during the ride, and can then click the lid down and then store them in your rear pocket with no leakage.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
I don't eat gels unless I want extreme flatulence. You might do that but I think we both know some nobbers would be throwing such things on the floor if given them and it would be far worse than the wrappers.
U
User482
Guest
Mrs User482 made me some energy bars, and very nice they were too. I find it extremely difficult to digest food when pedalling hard, but these slip down a treat.
https://www.rivercottage.net/recipes/honey-and-peanut-butter-booster-bars
(the version with banana mashed in)
https://www.rivercottage.net/recipes/honey-and-peanut-butter-booster-bars
(the version with banana mashed in)
Oh my god, you should have heard me last night.
Beebo
Firm and Fruity
- Location
- Hexleybeef
So thats why I am farting today.
Beebo
Firm and Fruity
- Location
- Hexleybeef
Like newspaper, just less tasty.
