What to eat on longer rides...

[winjim]

I stop about every 10 to 15 miles and eat ,usually take flapjack but will be taking a half sandwich with peanut butter on from now on.
Stops only last about 5 minutes if that.

Difficult when group riding though...

I usually take a couple of flapjacks in a freezer bag, and a couple of gels. Bottle of energy drink too.

 

[nickyboy]

I should add that having had a big bowl of porridge about an hour before setting off I'm not actually hungry at about the 2 hour mark. But I make a conscious effort to stop for a couple of minutes to eat at least half of the flapjack. I will stop again at something like 3 hours to eat the rest of it. That will see me OK to 4 hours. If I'm doing some stupid sufferfest of a long ride, I'll buy something else later but most of my rides tend to be up to four hours-ish