Squeeze container of honey from the supermarket...no gut issues and hit 90 grams of carbs per hour no worries when I need it . No mess as well. works great for me .
On all my rides I go with one 800ml bottle of sugar water (100gm sugar juice of 2 lemons) plus an 800ml bottle of plain water then work out 2 dates per hour plus fruit bars as required generally one bar per hour after first hour works for me on anything up to 6 hour ride. (Top up water when required).
I always have a bar in my back pocket mostly for "emergencies" on longer rides, although up to around 100kms, I don't need to eat anything, even if there are some hard efforts/hills in between. On my regular after-work loop, I don't bring anything but water. On really long rides (200-300km or even longer), I try to have a 60g oat bar (from the organic food shop) every 1-2 hours. I think gels are only good for the last hour on a long ride/race. On very short rides or races, I don't see why you should need to refuel during the ride. Also, gels often leave nasty sticky bits on your bike, hands and clothes and that is really annoying.
I switch between Lara Bars and gels. Gels are for hard core rides, but switch up with Lara bar (basically pressed dates, a power food in itself+ lots of potassium)
Great subject, Cam. Really looking forward to the next one. I like bananas and Cliff bars to eat & electrolytes in my water for longer rides. Sometimes I’ll take a couple of marshmallows too. Last week I tried chocolate baby custard- it was easy to eat! Weird aftertaste though. Steve (the Oz Cycles fella) has a great date & cashew based recipe that’s worth checking out too. Cheers mate, Leroy.
I always go bars. Can't stand gels, doesn't sit right in my gut even with water. Have never gone wrong with bars though. I always take 2 with me to stave off the bonk. Informative as always Cam, love your content
Pork scratchings are my go to fuel for the bike. LCHF since Jan. Carbs still add value at times though, complex slow release pre/early training. havent had a gel this year, or a bar.
Gels for when riding. Quicker and easier to get down followed by fluid. Bars for snack breaks on the side of the road. Find it awkward to chew when trying to breath. I find I have to pick my moments based on the terrain instead of keeping to a time interval with bars.
Thank You again for another great video. I know nutrition is the ground work for good rides, runs and other activities. Nutrition is absolutely my biggest weakness. Really not sure where to start. Amount of what to take and how much. Been trying to improve without a lot of success.
In the mornings before school were I’ll do about 45km I’ll just take a gel and electrolytes in the bottle while weekend 120km + is 80g Beta Fuel x 1, 2 Bars and 2 Gels + lollies so I’m completely neutral
My rule of thumb is calories before the ride (pre ride meal) + calories during the ride should roughly equal total calories burnt for the ride. That way you finish the ride and aren't totally ravenous and you're fueling the next session. Also there is more recent research that show you can exceed that 90g by a fair margin but gut training definitely needed for that.
Hi Cam, I struggle to eat energy bars if I'm cycling at Zone 3 or above because I need to breath through my mouth at that pace & risk crumbs going into my lungs. I took 30 minutes to chew through a bar on a ride a few days ago. Consequently, I've started using SiS Beta fuel drink which is much quicker to get into my stomach without compromising my breathing too much. I now only eat energy bars at rest stops.
I talked with a sports nutritionist here in the States and she prescribed real food while on the bike. She also stated that gels and chews are not bad, but that we need to chew some food to help with the digestive enzymes to break down all the stuff we consume while we are riding. I like a combination of real food, gels and chews with some electrolytes in the bottle.
Thanks for the video. I personally choose bars AND gels combined for longer days (50+) - gels on their own for anything less. For me, how much the gel affects my stomach comfort varies greatly based on what brand of gel I use. Some much better than others, guess we all have to test a few out to find what works best. I NEVER had any luck with SiS gels.
Excellent..........more of that Discussion would be great........expand to Liquids - Water and/or Water with Electrolytes + Liquid Energy Drinks (powder mixes - also designed to add Carbs to ride......theory easier to digest with less "bulk". Thanks for Segment
You also have to factor that when your muscles start to repair they're going to divert blood from other organs. For me that's my stomach and after about an hour my stomach cannot digest food and it feels like a giant lump. So i tend to eat solid food then replace my carb intake with liquid and gels when i feel like eating, or rather, my stomach getting quite heavy.
I go for one Cliff Bar every hour on a long steady ride with maybe some gel in-between and also some pineapple juice mixed 1/1 in my water bottles. Works mostly for me. I find the hydration sometimes more difficult since I tend to omit drinking in time frequently.
Just an amature here, but for 3 peaks and other day long rides I use a gel flask and sip every 15 minutes, to a rate of about one gel per hour. I find this is much easier on my stomach than fruit cake, and my energy levels stay higher than when I eat real food. I'll then sparingly add a sandwich, cake or crepe every 2 to 3 hours. I go for electrolyte in the water bottles no carbs, as I think carb drinks taste really nasty.
rice krispy treats. survive long hours in jersey pocket, 100 cal, easy to eat, 17 grams carb, mixture of glucose and fructose. and most important for me..... no fiber. eating 9 cliff bars over the course of a 100 mile ride is way too much fiber. I find that I have nowhere to throw out the sticky messy gel wrappers after i eat them. I keep 2 gels on my bike always for emergency energy.
What about for short high intensity rides like 1hr Zwift / Crit races? Zwift it’s pretty easy to smash the gels cause you aren’t taking corners. I’ve been taking 3 SIS gels in a 1 hour Zwift race: 1 after warmup in pen and the other two at one third and two thirds race distance - seems to work well. Crit races are another matter though, not so easy to slam gels mid race depending on course.
I’d go a gel before a Zwift race potentially. I often see A graders in the crits having a gel with 10mins to go. Giving them the extra boost at the end
Gummies like clif bloks are good for when you’re breathing hard because you can open your mouth to breath and not have your airway blocked by gel or blow out bits of granola. Also nice for variety.
Not mentioned here is the bar also helps to stave off the hunger feelings better than the gels. But riding 20-30hrs (600km) like this weekend I think I'll need to stop for a pizza or such as well
For a long ride I’ll do 45g of table sugar in each bottle (plus a bit of salt), which will last about 2 hours. At that point i’ll refill my bottles somewhere and then eat bars, and then eventually chews at the end.
I use to have problem at rides more than 3-4 hours. Despite chewing a lot of chocolate bars, and/or nut mix, drink a lot of water, the result is that my stomach becomes puffed up and I am full. Still the energy will not go out to the legs. I am not sure exactly what I do wrong.
Steph Cronin good to know thx for the insight. I always get a little confused when people say “just water for anything under 60 mins biking. But what if it’s 65 mins or what if that 60 min is hard long intervals. I think about stuff like that. I do like fasted workouts as well but really only works In the am for me. Thx for the details again , always interesting stuff.
90 grams of carbs per hour, you need to practice that....body typically can’t cope....my research says 60 grams is typical, 50% more is 90.....not easy!
@@CamNicholls yeah, one applesauce squeeze holds 360 calories of syrup which equates to three gels. I like the kid-friendly screw top because it keeps my hands clean and also I don't have to put a sticky gel pack back in my jersey
I've only been riding road for a year. I just started mixing an electrolyte/carb mix in my water and eat a bar every 45 min-1 hour. I really like Lara bars since they are usually only 3-5 natural ingredients and about 25-30g of carbs. Definitely felt the difference on my last 100km ride. I'm in Dallas, TX where a 100km ride is only around 2000ft of climb. Do you think I should try gels instead of the electrolyte mix?
No fruit talk? I assume it’s because you really can’t stuff too many bananas in your jersey. Gels are great but I hate having empty sticky wrappers stuffed in my pockets. Bars are usually to dry and I can’t chew them up easily. So I stuff bananas and homemade bars (Bananas, PB, Oats, Dates, Cashews, Chia, Flax, Dark Chocolate, Honey) ???? I don’t know why but the homemade bars go down so much easier.
Gels or bars just RUBBISH . 1 banana 6 dates 1 jam or honey sandwich on wholemeal bread no butter 2 bottles of water EQUALS 100ks If doing more ks take a little extra works a treat .
Dunno if the pros still do this but for a long time in the last hour of a long race (6+ hrs) some would down a can of not diet coke BAM you got wings. And Pot Belge.
Yeah, I like to squeeze the juice of lime in, a good spoon of honey and a pinch of salt in one bottle and plain water in the other. A couple of homemade bars or so like flapjack or rice crispies
What about protein/amino acids in supplementing for long, tough endurance events(50 k cross country ski races)? I like to use gels with protein, it seems to help me perform better than plain carb replacement. Any thoughts or opinions on that?
How long before the carbs kick in after you put them (gel or bar) in your stomach? Do you therefore need it before you start, and then based on the absorption ?
That is very interesting Vlog. when on long rides I've always mixed the intake with gels and bars. would be good to know if there is a graph on weight what the intake is. just generally. I understand that it is done on an individual basis. Also what about rice cakes etc. Are these good to have. Protein intake etc.
@Steph Cronin would it also make a difference on a person age? Cam this is a awesome subject and I think it could be a minefield for some of us to get our heads round. Can't wait for more on this. Need all the help I can get to squeeze more energy/power out of me on these hill rides.
90 grams of carbs an hour, yikes lol. I like bars at the begining because usually the pace is slower, maybe a shot of gel then when I'm tired near the end all gel, but not 90 grams.lol. I also use my elcrotrolye bottle for some smooth carbs. Great inifo and vid. THANKS
I thought the same, but then remembered I am not an elite cyclist! I figure for the power I generate maybe half of that? Would be interested to learn what is recommended for a cafe ride.
@@hclapp219 Yeah, 1 cliff bar is 45g. I use one every hour, maybe 45 minutes if hot and faster. I have a gel flask that holds 5 shots of gel. For me that will get me through 2-2.5 hours. I'd puke with 90grams an hour. LOL Yeah, elite cyclists burn a lot more fuel. Crazy.
When cross-country skiing, or cold weather cycling, some bars are no good. Because they get so hard you burn more calories trying to chew them than you get from them.
As an American, I think I can speak for all of us... Australians are good looking! With that being said, I like gels because solids are hard to eat while riding
A caveat to my previous statement, gels are hard to consume throughout the whole ride. Sometimes it’s nice to get off the saddle, let’s say for a century, and get a solid food in during that ride. I haven’t thought about how many carbs I eat. Right now I’m eating tell I feel good. The older I get gels don’t sit right in my stomach while riding but a bar sits just fine, it just takes a lot longer to eat
Nice T shirt mate :), I go for gels with caffeine, and I like the fruit cake. I just get the cheap type cut it up, foil and freeze it. Seems to work the best for me.
neither. homemade is always the best option. there are plenty of healthy recipes out there. too many gels at a time will lead to insulin spikes and diabetes down the road.
Actually, a beer-lemonade shandy is reputed to be the perfect electrolyte recovery drink. The Germans even call the drink ‘Radler’ meaning rider. What does Steph have to say about that?? Bring on the video!!!
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I like gels but it gets to a point where u need some type of food in your stomach
Thanks for sharing mate
Both. Eat depending on how far along in your ride you are! Bars at the beginning, gels towards the end
Yep, I like that method Ramon. Works for me too on longer events.
yea i do a gel the first thing i do and then bars for the rest of the start into gels only
Squeeze container of honey from the supermarket...no gut issues and hit 90 grams of carbs per hour no worries when I need it . No mess as well. works great for me .
Greetings from🇧🇪 Belgium cam.
I really appreciate your channel.
Keep going 😉
Really appreciate this information...as usual really informative.
On all my rides I go with one 800ml bottle of sugar water (100gm sugar juice of 2 lemons) plus an 800ml bottle of plain water then work out 2 dates per hour plus fruit bars as required generally one bar per hour after first hour works for me on anything up to 6 hour ride. (Top up water when required).
Spot on mate, works for me too 👌
Gut training is my favorite kind of training!
yea.i ride 40 miles with empty tummy early in the morning.using my body fat for food
I always have a bar in my back pocket mostly for "emergencies" on longer rides, although up to around 100kms, I don't need to eat anything, even if there are some hard efforts/hills in between. On my regular after-work loop, I don't bring anything but water. On really long rides (200-300km or even longer), I try to have a 60g oat bar (from the organic food shop) every 1-2 hours. I think gels are only good for the last hour on a long ride/race. On very short rides or races, I don't see why you should need to refuel during the ride. Also, gels often leave nasty sticky bits on your bike, hands and clothes and that is really annoying.
I switch between Lara Bars and gels. Gels are for hard core rides, but switch up with Lara bar (basically pressed dates, a power food in itself+ lots of potassium)
gels for shortish hard rides and last minute bonk repairs. bars for long rides when no cafe stops around.
true
Loving all of the experts on the channel recently. Some excellent info in these videos. Cheers!
Both, gels for quick energy, bar every hour.
Great subject, Cam. Really looking forward to the next one. I like bananas and Cliff bars to eat & electrolytes in my water for longer rides. Sometimes I’ll take a couple of marshmallows too. Last week I tried chocolate baby custard- it was easy to eat! Weird aftertaste though. Steve (the Oz Cycles fella) has a great date & cashew based recipe that’s worth checking out too. Cheers mate, Leroy.
Good info, especially the tip on fluids following a gel.
Have to say you produce the best videos, very easy to understand and to the point 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Thank you mate
Just started using gels on longer rides past few months, had no idea how well they would work!
I always go bars. Can't stand gels, doesn't sit right in my gut even with water. Have never gone wrong with bars though. I always take 2 with me to stave off the bonk.
Informative as always Cam, love your content
Cheers mate and I am with you!
I like gel for the caffeine during endurance rides, but I also like bars/snickers to keep the hunger under control. I usually bring both!
Having recent had gut cramps from gels (when i have never experienced it before) that’s a great tip about the 300 ml of water! Great video!
Pork scratchings are my go to fuel for the bike. LCHF since Jan. Carbs still add value at times though, complex slow release pre/early training. havent had a gel this year, or a bar.
Gels for when riding. Quicker and easier to get down followed by fluid.
Bars for snack breaks on the side of the road. Find it awkward to chew when trying to breath. I find I have to pick my moments based on the terrain instead of keeping to a time interval with bars.
Another great vid with balanced content! 👍Porridge for breakfast, then fig rolls to start with moving onto gels seems to work for me at the moment!
Awesome as always bloke.
Cheers Shannon 👍
Cool series, learning tons.
Keep em coming!
Thank You again for another great video. I know nutrition is the ground work for good rides, runs and other activities. Nutrition is absolutely my biggest weakness. Really not sure where to start. Amount of what to take and how much. Been trying to improve without a lot of success.
In the mornings before school were I’ll do about 45km I’ll just take a gel and electrolytes in the bottle while weekend 120km + is 80g Beta Fuel x 1, 2 Bars and 2 Gels + lollies so I’m completely neutral
For a 3 hour plus ride I like to bring a bag of rice with me as well
It takes too long to cook.
Try small boiled or baked potato, more even delivery of fuel and a healthy alternative nobody talks about....cheap, no plastic packaging.
I like SIS gels. They are more dilute than other gels, so you need to take less water with them. I also mix in real food and bars.
Fruit bars from Coles or Woolies. About $4 for a box, 20g carbs each bar. It's what we used racing in Europe before gels were a thing
Great video Cam, thank you for making this for your viewers
Cheers James.
My rule of thumb is calories before the ride (pre ride meal) + calories during the ride should roughly equal total calories burnt for the ride. That way you finish the ride and aren't totally ravenous and you're fueling the next session. Also there is more recent research that show you can exceed that 90g by a fair margin but gut training definitely needed for that.
Hi Cam, I struggle to eat energy bars if I'm cycling at Zone 3 or above because I need to breath through my mouth at that pace & risk crumbs going into my lungs. I took 30 minutes to chew through a bar on a ride a few days ago. Consequently, I've started using SiS Beta fuel drink which is much quicker to get into my stomach without compromising my breathing too much. I now only eat energy bars at rest stops.
I talked with a sports nutritionist here in the States and she prescribed real food while on the bike. She also stated that gels and chews are not bad, but that we need to chew some food to help with the digestive enzymes to break down all the stuff we consume while we are riding.
I like a combination of real food, gels and chews with some electrolytes in the bottle.
You’re doing some great stuff, keep it up!
Thanks for the video. I personally choose bars AND gels combined for longer days (50+) - gels on their own for anything less. For me, how much the gel affects my stomach comfort varies greatly based on what brand of gel I use. Some much better than others, guess we all have to test a few out to find what works best. I NEVER had any luck with SiS gels.
Excellent..........more of that Discussion would be great........expand to Liquids - Water and/or Water with Electrolytes + Liquid Energy Drinks (powder mixes - also designed to add Carbs to ride......theory easier to digest with less "bulk". Thanks for Segment
Cheers mate, I’ll see what I can do if I get another chance to get in there 👍
I get less rash if I ride on gel rather than bars.
You also have to factor that when your muscles start to repair they're going to divert blood from other organs. For me that's my stomach and after about an hour my stomach cannot digest food and it feels like a giant lump. So i tend to eat solid food then replace my carb intake with liquid and gels when i feel like eating, or rather, my stomach getting quite heavy.
On extreme long endurance ride, I use Clif Protein bar 20 grams of protein as lunch
Third option, 350-calorie bottles of a fav flavor sports drink, i add cane sugar to keep intensity.
For protein it's about 500•Cal a bottle.
Ymmv, 🍺
Good insight 👍🏽, thanks
I go for one Cliff Bar every hour on a long steady ride with maybe some gel in-between and also some pineapple juice mixed 1/1 in my water bottles. Works mostly for me. I find the hydration sometimes more difficult since I tend to omit drinking in time frequently.
@Steph Cronin thank you for the input! I'll try on my next rides :-)
Just an amature here, but for 3 peaks and other day long rides I use a gel flask and sip every 15 minutes, to a rate of about one gel per hour. I find this is much easier on my stomach than fruit cake, and my energy levels stay higher than when I eat real food.
I'll then sparingly add a sandwich, cake or crepe every 2 to 3 hours.
I go for electrolyte in the water bottles no carbs, as I think carb drinks taste really nasty.
Interesting, thanks for sharing Wayne. Cam
rice krispy treats. survive long hours in jersey pocket, 100 cal, easy to eat, 17 grams carb, mixture of glucose and fructose. and most important for me..... no fiber. eating 9 cliff bars over the course of a 100 mile ride is way too much fiber. I find that I have nowhere to throw out the sticky messy gel wrappers after i eat them. I keep 2 gels on my bike always for emergency energy.
I use both. It took a long time the find a gel that didn't upset my stomach. The upside from being a amateur. I can choose whatever I want.
Thanks for sharing Tom
Nice video, cheers!
What about for short high intensity rides like 1hr Zwift / Crit races? Zwift it’s pretty easy to smash the gels cause you aren’t taking corners. I’ve been taking 3 SIS gels in a 1 hour Zwift race: 1 after warmup in pen and the other two at one third and two thirds race distance - seems to work well.
Crit races are another matter though, not so easy to slam gels mid race depending on course.
I’d go a gel before a Zwift race potentially. I often see A graders in the crits having a gel with 10mins to go. Giving them the extra boost at the end
Gummies like clif bloks are good for when you’re breathing hard because you can open your mouth to breath and not have your airway blocked by gel or blow out bits of granola. Also nice for variety.
Yep, good point, they make me crook though.. Like gels!
Not mentioned here is the bar also helps to stave off the hunger feelings better than the gels. But riding 20-30hrs (600km) like this weekend I think I'll need to stop for a pizza or such as well
As always great info
Coffee and cake always wins on social rides 😀
I like bars, but hard efforts I prefer the gels. I always prefer my nutrition with little to no sugars as well.
Cracking Vid Cambo, super informative especially around the 2 to 1 ratio, thanks for making these and looking forward to the next one:)
Another great video - thanks!!
For a long ride I’ll do 45g of table sugar in each bottle (plus a bit of salt), which will last about 2 hours. At that point i’ll refill my bottles somewhere and then eat bars, and then eventually chews at the end.
Thanks for sharing Riley
I use to have problem at rides more than 3-4 hours. Despite chewing a lot of chocolate bars, and/or nut mix, drink a lot of water, the result is that my stomach becomes puffed up and I am full. Still the energy will not go out to the legs. I am not sure exactly what I do wrong.
I find the S.I.S. Gel the best for me. Science in sport it’s a really good quality product little pricy though.
Steph Cronin good to know thx for the insight. I always get a little confused when people say “just water for anything under 60 mins biking. But what if it’s 65 mins or what if that 60 min is hard long intervals. I think about stuff like that. I do like fasted workouts as well but really only works In the am for me. Thx for the details again , always interesting stuff.
90 grams of carbs per hour, you need to practice that....body typically can’t cope....my research says 60 grams is typical, 50% more is 90.....not easy!
I’ve started using a kids squeeze applesauce bag full of maple syrup. I buy the syrup at Costco.
Interesting Kurt, might give it a go
@@CamNicholls yeah, one applesauce squeeze holds 360 calories of syrup which equates to three gels. I like the kid-friendly screw top because it keeps my hands clean and also I don't have to put a sticky gel pack back in my jersey
I've only been riding road for a year. I just started mixing an electrolyte/carb mix in my water and eat a bar every 45 min-1 hour. I really like Lara bars since they are usually only 3-5 natural ingredients and about 25-30g of carbs. Definitely felt the difference on my last 100km ride. I'm in Dallas, TX where a 100km ride is only around 2000ft of climb. Do you think I should try gels instead of the electrolyte mix?
Thanks for sharing mate. I’ll see if I can get Steph on the case. She’s got the expertise.
Dates anyone?
So long as I'm not riding on your wheel :-)
haha!
Great information.
Cheers Jim
No fruit talk? I assume it’s because you really can’t stuff too many bananas in your jersey.
Gels are great but I hate having empty sticky wrappers stuffed in my pockets.
Bars are usually to dry and I can’t chew them up easily. So I stuff bananas and homemade bars (Bananas, PB, Oats, Dates, Cashews, Chia, Flax, Dark Chocolate, Honey) ???? I don’t know why but the homemade bars go down so much easier.
Mix 2 gels in 1 water bottle and have other bottle just water, works well for racing.
Gels or bars just RUBBISH . 1 banana 6 dates 1 jam or honey sandwich on wholemeal bread no butter 2 bottles of water EQUALS 100ks If doing more ks take a little extra works a treat .
Hi Cam off subject here but keen to know more about those knee guards / protectors you are wearing in the video
Just knee warmers mate
Dunno if the pros still do this but for a long time in the last hour of a long race (6+ hrs) some would down a can of not diet coke BAM you got wings. And Pot Belge.
Sugar water👍🏻😆
I've mixed maple syrup and water before for long rides, nice liittle treat.
50/50 mix water + pepsi/cola
Yeah, I like to squeeze the juice of lime in, a good spoon of honey and a pinch of salt in one bottle and plain water in the other. A couple of homemade bars or so like flapjack or rice crispies
What about protein/amino acids in supplementing for long, tough endurance events(50 k cross country ski races)? I like to use gels with protein, it seems to help me perform better than plain carb replacement. Any thoughts or opinions on that?
Thanks for sharing mate. Not personally, don’t have the expertise but I’ll see if I can get Steph on the case
Homemade flap jacks
I pick routes where I know Dominos can deliver on the hour, every hour.
Haha
Fun stuff!
How long before the carbs kick in after you put them (gel or bar) in your stomach? Do you therefore need it before you start, and then based on the absorption ?
Good questions, I’ll see if I can get Steph on the case
That is very interesting Vlog. when on long rides I've always mixed the intake with gels and bars. would be good to know if there is a graph on weight what the intake is. just generally. I understand that it is done on an individual basis. Also what about rice cakes etc. Are these good to have. Protein intake etc.
More on this to come Steve. Stay tuned.
@Steph Cronin would it also make a difference on a person age? Cam this is a awesome subject and I think it could be a minefield for some of us to get our heads round. Can't wait for more on this. Need all the help I can get to squeeze more energy/power out of me on these hill rides.
90 grams of carbs an hour, yikes lol. I like bars at the begining because usually the pace is slower, maybe a shot of gel then when I'm tired near the end all gel, but not 90 grams.lol. I also use my elcrotrolye bottle for some smooth carbs. Great inifo and vid. THANKS
I thought the same, but then remembered I am not an elite cyclist! I figure for the power I generate maybe half of that? Would be interested to learn what is recommended for a cafe ride.
@@hclapp219 Yeah, 1 cliff bar is 45g. I use one every hour, maybe 45 minutes if hot and faster. I have a gel flask that holds 5 shots of gel. For me that will get me through 2-2.5 hours. I'd puke with 90grams an hour. LOL Yeah, elite cyclists burn a lot more fuel. Crazy.
Neither, I can't do without my three-course-haute-cuisine-in-a-jersey-pocket.
Cake!
and Coffee!!
Depends on if I hit a energy brick wall where I feel like crap il have a gel and drink 1l of water if I get the shakes up have a bar
real food. Don't get trapped into expensive ride food. The real battle is the rest of the day.
Fair call
Tiger bars are my go too
How about Isotonic Energy Gels, will they need for you to drink more water to dilute
Good question, I wondered that myself after the interview!
I dilute a gel into a water bottle to reduce the stomach issues, but still get the effect. Any opinions on that?
Interesting to hear Marc, no opinions from me though
When cross-country skiing, or cold weather cycling, some bars are no good. Because they get so hard you burn more calories trying to chew them than you get from them.
Very good point there Scott. Thanks for sharing! Sounds to me you need a nice pot of warm tea in your pocket.
i rotate between gels, muesli bars, and snakes.. Often the gels stay in my pocket.
As an American, I think I can speak for all of us... Australians are good looking!
With that being said, I like gels because solids are hard to eat while riding
A caveat to my previous statement, gels are hard to consume throughout the whole ride. Sometimes it’s nice to get off the saddle, let’s say for a century, and get a solid food in during that ride. I haven’t thought about how many carbs I eat. Right now I’m eating tell I feel good. The older I get gels don’t sit right in my stomach while riding but a bar sits just fine, it just takes a lot longer to eat
Thanks for sharing mate
Can you freeze gels prior to riding in hot climate?
Interesting question, I might give it a shot next summer and let you know
I love a pinger and a few durries while out on the ride
haha, that would need a recovery day afterwards
I find bars are the best for me but carry a lot of rice cakes with me find them to be the best source of energy for me
I want that Knights shirt
I usually start my training fasted...then eat or gel an hr into the session...if I remember...Lol.
I like to ride fasted too Raymond. More on that topic to come! Cam
@@CamNicholls looking forward to that👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
Careful your not burning muscle, blood test will confirm, I learnt that lesson.
Bars vs gels? The answer is simple:
Chews.
Gels only for racing. Bars for training.
Nice T shirt mate :), I go for gels with caffeine, and I like the fruit cake. I just get the cheap type cut it up, foil and freeze it. Seems to work the best for me.
Oh and liquid carbs too
Love a bot of Coles fruitcake in foil!
Medjool dates mate
Stuffed with pistachios!!!
neither. homemade is always the best option. there are plenty of healthy recipes out there.
too many gels at a time will lead to insulin spikes and diabetes down the road.
First off, NICE slammed new look and cutting off the chimney... watched your drama and can see you need the reinforcement on that.
Haha! More to come on that tomorrow 😀
I prefer bars. Lounge bars.
Haha
Actually, a beer-lemonade shandy is reputed to be the perfect electrolyte recovery drink. The Germans even call the drink ‘Radler’ meaning rider. What does Steph have to say about that?? Bring on the video!!!
Whats best if I’m trying to shit myself during my ride??
haha! A plug.
Stop for ice cream or nothing.
What about blocks
Didn’t fit into this discussion unfortunately
@@CamNicholls be good to hear any stories you have of bonking on a ride