How to Eat Enough Food While Bike Touring
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ส.ค. 2024
- Eating well is so important while bike touring. To borrow an analogy from the motor vehicle world, our stomachs are our gas tanks, and just like with motor vehicles, we can run into all kinds of problems if we let our stomachs run empty.
In this video, I share a little bit about how I think about food and eating well on an bike tour overnight to the Anza-Borrego Desert in Southern California. And even still, I managed to make at least a couple of mistakes.
There are plenty of options when it comes to cooking gear, and I'm not necessarily recommending what I use, but here are links in case you were curious:
- MSR WhisperLite International Backpacking Stove (www.rei.com/pr...)
- MSR PocketRocket Deluxe Stove Kit (www.rei.com/pr...)
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Thanks for going through the effort of making this video. This is really authentic. Speaks to me, especially the planning and rescheduling. That's life I guess.
Thank you so much!
Awesome video! Love hearing about the behind-the-scenes of bike touring and all the prep work and logistics you do. I hope everything goes as planned next time but honestly the little unexpected improvisations are some of my favorites 😅. The editing was amazing btw!
Thank you, David! You totally made my day. I'm so glad you enjoyed the video and really appreciate the feedback!
Canister stoves, If anyone is stove shopping, the JetBoil MicroMo boils water in 1.3 mins. It has a heat exchanger, and regulator so it boils and simmers, a 4oz canister will last almost a week in the backcountry. Open stoves like the MSR Pocket Rocket are light, but inefficient. Multi fuel gas stoves are good above 10,000 feet and for snow camping. That 55 year old brass Svea, yep, I owned one in 1972, there is a reason they disappeared. Looks like you rode Old Hwy 80 to Alpine, then north on 79 or Sunrise Hwy to Julian, down Banner Grade into Anza Borrego. There is a neat way to make a loop of that trip with a lot of off-road away from traffic. Happy trails!☮
Great info and good to know about looping away from traffic! I'll have to look harder at the maps the next time I head out that way
The Stagecoach 400 route helps a lot for off road in SD county. Also road and dirt, from OB, old Hwy 80 to Inkopah, down I-8 is bike legal to Ocotillo, S-2 north to 78 west into Julian up Banner Grade, Farmers Rd in Julian to Wynola, 78 to Santa Ysabel, go north to Black Canyon Rd, turns to dirt, descend into Ramona, from there back roads to Lake Hodges and dirt trails around the lake, or go south to RB and Camino Del Sur to 56 bike path to coast. Complete loop from coast, mtns, desert, and return to coast. Leave OB early am Sat or Sun for low traffic out of SD. Happy trails!
Thank you!
Cup. Bowl. Both work. It's the trip that matters. Have fun and don't sweat the small stuff. Hope you'll get back to doing videos because they're informative and enjoyable.
Thank you!! I really appreciate the kind words, and I should have another video coming out within the next couple of weeks
Food. Is. Everything. I make the same food mistakes over and over again because I am continually surprised - you really cannot eat too much!
I'm glad I'm not the only one!
The whisper lite series is a good stove. Its roots go back to 1898. For some reason the makers have abandoned the simpler original pressurized design made of brass tank and removable tower. The only moving part is the pressurizing pump, which needs a new gasket about every 50 years. No replaceable fuel line that goes from the fuel bottle to the burner tower folding stabilizer legs. My go two for a kick ass power house is the Optimus 00 still available on the secondary market. Fits comfortably in a two liter pot, with room left over for kitchen tools and nests inside a three liter pot and easily feeds four. When put together they look like a canister stove, but Kerosine burns almost twice as hot as a canister stove. For one or two traveling together I use the Seva 123 which is simple perfection and fits in a one liter pot. It has a built in wind screen heat key to adjust flame, cooks using one or two liter pot and runs on white gas. I have used it on week cross country ski trips. How did the hold up? Mine in use after 55 years and still going strong. The secret to getting enough calories in a day is to eat three meals and nosh all day long with finger food in your grub bag.
Tom, thank you so much for sharing all this great information on stoves, and it is so incredible that you have a one that has been in use for 55 years!
I guess with needing 6.5k calories, you should also have some food high in fat. I personally couldn't even hope to choke down that many calories in a low fat style. Buttered bread might be very nice, for example. Or cold pizza.
Funny you should mention pizza, because that is exactly what I was thinking about while I made my dinner that night! And agreed, eating that much food is challenging, even when hungry for it.
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Hey, hope you're doing well! I actually am hoping to put another video out in about a month
Muilt fuel stove is only way to tour special world tour gas canister impossible to find in remote places .. the best stove for me is Optimus Polaris Optifuel as it can slimmer and easy to clean even when using it and dont have to change nozzle when switching fuels
Great to know about the Optimus, I'll make sure to check that one out if I ever end up back in the market for a stove
Very good video. Please upload this type of camping and cooking videos.
Thank you for the comment, and I'm glad you liked the video! I do have a couple of other videos in mind for this series, I hope you enjoy them when they've been published
@@kyleonwheels yes of course I am gonna enjoy them. Just subscribed your channel. Love from India
@@kyleonwheels Please use multifuel stove like MSR Universal in next trip
Thanks so much! That means a lot to me
Will do! I definitely prefer my multi fuel stove when I have time to cook more than just pasta
Beer helps me with calories while touring
You can file off the sharp edges quickly & easily. Multifuel is the key. You can also multifuel your canister burner with a few small lightweight adapters for butane & propane & ISO. Any more silly excuses?
Thanks for sharing. I hadn't thought about using a file for the sharp edges, I have always just wrapped the sharp stuff in clean(er) clothes, but I might have to give that a try.
It's been long time no new video ?
Hey! Good to hear from you. I haven't had time to start the next one yet but hopefully will be able to post something in the next few weeks
With all due respect Mr Wheels several weeks have passed, I hate to be the guy to mention it.
Thanks for the note, it's so encouraging that you noticed! I do have a video in progress that will hopefully be published by end of September
Just stumbled upon your channel and this comment saying your next video was planned for September 2023, thats about 6 months ago :( hope you are doing alright man!
@@MundisMago-hx9ne He did promise didn't he? Let's hope he's editing a new one to share soon, yes?
long time no new video ?
You are so right, I'm hoping to get back into making some videos later this year though
Spend on food save on fuel
Sounds like good advice, it is nice to not have to cook from time to time anyways
Kerosene?
I know the MSR WhisperLite International can use kerosene with the right fuel jet, and I think many liquid fuel stoves can so could definitely be an option
Do your self a favour, get some fresh pasta or even better get some couscous. With couscous you pour the boiling water onto the grains and allow them to cook for 2 min. No need to waste fuel boiling pasta for 20 min and you don't have pasta water to drink.
Thanks for sharing! I hadn't thought of fresh pasta before, it's probably even better nutritional value too