On Tuesday, 26 May 2020 13:58:40 UTC-4, Frank Krygowski wrote:
Riffing off the "bonk" thread:

For most of my family's bicycling career (now approaching 50 years) we
took various snacks along on rides greater than 25 miles or so. But
somehow, with changes in life and changes in riding habits, we seem to
have gotten out of that snack habit.

On a couple of recent mid-30 miler rides on country roads, my wife
didn't bonk, but she certainly ran out of steam. During one of them, I
happened to find a gel packet buried in my bag, so I gave her that. It
helped noticeably; so we should get back to carrying snacks.

But I'd prefer something a little more like food, a little less like a
medical infusion. Since we're no longer performance riders, actually
stopping the bike to eat would be OK. even though on solo rides I prefer
to keep moving.

What are people's preferences for on-bike snacks?


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- Frank Krygowski

When I'm riding long distances or touring, I like to carry an assortment of nuts, dates, raisins dried apricots and maybe dried bananas. I snack on those as I ride. Sometimes I'll take a small stove and a can of something ad stop somewhere to enjoy the scenery and have a warm snack and cup of tea or coffee.

I've seen bicyclists pack what's basically a salad based meal, or sandwiches, in a plastic container and then put the container(s) inside their trunk-bag along with some ice or froze bottles of water

Cheers.