[Closed] energy food that isn't energy bar/gel

Flapjacks / cereal bars for long lasting energy, jelly babies for short acting

Flapjack is good. Have you tried SIS powder in your drink? It's very good but makes you fart a lot later in the day. (It's pure carbohydrate)

Carefully choose your route so that it goes past as many apple trees as possible.

Obviously only really works well between September and December. But stolen apples are truly delicious.

I once found some passion fruit in August; they're pretty good.

Whats wrong with just bog standard food at regular intervals

take a jam and peanut butter sandwich and some fruit

flapjacks are good but a bit stodgy

jam and peanut butter on the same bread? *voms*

The staff usually set up the picnic for me. If I'm roughing it the string quartet stay at home!

malt loaf

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flapjacks are good but a bit stodgy
jam and peanut butter on the same bread? *voms*
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you have no idea what you're missing. Om nom nom

beer

Try cereal bars then - tracker or lidls do some decent ones or those kellogs breakfast bar things

fig rolls!

+1 for Malt Loaf

Cheap, full of carbs, low fat, and doesn't matter if it gets bashed about in your pack. 😀

My riding is built on malt loaf. There are some nice variants too if you can get hold of them.

But it can be tough to digest when knackered so take some gels too.

flapjacks are good but a bit stodgy

Bananas, bit fragile tho.

Pies!

Stella

+1 for jam and peanut butter,dont knock it till you try it.......
haribos and jelly babies are a good sugar kick too

I usually have malt loaf, bananas and eat natural bars. I don't find proper food works well for me during a ride i.e cafe stop for lunch, so if i opt for say a sandwich, then i'll need coffee/cake/chocolate for an instant hit.

Malt loaf with marmite on it, much nicer than it sounds
jelly babies
fig rolls
Kelloggs Elevenses bars
Jam sarnies
dried fruit

Malt loaf with marmite on it, much nicer than it sounds

"Malt loaf with marmite"

Yeah that works great, but I can't cope with the flavour 🙂

Home-made flapjacks (with things like peanut butter/chocolate/nuts/seeds) are the best IME. Do a search for recipes on here - there are a fair few. On a good day they give me 40-60 mins of energy. Most other foods/bars/gels give me 20-30, e.g.

bananas
malt load
sandwiches

And jelly babies rock - better IMO than all those expensive/fancy energy drops etc.

Peanut M&Ms
Any sandwiches with a bit of 'moistness' to the in case you're getting dehydrated (I usually slice tomatoes into mine, but you gotta learn to love squashed, soggy bread)
Sesame Snaps - sesame seeds, sugar & glucose syrup. 550 calories per 100g
Chug a can/bottle of coke if you're near civilisation (I can't be bothered to carry 1/2 kg with me, but always buy a bottle if we have a shop stop).

Spacemonkey - gotta get me some of that Malt Load. Sounds calorific.

Flapjacks for me, [url= http://www.discount-supplements.co.uk/sports-supplements-high-protein-bars-cnp-professional-pro-flapjacks-24-x-75g-flapjack ]Chocolate Orange[/url] flavour 🙂

Wine gums for a quick pick up!

Got a Mule bar to try on this weekends reliability...

Mrs M's home made flapjacks are the best, but failing that default is always Kellogs Nutrigrains, now called Elevenses. Either the oat bake or raisin bake. Look at the nutritonal info and it's about the same as a Go Bar at about 1/5th of the price. Tasty too

are Nina's recipes still on Mleh TJ?

i might try malt loaf with marmalade as an experiment (hate marmite)

I get on with the Clif Shot gel cube thingys far better than a gel. cheaper too (one pack is equiv to a couple gels) orange flavour, all the way..

Pork Pies.

Normal food works if you are planning on stopping to eat it.

Bombay-mix FTW!

My picnic always consists of an egg and cress sandwich. Protein and carbs and it's easy to digest too.

Standby is Blackfriars flapjacks, available from Holland and Barrett for around 75p. Substantial and available in lots of different varieties.

Perhaps a few dried apricots too.

My picnic always consists of an egg and cress sandwich

not what i'd want in a warm camelbak 😕

Placcy bag of Mumbai mix and/or mixed fruit'n'nuts in the jersey pocket for dipping into, banana and jam sarnies for stopping and eating.

A typical Jelly Baby (or other generic industrial confectionary product) is basically a 1/2 teaspoon of sugar plus some gunk from a cows foot with some food colourings/flavours for the charm - so about 20 'empty' calories plus some chemicals 🙄 probably work well as placebo snacks though........

not what i'd want in a warm camelbak

If it's a hot day, I use a little ice pack. Simples!

I once had burger and chips at a biker cafe near Boxhill 20 miles into a ride around the North Downs.

I was starving.

Regretted it when I got back on my bike...was tempted to make myself vomit just so I could feel comfortable.

In conclusion, burger and chips should be avoided.

bananas, and maybe put some of those energy tablets in ya camelbak 😉

Carbs good: malt loaf, flapjacks (but watch out for buttery high fat versions), bananas, energy bars, carbs in your energy drink (buy raw materials from bulkpowders).
Fat is bad - much harder to digest and slows down absorption of the carbs.

Little and often; on long rides I'm trying to eat and/or drink every 15 minutes. Variety also good; malt loaf for 24hours is hard going...

I find that having energy drink helps. Also reduces appetite.

Cold porridge anyone?
Just make double for breakfast and take half with you.

Sounds grim I know, but I'm getting so into it I'm starting to prefer it to hot and regularly eat it for elevenses when I'm not riding - it's about that time mmmm...

old school tour de france riders used good old raisins

I think Soreen are missing a trick here - a significant number of their customers are using it as a sports-food. But nothing in their product marketing suggest they realise this.

Malt-load bars you can fit in your jersey pocket?

have you tried torq bars? they are seriously head and shoulders above the rest. palatable and do no funny stuff to your stomach.

harvest bars/ trackers/ granola bars/ from the supermarket. ideally looking for high carb low fat (maybe dieters ones?) rice cakes are nice too (but difficult to eat whilst riding) marmite ones are like marmite on toast.

old school tour de france riders used good old raisins

i hope jimmers turns up and tells his story about riding the SDW on a kilo of raisins and a box of jaffa cakes!! 😆

I once had burger and chips at a biker cafe near Boxhill 20 miles into a ride around the North Downs.

Sounds like the greasy spoon that is Rykers. Best avoided at all costs.

have you tried torq bars?

Tried loads of them and they're probably in the top two energy bars IME. Tried Mule bars lately and not sure they really did much. Stingers did nothing either, nor most other bars/gels.

Gonna have to make me some more jack flaps.

And like CG says, carbing up your fluid helps - Torq works best for me.

And equally important is having the right pre-ride/run fuel.

1. Bacon/eggs/toast/beans (pre 11am
2. Spag, pesto, tuna, olives and truffle oil (post 11am)