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)