for keeping up energy levels rather than a burst of energy. Sweet stuff like flap jack etc makes me gag – is there anything more savoury I can try. I wondered about beef jerky?

Where does the energy in beef jerky come from?

For longer rides a take an oat bar of some kind.

Carbohydrate? Don’t know, that why I asked the question.

and where is the carb in beef jerky?
Have you ever seen someone with the meat hurts during exercise?

This if you want to make some effort to prepare. Easy option for me is to make a couple of wraps with salami or chorizo or corned beef etc…

Bananas, dried fruit.. Even a cheaky fruit cake..they do a nice fruit cake at the café at swinley!
Energy drinks that contain glucose/fructose.. You need fast digesting energy sources that can get into the blood quickly..

Beef jerky is a protein source, best saved for after the ride. Although I would take a whey protein shake after the ride. Fast digesting and will aid recovery when needed the most.

Jerky’s fine I love it, loads of fat and protein along with peperami’s, scotch eggs and sarnies all work for me. Feed Zone Portables: A Cookbook of On-The-Go Food for Athletes is worth looking at if your prepared to do some cooking Clicky

Peanut butter and date or banana sandwiches, been eating them for years on longer rides and big days, used to be my riding food for Polaris events back in the day, still have this as my choice food 20+yrs later

I make my own energy bars using this recipe which can be modified to taste, whatever combo of dried fruit, seeds, nuts etc you feel like. Normally take a banana or two as well, depending on how far I’m going.

Tortilla wraps with a smattering of marmite and lots of peanut butter. I wouldn’t sit eating it in front of the TV but it works really well out on the trail.

Oat cakes.

Marmite sandwiches

Rice balls flavoured with Lea and Perrins Worcester sauce

Cashew and bacon rice cakes it is then!

Mmmm Marmite Sandwiches. Nom-nom

Belvita breakfast biscuits , slow release carbs.

You can buy savoury gels.

Pork pie. Falafel .;-)

Folks that ride / run ultras can train their body to metabolise fats but it takes a while to adapt. The problem with savoury foods is they can be very salty and hard to palette when you’re slightly dehydrated. I generally stick with energy drinks and bars but do enjoy savoury stuff now and again during 12hr plus rides.

Pork Pies. And no amount of stuffing them in an overfilled day-in-the-hills camelbak changes their shape or consistency.

Food of champions.

Bagel, sliced in half and toasted. Peanut butter on one half, Nutella on the other. Halves back together, cut the bagel into quarters, stick them in a baggie in a jersey pocket.

Toasting it first makes it easier to eat for some reason. Replace the Nutella with cucumber to make it savoury.

Malt loaf is the shizzle.

Mars Bars.
Or for longer energy bursts…two Mars Bars.

Jelly babies

Bombay Mix.

Few good suggestions up there, some completely ignoring the OP!

The portables book is a good start.

Potato cakes with cream cheese.
Small boiled potatos – i like mine with a strong cheese.
Sanwiches made using a heavy dense bread.
Ive never had much luck getting the rice cakes to stay together.
Youd need to do some googling to get recipes. But you can make cakes less sweet if you do your own. There are savoury baking options too. Either cake based or small pies,rolls.

Cheese. It’s all you need.

Maltloaf

Maltloaf , peanut butter and jam sarnies , crisps , flapjack .

I have to agree with the pork pie suggestion i rode twentyfour12 and some kind souls from the pits where offering pork pies out at about 2am

Was the best tasting pork pie i ever tasted

I would dispense with function and add a little civility if you can…

Basket of treats?

Baguette satchel? (watch where you’re going dear)

Yes!

Something I have been doing recently is “juicing” for liquids in my camelback. I have just made a batch up now as I am going out on the bike in 20mins.

4 apples, 4 oranges, 4 large carrots, 1 lemon, 1 beetroot, 1/2 head of celery, 1 cucumber and a good chunk of ginger, pinch of salt. All into a 3 litre camelback and top up with water

Everything apart from the oranges juiced skin and all (so I use organic). Is much more palatable than manufactured energy drinks and keeps a really level blood sugar level (not tested scientifically just6 how it feels).

If you looked at the headline macros, it probably wouldn’t be that different to an energy drink, but it just seems to be handled very differently by the body. I am quite surprised how much difference it has made to how my energy levels feel while riding, but I do wince a bit when I think of the cost.

I got the portables cook book, but I never really made anything from it, it all seems rather a lot of effort. I think a sandwich with peanut butter (non sweetened) and something else is very simple and quick.

I make bacon, peanut butter and apricot conserve rolls. Never a time when you can’t manage one of them. The more squashed they get the better and they’ll last a couple of days for longer trips.