Soft foods on rides?

Random one, after a big crash a few years back it seems since then I’ve had dental issues, but only now are they surfacing, had a root canal recently and there’s no nerve it’s dead and gone, some teeth around the impact zone are starting to crumble and break.

Looking at trail snacks I’ve had gels but dentist recommends not using them, jelly babies, malt loaf but all chewy…bananas are still good! But thinking what else could I take on a bike ride?

I don’t carry sweet stuff on rides anymore, I always take one of these:

https://www.costco.co.uk/Grocery-Household/Food-Cupboard/Rio-Mare-Insalatissime-Mexican-Style-Tuna-Salad-4-x-160g/p/368448

Fits neatly in my road bike saddle bag along with a folding camping fork from decathlon. Proper food with protein and imo delicious 😋

And obviously soft.

Bahhh you’ve reminded me about the dentist warning me mine at the crash site one day will just snap off. They wont touch it as its so close to my plate so it’ll be another dental hospital job.

Scotch eggs ?.

Pork pies. Sausages. Sandwiches.

I usually take a mashed banana and peanut butter in a tortilla wrap.

Or Soreen.

Honey sandwiches.

Apparently honey (at least some kinds of honey) have an antibiotic effect, so this is just as good as brushing your teeth as well. At least that’s what I tell myself.

Mashed banana and peanut butter sounds yum!!

Will fit in the swat on my stumpy as well.

Will fit in the swat on my stumpy as well.

Even though I know what you mean I had to read that a couple of times for it to make sense

Another vote for tortilla wraps, I make some with peanut butter and jam

Nakd bars are not too chewy. You find the multipacks in the usual places but the singles are often on offer in Sainsbury’s in the freefrom ambient bit

I used to make protein pancakes,butter them with peanut butter and roll up and pop in a little plastic food case.

There’s a book  out about nutritional bike snacks as this is a problem the cycling teams have in keeping the riders fuelled all day with more interesting nibbles.

Gels  are more for high energy output stuff  or emergency’s when you’ve not eaten enuff and are working too hard. I tend to keep a pack of small haribo at hand for emergency’s as a good bonk is well weird.

I tend to keep a pack of small haribo at hand for emergency’s as a good bonk is well weird.

I do that… it stays next to my giant bag of haribo for general use.

I take a spork on long audax rides which allows me to eat a wider range of stuff. Muller Rice and similar concoctions are a good option when eating and digesting stuff is difficult. If you have access to potable water whilst riding then maybe Huel powder would be an option.

Surely if you have access to hot water then the obvious answer is…

quite like these pain au chocolate

Many thanks, I guess going forward some prep other than grabbing the bike and gels and jelly babies should be in order!

Had to go back to the dentist today as the filling he did last week failed already and fell out, another tooth im fighting with him not to pull out..

Chocolate brioche rolls don’t need chewing, also semolina in. a food bag. I’ve used both on long TTs.

+1 for Pains Au Chocolat or brioche or similar. They come individually wrapped from lidl (and above Aldi and I’m sure other supermarkets) so you can just grab a couple and go

Very stuff-able (in ones mouth!)

TBH where I am, they do lots of individual little cakes that you buy by weight but I’ve used the brioches and my fave at the moment is little sponge blocks.

Used to love the oat flap jacks that the local cheap food shop used to do.
The other stellar thing they did was the off cuts/rejects of flapjacks and various cakes you got in the marks and Spencer’s cake counter I do think it’s hard to beat a good soft moist flapjack on the bike with choc coating off the bike 🙂