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Galactic wrote: ↑7 Oct 2022, 5:28pm

PH wrote: ↑7 Oct 2022, 12:22pm I find it hard to imagine any sort of bonking on a 30km ride, how are you riding?

Well that's the interesting thing - it was an easy ride at an easy pace, not even any particularly steep or long hills. And that after a week's easy touring (usually 60 to 90km every day, but not pushing myself to exhaustion or anything drastic). I doubt any reserves will have been seriously depleted by the tour, and if anything, my legs should have been in better than average condition.

Something in your picnic caused an insulin spike and dropped blood glucose ?

foxyrider wrote: ↑6 Oct 2022, 6:18pm

Cugel wrote: ↑6 Oct 2022, 8:40am

Dingdong wrote: ↑5 Oct 2022, 6:46pm The secret to not bonking on distance rides is to be fuelling yourself with carbs every hour or so. My best friend was the British 24hr champion back in the day, his secret was sugary drinks at regular intervals, and an actual bag of sugar in his back pocket which he would dip into every 15 minutes.

Worked well for him! It's all carbs, carbs, carbs. That and a good cadence!

For some reason best not elaborated just now, I feel your "bag of sugar" advice may not be the best advice in this instance (or any other).

Cugel, wary of the white death, both visible and invisible varieties.

maybe a bag of sugar isn't ideal but the boosting effect of gummi bears & jelly babies is well known

Those things are a well-known cause of gumrot, bad breath and constipation! Myself, I always rely on a chunk of ladywife date&figgie or even a mass of her "blondie".

The pale mass of a blondie is a baked conglomerate of dark chocolate lumps, oats, gluten-free flour of some kind, plump raisins, egg, butter and a teeny bit of golden syrup. It is addictive, mind. One might find a swarm of cyclists at the freezer in which she secretes the whole blondie cake. They have heard the rumours of it and cast all caution aside in attempting to obtain a piece, quarreling about who has the biggest piece and why they should give it up to another more in need.

I recall racing fellows who swore by Mars bars. One often saw them consume the thing, go faster for a few minutes (probably for psychological reasons rather than sugar reasons) then get the blow-up that generally follows the sugar rush.

These days many cyclists buy sugar-in-some-litter - small amounts of gooey muck flavoured with chemical which they suck at before casting the packet to the verge. Only £8.99 per ounce (10p for the sugar and £8.89 for the litter). Others prefer a bidon-grog that makes them sick after riding on it for 3.86 miles; and makes their bidon-nipple go black with mould.

Cugel

Bsteel wrote: ↑8 Oct 2022, 9:04am Something in your picnic caused an insulin spike and dropped blood glucose ?

Can't think what would have done that: rye bread with spread, a few carrots and a white bap.

Galactic wrote: ↑10 Oct 2022, 3:21pm

Bsteel wrote: ↑8 Oct 2022, 9:04am Something in your picnic caused an insulin spike and dropped blood glucose ?

Can't think what would have done that: rye bread with spread, a few carrots and a white bap.

Not unless the spread was a generous coating of Nutella with a dusting of castor sugar for added crunch