I'm with you on the Fig Newtons. I usually have a package in my Camelback.Originally posted by I Are Baboon
On long rides (three or more hours), I carry a package of Fig Newtons in my CamelBak. For shorter rides, I stick to Clif Bars and GU.
I don't stick them under the elastic legband of my shorts, but I do bring a little baggy of dried apricots on my rides sometimes, they're great. Oh, almonds too.Originally posted by Toshi
I heard that a great snack is a dried apricot, stuck under the elastic legband on your shorts. By mid-ride, it's magically rehydrated and ready to eat, if only a bit salty.
Those were good!!!Originally posted by Acadian
dude..I LOVE FIGS!!!! I buy White Nutra Fig packs (www.nutrafig.com) by the case! (Remember Chris at Doweniville?) I also like Fig Newtons!
Originally posted by eric strt6
Yeech they should call them PowerTurds
Okay, long rides, bagels are where it's at!! No joke, you may laugh, cuz they're so dry, but, it gets ya to drink up!! I could go all day on a sesame bagel, & a packet of choc gu.Originally posted by Jekyll800
figs are ok but i still like pickles
Originally posted by Ethyyl
Ugh. Pickles. All I can imagine is burping that back up later in the ride.
Pre-ride =slug down 2 scoops of metabolol in a waterbottle
it gets water in you before you start,
during the ride take a cliff or luna bar and 2 packs of gu
LOTS of water.
Well, if the key is keeping it down, I'm in big trouble!!Originally posted by Ethyyl
it's like spinach to Popey!
Seriously, though. It's got stuff that your muscles need right away while working and for recovery. Yeah, you won't find the stuff served at a five star resturaunt, but once it's choked down (and stays down) it helps for durning the ride.
I just checked out the site, & it's real. It's funny how it draws you in at the same time it makes you wanna run far far away.Originally posted by MtnBikerChk
Colonblow (and SuperColonBlow) is from an old Saturday Night Live commercial.