Originally Posted by Carbonfiberboy

I ride with a couple of type 1 diabetics. Their regimen is no preride food. Nada. Nothing for breakfast if it's a morning ride, nothing within 3 hours if it's an afternoon or evening ride. That way they avoid spiking blood sugar and having that mess with their ride. Then during the ride, consume the standard 250 calories/hr., mostly or all carbs, if you are riding hard, less if you are taking it easier, down to maybe 150 cal./hr. So a lot more than you are eating now. Make an effort to eat more. It takes conscious effort to eat enough. So that's about 1 Clif Bar/hr., more or less. You don't have to worry about eating all those carbs because your insulin response will be very different than when you aren't riding.