Training & Nutrition - What type food for fuel

I got a 63 mile class "B" ride coming up sunday. What type food do you guys suggest that I start eating Friday and Saturday to build up enough "fuel" for this ride?

Unless you are starving yourself you don't really need to do anything special the day before. Just eat something during a ride. I usually have GU2O in my water bottles, and either couple of gells or a cliff bar.

i disagree, 63 miles is not a short distance, especially if you haven't been training much. i read a story about footballers (sorry, soccer players, for the heathens...) and potatoes, and have eaten 250grams of soft boiled taters before every football game and big ride/race ever since - bit hard to get down the hatch at 5.30am sometimes, but, i always have lots of energy..... just make sure it's 3 hours before, you need time to digest them! (article follows)

Pre-match spuds
French nutritionists heavily criticised the pre-match diet of the England players in Euro '96. Their menu of tomato soup, spaghetti bolognese and toast was said to be more likely to produce wind than a win.
Potatoes, according to French scientists, make the best meal on the day of a game.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/hottopics/football/images/potato.jpg
Potatoes are in!

They contain glucides, which deliver a steady flow of muscular energy. They also contain useful vitamins. According to one piece of research, a player should consume 200-300 grams of potatoes, boiled for 20 minutes, exactly three hours before going on the pitch.

potatos are atomic fuel #1 best lucky results

pasta and rice works but any race where I had legs at the end
and was in contention, I eated taters the 2 days before

There is somewhat of a difference between a football game and a group rides that usually not all that fast. I just think people have a tendency to over do it. They think "oh there is a 60 mile ride" so they proceed to pig out for two days. Most of that food is deposited as fat and doesn't really help. If you eat healthy and get plenty of wrest you glycogen stores don't really need to be "topped off". Just get a good breakfast and concentrate on on the bike nutrition. Just my .002 cents.

i disagree, 63 miles is not a short distance, especially if you haven't been training much. i read a story about footballers (sorry, soccer players, for the heathens...) and potatoes, and have eaten 250grams of soft boiled taters before every football game and big ride/race ever since - bit hard to get down the hatch at 5.30am sometimes, but, i always have lots of energy..... just make sure it's 3 hours before, you need time to digest them! (article follows)

Pre-match spuds
French nutritionists heavily criticised the pre-match diet of the England players in Euro '96. Their menu of tomato soup, spaghetti bolognese and toast was said to be more likely to produce wind than a win.
Potatoes, according to French scientists, make the best meal on the day of a game.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/hottopics/football/images/potato.jpg
Potatoes are in!

They contain glucides, which deliver a steady flow of muscular energy. They also contain useful vitamins. According to one piece of research, a player should consume 200-300 grams of potatoes, boiled for 20 minutes, exactly three hours before going on the pitch.

French nutritionists...

DP,
You can't quote the French here...sorry. Not allowed...Nada...Dame...:o
This is an American based forum.:D:rolleyes::D

i have a strange friend who, when i first met him, was always speaking in a french accent...

'so, where in france are you from?'

'me? i am, 'ow you zay, not french'

'where are you from then?'

'eet ees landon, i am from'

'london?'

'oui! c'est vrai!'

'england?'

'oui'

'then why the f**k are you speaking in that accent?!'

' ooh la la, 'ow can i zay... eef you speek in a french accent, no matter wha' you zay, eet zounds eenteresting! non?!'

and goddamit - he was right. therefore, i shall continue to quote, 'ow you zay, ze french!

Depending upon the OP's fitness level and the ride's actual pace, he may be burning 40/60 fat/carbs if he's in top-shape and the ride is easy. In which case he actually won't need to eat anything really, maybe just an energy-bar/gel halfway through the ride itself. On the other hand, if he's not as fit as the other guys and the ride is fast enough to put him at LT and TT-pace the entire time (burns 100% glycogen), he's going to need to eat beforehand AND during the ride itself.