Count me in the real food contingency. The packaged "energy" foods seem like a ripoff to me. I will eat them when I find myself unprepared.

You can make your own.

Sixty-Fiver, what's your recipe?

On the Transportation Alternatives century ride, which is in September in NYC, I had some Accelerade. It was so foul tasting that I yelled out, and the whole crowd turned to me to see what had happened. I expected it to taste like punch, but it had whey (milk protein) powder in it. So to me, it was like milk curdled with fruit juice, only faker.

I'm glad I'm not the only pb&j lover. I eat a ton of it, especially off the bike.