Originally Posted by
ridethecliche
My question then, however, would be why not just eat fattier foods before a workout if that's the goal? Is that because you don't want to divert that much blood to digestion pre/peri workout?
Personally, I do that if the ride is longer. For the shorter rides I just 'feel', rightly or wrongly, that it works well to not eat. I believe (again, rightly or wrongly) it increases my ability to use my fat reserves. With so many factors, and especially since I am new and rapidly improving, it's hard to know which things are really working.