Originally Posted by
1nterceptor
I have no position on which one will help you more on a ride.
But from an environmental stance; I wish riders eat anything
else but gels. I haven't seen a wrapper of fig newton on the
side of the road in my years of cycling in different cities. Gel
wrappers on the other hand - everywhere cyclists pass.
Must be cultural. Here, there are zero gel wrappers on the road. I'm not sure why. My guess is that no one I know uses packaged gels and most folks use the Hammer Gel and flask if they use gel at all, which not many people do. Shot Blocks are fairly popular though, and don't have the nasty associated with gels and wrappers. I do see banana peels though, and wish I didn't. Banana peels on an asphalt shoulder are not OK.