Originally Posted by kbarch

You guys are funny. You make it sound as if it isn't your precious whole grain bagel , power bar or whatever, it's unnatural, unhealthy and vomit inducing.
You say to "eat normally" but what I thought I was communicating was that long rides in the morning make that difficult to do. Yes, I would love to have had a nice salad and some pasta after finishing the ride, but unfortunately it was another hour and a half before I got a good opportunity to sit down and eat. It was also nearly two hours after I left the house that we even started the ride.
I'm thinking back to the days in May where all we did was eat and ride bikes. Get up in the morning and get a nice big breakfast. Head out about half an hour later. We'd ride all day, and in lieu of energy drink or gels, we'd stop for an espresso, a grappa or a beer. There would be sandwiches, granola bars and fruit in the van that followed us, and we might occasionally get a "toast" with our beer, but we really didn't eat much along the way. Only once that I recall did we ever stop for anything like lunch, but snacks now and then did the trick. Eventually we'd get home, get cleaned up, then go to dinner. Bread, salad, "pizza mix" (a fantastic assortment of the worlds most delicious) an entree and dessert. When that was all done it was 9:30/10:00. It was perfect.