Originally Posted by
chasm54
Personally I don't eat anything on rides under three hours, and just drink water. But on a ride of four or more hours I'll start eating after an hour and shoot for 250kcal per hour thereafter.
I don't understand the seemingly arbitrary restrictions most folks on here put on themselves with regards to eating when on the bike. "No food under three hours, no food under 50 miles, etc." Sometimes I eat on a 20 mile ride. Sometimes I don't eat on a Metric. I never leave the house and think, "oh, only doing 45 miles this morning, no snacks!" If I'm hungry I eat, If I'm not I don't. So the same philosophy transfers over to the 250kcal/hr thing-- I have never planned out how much I'm going to intake per hour in advance. Hungry, eat, not hungry, don't. Sometimes, chocolate milk.
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