Originally Posted by Thylacine
At the risk of sounding like an old fart, when I was in my late teens, we just took a couple of bananas on our rides and a couple of bottles of water and off we went for 160+ kms. Sure, sometimes we bonked silly, but that was more a case of trying to ride for 4 hours with 5 hours of sleep and a hangover!
Read Graeme Obrees Flying Scotsman book and the section on 'Going Jamming'!
No money so they went on huge long rides with only jam pieces (sandwiches).