Miss Bumble inspired thread:Thumb:

Actually got a couple, One involves Fig Newtons. I was on a metric with 7k of climbing. I had packed a few Figgies into baggie then stored them in my jersey pockets. It was a warm day and I was working hard trying to stay ahead of my training 150lb rabbit. I had passed him then went for the drop. So I was sweating more than usual. I had taken a few of the figgies out of the baggie for easy access on a climb. I reached back to grab one then realized removing them from the baggie was a mistake!

Oh they were soaked with sweat! Yuck! But no way was I going to risk running low on fuel allowing the skinny to catch back up! Well I had eaten one thing nastier than what I had now, that's the next story. Really, FN's aren't that bad when soggy! A bit salty but not too bad!

The other was on a training ride involving plenty of climbing. We were at about mile 40 when I seriously ran low on energy. I couldn't figure it out as I had a good breakfast and felt great at the beginning of the ride. A while later I noticed that my tire was running low on air. A slow leak? Great, that explains it. I was struggling to keep up with my better climbing bud while running low on pressure.

I was so exhausted. The flat tire break did me good but I felt like I was about to bonk. He offered half a Clif Bar he tucked into his thigh band. It was wrapped but no very well. I didn't realize it till after I had started munching the sucker. EEEGADS! Nasty salty sweaty yucky stuff. He's a bigtime sweater and dripper, even in the cool temps! It was too late! I'll never forget that one! But I think the bar did it's job! Talk about salt replacement!