Good Quality- Junk Food.

Now if you want a better quality Junk Meal- Then Fish and chips- Take away Chinese or Indian or the Piece de resistance- A kebab. Only problem is that they are a bit too large a meal for a ride and more awkward to eat on the move.

OK glad you clarified re KPC... :D

As to the ethnic food there is the perfect moving meal - Del Taco Green Burrito. Easy to eat with one hand not that I would want to eat one on a ride... again just saying...

And no one mentioned Falafels. There is a restaurant chain, very popular here - Daphne's Greek Food. A popular haven for cyclists.

I avoid jakalope. It makes me feel real jumpy and those antlers tear up my guts.

Anything "Szechwan"

How about snipes... do you avoid them as well? :rolleyes:

While the bison is the offcial Wyoming State Animal, the Jackalope is the official beast of the state of Wyoming http://hamous.org/images/Jackalope.jpg

Don't do burritos. It once caused me to have to abandon a tough climb. Put me in a fever. I had a heart rate monitor on. Thought I was gonna die on this one tough climb.

Doughnuts! They send you way up to make the bonk all that worse.

I love hot spicey food but can't come near it on or anywhere before a ride. Other than spicy food I can eat most anything an hour before a ride. During a long ride though - I have to be very very careful. Certain power bars hold me back, power drinks make me sick, some gels want to come back up. I have been learning what ride snack foods work for me and provide the nutrition I need. What I am still experimenting with is hydration formulas that work well - I just bought some nuun tablets to see if they work better, last september on a century I drank water like a fish but ran out of electrolites so I dehydrated anyway.

Oh well, I thought the Jackalope picture was funny. ;)

all this is probably cause were old. I remember back in the day eating most anything and riding. One of my favorite rides back then was a 70+ miler with a stop in the middle at a BBQ shack. My first tour of colorado I had huevos rancheros for breakfast every day -- it was new to me, being an east coast person.

Now I have some cereal and soy milk or a granola bar before a ride and pretty much all I eat on the road is clif shot or hammer gel. I did have a piece of apple pie and ice cream on a ride back around halloween but I was already dropped then. It was some good pie though, and turned what had been a pretty miserable day into an OK one :)

The second time, confirmed my original suspision, that I should not eat corned beef hash midway thru a ride. Good thing I carry a small package of tissue in my bag.

What you asked me not to eat - ask me how I know.

Chucked 'em all, cycling in many countries and at various stages of maturity

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Nothing but coffee before a hard ride
Haggis
Tripe (don't ask)
Andouillettes, handed out at an aid station on an organised ride in southern France
Dagang Rendang (matured chili beef in Indonesia - burns your mouth going down, worse later)
Half a gallon of Fullers London Pride - seemed like a good idea at the time
Sago grubs in coconut sauce, climbing up to a volcano in Flores Indonesia

Hey, it's all good;)