Walrus

Long or intense ride: Pancakes w/ almonds and bananas or strawberries, eggs and coffee (3 hrs before)
Recovery/short Ride: Nothing or just some fruit and coffee

ILUVUK

As long as I don't stuff myself before a ride or race, I've found it doesn't really matter what I eat. Something like a PB&J sandwich, a bagel, or a clif bar are all fine choices, but I could just as easily get away with something rich and heavy like a cream sauce on pasta and not suffer any ill effects.

roadrider63

For a quick meal I like pb,honey and banana on whole wheat bread. Nice sandwhich and quite filling actually.

FPSDavid

Pretty much this, I just eat whatever I'd normally eat for the most part.

evan938

you guys that eat cereal, i couldn't do it. if i have milk up to 3-4 hours before, it does not sit well with my stomach during the ride...and i love me some milk...i can go through a gallon by myself in 3-4 days, no problem. just not before a ride. a bunch after though. with chocolate

alexaschwanden

Cereal.

MuppetMower

Almond milk.
I used to eat grape nuts with almond milk before rides/races when I was a poor/lazy college student. I actually like the stuff. I dont eat as many carbs now though.

Now I'll eat 2-3 eggs and a bowl of oatmeal with fruit before races or hard/long weekend rides. I'll eat a banana after work to prepare for my weekday rides, and sometimes I'll have a piece of wheat bread with almond butter as well if it is going to be especially hard.

bigfred 

Short training rides I don't worry about much.


For rides in excess of 2 1/2 hours, Saturday morning worlds with my mates or sportives I go with my normal breakfast.

A cereal combination of 30grams of corn flakes, 50 grams of muesli and 120 grams of vanilla yogurt (approx. 400 calories) or the same equivilent in oatmeal and raisins made with soy milk an hour or more before the ride.

A nature valley bar or banana while waiting for my mates in the parking lot or in the starting chute of an event.

Continue eating as frequently as possible from the beginning of the ride if I desire having anything in the tank beyond 2:45.