msincredible

Fresh fruit (typically bananas, apples, and/or oranges)
All natural energy bars like Lara bars (just fruit and nuts)

arexjay

Seriously, this combination is the best for your body.

Start your ride with fresh fruit, as it enters (and exits) your bloodstream the quickest. Later on, go for the fats - Larabar, nuts, etc. Fats take a lot longer to break down, and stay in your bloodstream for a while.

Eating fruit after your fats during exercise is not good for you. Here is what will happen:

- the fruit gets stuck in your bloodstream, as the fat coats your sugar receptors
- your adrenal glands are called upon to produce excess amounts of adrenaline to trigger more insulin to break down the sugar (your normal amount of insulin will be used to break down the fats)
- the extra adrenaline, in addition to the sugars, produces an intense sugar high (think of the sugar high little kids get), and, you guessed it, an intense crash

TrekJapan

Regarding the post about Fig Newtons being dry......try the Paul Newman Fig Newmans.

I usually toss a couple fig newmans in the back of my Jersey. If the Fig cookies are good enough for Lance they're good enough for me.

IntoThickAir

Raisins and fig newtons (I like the Paul Newman brand, too).

MrCrassic 

Hammer Gels do a LOT of good.

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mackerel

beef jerky

bikecopp

Sometimes fig newtons but my absolute favorite is nutter butter cookies. If they are good enough when you give blood they are good enough for cycling

Rascale

dried fruit mix (raisins, cherries, blueberries, black currants)
almonds
Trader Joe's fig bars and granola bars

45suited

I go for the Kashi Cruch bars or the Peanut Granola.

rgtft

Trail mix!!

umd

Platinum bars...

DScott

HammerGelHEEDPerpetuemClif bars. That's one thing, right?

BTW, Clifbars are made with all natural and organic ingredients, doncha know. And, there's nothing un-natural in any of the Hammer products, either, AFAIK.

And, I don't bonk. That's cool!

caloso

Homemade oatmeal cookies.

ggatsby

clif bar and a handful of dried fruit keeps me going for a good 60 miles. Anything past that and I need a whole lot more food since "stored calories" tend to get empty around here.

Shadiyah

+ 1 and add Probars to that mix. I've also found raw nuts to be extremely satisfying.

youcoming

Banana, homemade oatmeal cookies. almonds, fig newtons and dates oh and I always have a few hammer gels just in case.

Dubbayoo

+1. I used to pin a sandwich bag into a jersey pocket and fill it with these. My fav solid food for rides along with bananas. I also like gels and diluted sports drink.

chill123

cold toasted bagel with marmite on it!

chuckb

Boiled new potatoes with salt and olive oil. Yum.

CastIron

Creakyknees

racing: the Hammer stuff. Perpetuem or the other one.
JRA: bananas and Payday bars.

mazpr

Kudos, raisins, bananas, protein bars, trail mix nuts...

531Aussie

There are so many Kangaroos down here that I just grab one by the tail when I'm hungry, rip it's head off, hook into a bit of hind leg, then throw the rest of the carcass into the outback for the crows to finish





But seriously, I usually carry a spit-roasted animal of some sort, taped to my top tube

Dangerous Dave

Sometimes, I cut an apple or pear in half, gouge out the core, fill with peanut butter and reseal the fruit, yummy.
Also, raisins and nuts mixed would be one snack.
Stollen is another.

late

Pretzels are a favorite. Get the ones with little or no fat. A traditional pretzel
has no fat.