KeithR
Well-known member
I'll generally pack one or two non sports-specific cereal bars or Go-Ahead Bake bars; or a small flapjack bar.
I probably won't get into them, but - from back in the day when I used to put in big days (Polaris Challenges, Trailquests etc.) on acoustic bikes - I've bonked enough times (just twice - once on a training ride, once on a Trailquest: it's enough) to know I want to avoid the possibility at all costs.
Yes, being on an ebike significantly reduces the likelihood, but I'm 60 now, and I don't train the way I used to, which brings the possibility back up.
So better safe than sorry, eh?
And - importantly - what I might or might not do, doesn't have to meet with the approval of aaaanyone else...
I probably won't get into them, but - from back in the day when I used to put in big days (Polaris Challenges, Trailquests etc.) on acoustic bikes - I've bonked enough times (just twice - once on a training ride, once on a Trailquest: it's enough) to know I want to avoid the possibility at all costs.
Yes, being on an ebike significantly reduces the likelihood, but I'm 60 now, and I don't train the way I used to, which brings the possibility back up.
So better safe than sorry, eh?
And - importantly - what I might or might not do, doesn't have to meet with the approval of aaaanyone else...
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