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@Roady
They smell like a scentless candle at first but as soon as you bite into them they’re actually delicious
Yeah couldn't figure out a decent price for them... Ok so intro is £9.99 for 12, seems ok, but that's signing up for their subscription furthest you can push it back is every 45 days, next pack is £26 for the same 12? Then goes up to full price £34 or 36 for 12 bars. Seems ridiculously expensive!?
Found Cliff bars on a deal in my local FarmFoods... Other half rings me "how much are Cliff bars and do you want more, they're 3 for £1 so I've bought 15" (She's a good girl isn't she!). Checking they're the full size 68g bars, sent her back in for another 30 of them... They've got August best before on them and only 1 flavour, but at that price they're better than the NAKD I've been getting in other supermarket/amazon deals. So that's most of my summer riding nutrition sorted!
I'll always have two 750ml bottles with 90g of mix in (for longer rides)
Is that your own mix, or something off the shelf?
Before I got some vague handle on it I could easily be hungry for 2-3 days after a long hard ride. I would be tired and probably ate 2x the calories I spent on the ride over my normal daily requirements.
This. Even if you're underfuelling on the bike, eating little amounts and regularly will stop you being so ravenous after you get back. Plan your 'afters' and know what time a meal is coming can also really help.
I'm sure I've quoted him on here before, but James Hayden who has won the Trans-continental race twice said something like "long distance bike riding (racing) is an eating content".
I reckon I'm better at eating than anything else
I'm a fan of a post ride milkshake for hard rides, though the most recent tub of High5 Recovery I got isn't as nice as the old formula. If there's a post-ride car journey, I'd get home and eat everything I could find, so a milk shake in the car helped me with the post-ride munchies that
@fez mentions.
I've heard that before from many places - bit of an audax mentality or those doing Ultra rides like PBP/LEL etc. Even GT riders - those able to bosh the most carbs the easiest when riding, consistently & over many weeks of racing have a big edge.
I'm good at eating too... But to be fair on the bike I don't eat because I feel I have to, it's more nibbling because I know it helps. I'm hardly ever ravenously hungry after a ride... Eating cleaner meals then just increasing a portion size on a ride day helps (maybe more of a mental thing?!).
I finished my last tub of High5 and went with Powerbar, it's nicer but needs less water and is still more like a milk drink than a smoothie/shake. Does seem to last longer per tub. Just can't get it thick like others. Will probably just get whichever is cheapest next - really stepped away from the ProteinWorks 90 & 360 I was using before - amazing stuff but the costs kept going up and the flavours very hit&miss. My requirements are probably pretty low the sorts of riding I'm doing (short Zwift races/longer outside socials) anyway. Then maybe get a recovery bar or two for after the handful of bigger all day things when they crop up.
I know a few of you use Whoop. Seems the 5.0 has just released.
I posted on the Whoop thread - with my renewal due in July probably in a position to take advantage of it... Ideally find some kinda discount code and I'll do it. Not that fussed with the 5.0 as happy with my 4.0 but knowing it's 2.5 years old just how long is the hardware/battery going to last with it. Took them From October '22 until Jan '23 to get the 4.0 to me (had just been released) as a new customer with their '8-10 week' delivery slot totally missed (they gave me a free month as compensation). So even now getting a 5.0 not expecting it until my 4.0 is probably 3 years old.
£230 or less for the middle tier, but you can usually get it for £180 per year. I've had mine and it has markedly helped me improve my sleep and overall fitness over the last 6 months, going from waking 4-5 times properly per night and struggling to get to sleep to having a proper night sleep every night, waking once. Noticing this is really helping my training having fresher legs, more impetus and more power across the board.
Used to have a Garmin that done a number of bits but it was all so fractured, the whoops interface is what makes it worthwhile imo. Plus it's nice having the small form factor as you don't notice it's there.
Pretty much same as me - I have no other need for a wearable/watch. I use another HRM for the intense stuff, have a clock on my mobile in my pocket and use a head unit cycling.
The Whoop is so light and unobtrusive it just sits there. Will admit middle of last year had developed an 'ache' on my left wrist. Moved the strap to my right wrist. Ache continued and figured I'd maybe 'caused' arthritis wearing it too tight/loose (however implausible?!). This spring hurt my right wrist, then picked up a strain/RSI or something similar, moved Whoop back to left wrist with no ill effects. I take it off probably 3-4 nights a week when showering to avoid a damp strap at night time. Tend to shower with it after Zwifting in the evening thinking it's a bit damp then anyway so gets a wash. Maybe a bit less in the winter when it's colder and a few more times in the summer when I've had suncream on (got a beauty of a tanline from it at the weekend)!
The 'it just works' / 'fit and forget' side of things with Whoop is good. Just don't have to consider it. The app seems intuitive & always developing. Happy with it to continue - knowing it does far more than I use and will continue to improve. Figure I'm paying 95% for their app/account/processing than the hardware anyway.
