clif shots have only a few grams of sugar in them plus they are organic :). how about peanut butter and jelly sandwiches( a good jelly with no HFCS of course) those always taste great

Peanut butter and honey sammys!

Someone from my Tri-club just recommended Smucker Uncrustables. Frozen Peanut Butter sandwiches with no crust. They come in individual packages with choice of Grape, Strawberry, Honey or plain. Very good although the honey can be messy if you are not careful.

Delicious

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This might be too processed for what you're searching, but my riding partner always brings fig newtons (and shares!) and dear lord am I grateful around the 3:00 mark.

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Banana bread and honey sandwich.

Fruit.

Granola bars.

Whenever I use gels, I just make sure to swish sp? water around in my mouth to rinse my teeth off. I also use Carbo Pro, which I can carry all my calories in one bottle, and then carry water in the other bottles. Rinse and repeat;-)

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peanut m & m's

nutella sandwiches

oreos

nature valley fruit and nut bars

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Fluffernutter.

Two for anything over 100 miles!

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I sometimes put 1/3 of a chicken burrito from Chipotle in my bento box. I eat it at the 50 mile mark every long ride.

Cold Pizza!! Mmmmm.

Thin crust is usually better b/c it can be tough choking down a thick cruster.

Chas, this should give you everything you need without the wait for responses.

http://forum.slowtwitch.com/...l%20food%20;#1106269

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Someone mentioned Fig Newtons. I keep a bunch of them in a bento box for long rides and races. For 1/2 IM and IM, I eat exclusively gel and Fig Newtons on the bike. Two of those little suckers are about 120 calories.

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Fig newtons are always nice.

I'm partial to Kit Kat bars and Snickers bars as well.
(dunno if ya consider them "real food" or not, they are certainly not gel - unless it's really hot)

More sugar-based stuff, but Gummi bears are also yummy during a ride.


It doesn't address yer q directly, but, I think you could probably gargle for your entire ride in sugar-water, and as long as you used some mouthwash and brushed yer teeth right after the end of said ride, you'd be none the worse for wear, teeth-wise.
I'm not a dentist, nor do I play one on TV, nor did I stay at a Holiday Inn Express last nite.
YMMV.

I eat more crap food than just about anyone (see above mention of candy during rides), and my teeth are fine.

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Thses rock as long as its not too hot:

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Recommendations from my dentist: swish with water after gatorade or a gel, try carbo-pro to reduce the acidity, chew sugarless gum in between gels, avoid anything gummy or sticky like fig newtons.

Use what the pros use.....
lightly boiled potato slices, with a bit of salt.....

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Fig Rolls, the British version of Fig Newtons. Fantastic if your guts can handle them (my gran used to eat figs to 'keep her regular'). Warning - the cheap ones crumble and make a mess in your jersey pockets - don't buy the supermarkets own brand!

How do you make a Fig Roll?







Push it down a hill. (Cue drum roll and cymbal). Sorry, I'll get my coat.

Cook up a few servings of rice, make sure to keep it moist. Put it in a bowl and heap some salt on. Then, using your hands, make several balls of rice (you pick the size). Wrap each one in tin foil (aluminum foil?) and away you go. They work great in a jersey pocket, and I suppose in a bento box as well. When you need one, just pull over real quick, unwrap, pop the whole thing in your mouth and go. You could probably do it all on the fly, but I don't really trust myself to unwrap tin foil from something that is slightly structurally unstable while riding. I make my balls about 100 calories each.

-C

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[reply]Cook up a few servings of rice, make sure to keep it moist. Put it in a bowl and heap some salt on. Then, using your hands, make several balls of rice (you pick the size). Wrap each one in tin foil (aluminum foil?) and away you go. They work great in a jersey pocket, and I suppose in a bento box as well. When you need one, just pull over real quick, unwrap, pop the whole thing in your mouth and go. You could probably do it all on the fly, but I don't really trust myself to unwrap tin foil from something that is slightly structurally unstable while riding. I make my balls about 100 calories each.

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that sounds like a good idea.
when i lived in berkeley i used to eat stuff like that all the time, just wrapped in seaweed and with some flavor in it (dried salmon, sesame seeds, etc.)
i'm gonna try that.

my mileage will, indeed, vary.
my teeth have really been going downhill this year - not just cavities, but root canals & extractions. so i have to do more now than just brush after riding.

from what i can tell, your teeth's needs and your body's needs are very different, esp. when it comes to sports nutrition. teeth need more time btwn meals, and fewer sugars.

Turkey jerkey seems to hit the spot on really long rides.

Be careful with what you use for flavoring. In the middle of a long, hot ride, after lots of sugary sports drink, bland and salty is just what I want.

-C

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thanks for the link. i'd forgotten about that thread (to which, ironically enough, i'd contributed a post).

i'd forgotten about that thread (to which, ironically enough, i'd contributed a post).
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That's funny!

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