Originally Posted by
autonomy
Not eating before a ride? No, thanks. Possibly ending up in a state of bonk and having a delayed reaction to hazards/motorists is like driving drunk.
I don't ever remember waking up in a state of bonk, I also never bonked on a ride yet. I do a lot of early morning rides in a fasted state, it's my favourite time to ride... When I wake up in the morning I have plenty of fuel and energy to sustain a 2-3 hour ride. I have also done many early morning weight training workouts in a fasted state, no problem at all....It has a lot to do with what you eat and how much you eat the day before. It's also about training your body to be able to function without food...Human evolution has designed the human body to be able to skip meals and still be able to function, or else we would all become extinct.