Originally Posted by
adamrice
What do y'all like to eat on the bike?
I tried a homemade energy gel--obviously not solid, and pretty awful. More recently, I've been trying fig newtons. The nutritional composition isn't bad, they're cheap and readily available, and a sleeve happens to fit perfectly in my top-tube bag. They're easy to handle and easy to meter out. But they're a little hard to get down, so even over a 5-hour ride, it takes some effort to get through just one sleeve, which is about 750 calories. So I'm hitting up the hive mind for suggestions.
Peanut Butter Crunch Clif bars. They're mostly carbs which can be digested, don't make a mess when I return a partially eaten bar to a jersey pocket, and aren't so sweet I can't eat 9 or 10 on a 200 mile ride for 2250 - 2500 kcal.