Originally Posted by
AllWeatherJeff
I assume you aren"t familiar with math. (And maybe your get you bike bags from Mary Poppins?)
6-8 bananas weigh two pounds. In what universe do you believe that 6-8 bananas would be enough fuel for "several days"?
Bananas are mostly water. Actual carbohydrates (which is what the reference is to, and what nutrition labels count) are 4 Kcal/gram. 2 lbs (909 grams) of actual carbohydrate is 3636 Kcal, or about a day and a half to two days for a typical man/woman living a typical life (and not riding distance)
So you're both a bit off. It's more energy than Jeff thinks, less than Richard believes, assuming we're talking activity and not famine survival.