Portable Clyde Food?
11-05-19, 01:44 PM
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I do a good deal of self contained touring and I agree 100% with this. Tuna and salmon are for dinner, and it's the foil packed stuff, because it's lighter to carry. Sometimes sardines on a bagel for breakfast.
And newtons are a staple of on road food when I am touring. Filling and light.
My camp dinners are legendary amongst my friends. Here is foil packed tuna with fresh garlic, shallots, zucchini, and red sauce over pasta during my September trip on the Great Allegheny Passage.
And newtons are a staple of on road food when I am touring. Filling and light.
My camp dinners are legendary amongst my friends. Here is foil packed tuna with fresh garlic, shallots, zucchini, and red sauce over pasta during my September trip on the Great Allegheny Passage.
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11-05-19, 02:43 PM
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Died so young. What a shame.
Twenty years ago this past spring I started my first ever self contained tour. Nearly four months on the road and about 6,000 miles. The first night of the trip was the first night I ever camped. There were 13 of us. Each night a pair had to make dinner for the group. Since I had never camp cooked I asked to be in the last pair so I could watch and learn for a week. When my turn came the big pot of pasta water we were trying to boil fell over thanks to uneven ground. I went to pick up one of the stoves, touched a hot part and burned the crap out my index finger.
But I digress...I am nearly 55 and still love to camp and cook a hearty, tasty dinner after the day's ride.
It's been my observation that a lot of cyclists eat more than they need to during rides. Even I have guilty of that. When crossing the country I actually put on weight in the Midwest. Some of us got into the habit of eating a second breakfast out many days. It was just that: a habit. It wasn't really needed. Combine that with the relatively flatter terrain of the Midwest and you have a recipe for an expanding gut. Mostly kicked that habit when we got to the east and lost the weight in the hills of New York and New England.
A few years ago I started experimenting with eating less on tour. Hasn't hurt my performance. Sometimes you don't have any choice. I did this day again back in June:
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/23254899?beta=false
Over 4,000' of climbing. The only source of food and water en route is at mile 2.8, and the place wasn't open when I set out at first light. I did the entire day on some fig bars and coffee for breakfast, a water bottle of Perpetuem liquid fuel, a cliff bar, an apple and water. I was hungry at the end of the day, but I never bonked on the road.
Twenty years ago this past spring I started my first ever self contained tour. Nearly four months on the road and about 6,000 miles. The first night of the trip was the first night I ever camped. There were 13 of us. Each night a pair had to make dinner for the group. Since I had never camp cooked I asked to be in the last pair so I could watch and learn for a week. When my turn came the big pot of pasta water we were trying to boil fell over thanks to uneven ground. I went to pick up one of the stoves, touched a hot part and burned the crap out my index finger.
But I digress...I am nearly 55 and still love to camp and cook a hearty, tasty dinner after the day's ride.
It's been my observation that a lot of cyclists eat more than they need to during rides. Even I have guilty of that. When crossing the country I actually put on weight in the Midwest. Some of us got into the habit of eating a second breakfast out many days. It was just that: a habit. It wasn't really needed. Combine that with the relatively flatter terrain of the Midwest and you have a recipe for an expanding gut. Mostly kicked that habit when we got to the east and lost the weight in the hills of New York and New England.
A few years ago I started experimenting with eating less on tour. Hasn't hurt my performance. Sometimes you don't have any choice. I did this day again back in June:
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/23254899?beta=false
Over 4,000' of climbing. The only source of food and water en route is at mile 2.8, and the place wasn't open when I set out at first light. I did the entire day on some fig bars and coffee for breakfast, a water bottle of Perpetuem liquid fuel, a cliff bar, an apple and water. I was hungry at the end of the day, but I never bonked on the road.
11-06-19, 03:16 PM
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Died so young. What a shame.
Twenty years ago this past spring I started my first ever self contained tour. Nearly four months on the road and about 6,000 miles. The first night of the trip was the first night I ever camped. There were 13 of us. Each night a pair had to make dinner for the group. Since I had never camp cooked I asked to be in the last pair so I could watch and learn for a week. When my turn came the big pot of pasta water we were trying to boil fell over thanks to uneven ground. I went to pick up one of the stoves, touched a hot part and burned the crap out my index finger.
But I digress...I am nearly 55 and still love to camp and cook a hearty, tasty dinner after the day's ride.
It's been my observation that a lot of cyclists eat more than they need to during rides. Even I have guilty of that. When crossing the country I actually put on weight in the Midwest. Some of us got into the habit of eating a second breakfast out many days. It was just that: a habit. It wasn't really needed. Combine that with the relatively flatter terrain of the Midwest and you have a recipe for an expanding gut. Mostly kicked that habit when we got to the east and lost the weight in the hills of New York and New England.
A few years ago I started experimenting with eating less on tour. Hasn't hurt my performance. Sometimes you don't have any choice. I did this day again back in June:
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/23254899?beta=false
Over 4,000' of climbing. The only source of food and water en route is at mile 2.8, and the place wasn't open when I set out at first light. I did the entire day on some fig bars and coffee for breakfast, a water bottle of Perpetuem liquid fuel, a cliff bar, an apple and water. I was hungry at the end of the day, but I never bonked on the road.
Twenty years ago this past spring I started my first ever self contained tour. Nearly four months on the road and about 6,000 miles. The first night of the trip was the first night I ever camped. There were 13 of us. Each night a pair had to make dinner for the group. Since I had never camp cooked I asked to be in the last pair so I could watch and learn for a week. When my turn came the big pot of pasta water we were trying to boil fell over thanks to uneven ground. I went to pick up one of the stoves, touched a hot part and burned the crap out my index finger.
But I digress...I am nearly 55 and still love to camp and cook a hearty, tasty dinner after the day's ride.
It's been my observation that a lot of cyclists eat more than they need to during rides. Even I have guilty of that. When crossing the country I actually put on weight in the Midwest. Some of us got into the habit of eating a second breakfast out many days. It was just that: a habit. It wasn't really needed. Combine that with the relatively flatter terrain of the Midwest and you have a recipe for an expanding gut. Mostly kicked that habit when we got to the east and lost the weight in the hills of New York and New England.
A few years ago I started experimenting with eating less on tour. Hasn't hurt my performance. Sometimes you don't have any choice. I did this day again back in June:
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/23254899?beta=false
Over 4,000' of climbing. The only source of food and water en route is at mile 2.8, and the place wasn't open when I set out at first light. I did the entire day on some fig bars and coffee for breakfast, a water bottle of Perpetuem liquid fuel, a cliff bar, an apple and water. I was hungry at the end of the day, but I never bonked on the road.
I wish I would have had a job that would have allowed me that kind of time.
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11-07-19, 06:33 AM
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I am still working, but I do get 5 weeks of vacation. I usually do a two-week trip in June (Montana and Idaho again this year.), a one-week trip in September and several other long weekends here and there. Helps having no kids or spouse to factor into the equation, but I do have to make sure I have cat sitting coverage.
11-07-19, 02:47 PM
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At age 34 I volunteered to be downsized in the wake of a corporate acquisition. Ended up taking two years off from the working world. During that time I did three long tours. Along with the x-country tour I spent 7 weeks touring Andalucia, Spain in the winter/spring of '00. Came home, rested for a few weeks then went out to Seattle and rode from there to Mesa Verde National Park to hang with some people who were interning there. After exactly two years off I got my old job back.
I am still working, but I do get 5 weeks of vacation. I usually do a two-week trip in June (Montana and Idaho again this year.), a one-week trip in September and several other long weekends here and there. Helps having no kids or spouse to factor into the equation, but I do have to make sure I have cat sitting coverage.
I am still working, but I do get 5 weeks of vacation. I usually do a two-week trip in June (Montana and Idaho again this year.), a one-week trip in September and several other long weekends here and there. Helps having no kids or spouse to factor into the equation, but I do have to make sure I have cat sitting coverage.
Speaking of Montana and Idaho, I have been trying to get out there and do the Cycle Greater Yellowstone ride. I've been planning for 6 years now and it seems every year something comes up that prevents me from committing to the trip which is a week long affair. I hear there are only 100 spots left for next year so I might have to get off the pot and get registered and just do this thing. I have never been west of the Mississippi, so this would be a real buck list type of ride for me. No camping though. I gotta go cream puff and try and stay in motels which they offer.
john
