Originally Posted by
kcjc
I tried it three years ago as part of my preparation for my first double century and finished it on a plain re-fried beans burrito for lunch and 5-6 UCAN bars. I was using it to loss some weight after being injured but stalled after 5-6 months. Performance-wise, I never recover to pre-injury level and was 10-20% below. I quit after 18 months experimentation and went back to my low carb life style. My experiment falls in line with Kolie Moore's podcast.
https://www.empiricalcycling.com/pod...tmax-fallacies
https://www.empiricalcycling.com/pod...re-looking-for
It's difficult to understand what you're saying there. Tried what? What injury? What experimentation? What double century and over ow many hours?
I've ridden a local double in 12 hours elapsed time, a 19.8 mph average, when I was maybe 58. I burned about 4000 calories and ate over 2000 calories of mostly carbs. That's how you ride far and fast. You have to eat a lot of very easily digestible carbs. I especially never eat "lunch" or anything as indigestible as a bean burrito. I'll take a Hostess Fruit Pie any day over that. My usual rest stop routine on rides of any length is 10-15 minutes every 50 miles.
6 UCAN bars isn't even 500 calories. I eat that much on a 50 mile ride. No wonder your performance was poor! I don't gain weight and have no metabolic issues. I've been riding like this for over 25 years.