Originally Posted by
Carbonfiberboy
Mine, too. I mix up my 400 kCal breakfast powder in a pint of water in the evening, set my alarm, wake up and drink it, go back to sleep. It's worth it to me. Hammer opines that an hour before a ride is the worst time to eat because of insulin and then BS drop-out. They say, better to not eat at all (even better, right?), then eat a bar 15' before while you're waiting to start, or nothing. I've both of those too, and I think they're right. I used to have stomach trouble on long hard rides.
An hour before, I can do. 3 hours before, nope.
I'm not eating in the middle of the night and then going back to sleep. Not only do I doubt that I'd get back to sleep easily, but as per my OP, one of the reasons I got into this in the first place was acid reflux. Putting food or nutritious fluid into my stomach and then lying down is exactly what I don't want to do..