I use to carry a one or two bananas cut up in sections to eat along the way when I started riding for fitness instead of just a leisure past time. Tried various power bars and stuff next. Then I started putting all my Calories in my bottles and maybe carried some solid stuff just as a treat. More often than not the solid stuff comes back home unopened.
Generally I put about 120 to 180 Calories in a 24 fl. oz. bottle. Takes me about 50 minutes to empty it in the current 85° to 90° F I'm riding in.
I've never understood carrying water and mix. I don't pour water on me. So why not fill all bottles with mix and keep a steady supply of carbs getting absorbed by the body? Otherwise you'd have to mix one bottle with excessive Calories which might be too sweet and nauseating for very hard efforts.
I'm happy with just being bottle fed for an entire Century ride.
Last edited by Iride01; 06-21-21 at 07:40 AM.