Comments on: What to eat on long rides http://readytoride.biz/?p=238 Long distance cycling Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:50:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Nick http://readytoride.biz/?p=238&cpage=1#comment-13306 Nick Fri, 29 Jun 2007 02:49:16 +0000 http://readytoride.biz/?p=238#comment-13306 I like and use many of the Hammer products too (HEED is a favorite). People do have different taste bud sensitivities. But serriously, Perpetuum is vile tasting. Nobody I know thinks it is palatable, especially after hours in the saddle. So a warning to people tempted to try it - do a taste test or get a very small quantity. -------------------- You are right, Nick. Food on the bike is a very personal matter. Hammer offers samplers of their products and it would be a good idea for anyone try it in these smaller quantities before buying the 55 gallon drum. ;-) For what it is worth, I recently completed a 600K in about 36 hours, and about 28 of that was spent on the bike. The vast majority of the calories I took in came in the form of Hammer Perpetuem. The taste never bothered me. In fact, I preferred it to the chocolate and vanilla Hammer gels I had in the handlebar bag. dr I like and use many of the Hammer products too (HEED is a favorite). People do have different taste bud sensitivities. But serriously, Perpetuum is vile tasting. Nobody I know thinks it is palatable, especially after hours in the saddle. So a warning to people tempted to try it – do a taste test or get a very small quantity.

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You are right, Nick. Food on the bike is a very personal matter. Hammer offers samplers of their products and it would be a good idea for anyone try it in these smaller quantities before buying the 55 gallon drum. ;-)
For what it is worth, I recently completed a 600K in about 36 hours, and about 28 of that was spent on the bike. The vast majority of the calories I took in came in the form of Hammer Perpetuem. The taste never bothered me. In fact, I preferred it to the chocolate and vanilla Hammer gels I had in the handlebar bag.

dr

]]> By: Robin Pieper http://readytoride.biz/?p=238&cpage=1#comment-12629 Robin Pieper Wed, 20 Jun 2007 17:51:07 +0000 http://readytoride.biz/?p=238#comment-12629 I go by eye. I like three to four scoops in a large bottle, after you mix of few with the standard scoop you can get close with the the eye method. The powder will pack down in the bottle from road vibration, so give it a little shake to loosen things up for the pour into your mixing bottle. When filling you powder bottle give it a few taps to compact the powder and you can get more in for the long rides. I go by eye. I like three to four scoops in a large bottle, after you mix of few with the standard scoop you can get close with the the eye method. The powder will pack down in the bottle from road vibration, so give it a little shake to loosen things up for the pour into your mixing bottle. When filling you powder bottle give it a few taps to compact the powder and you can get more in for the long rides.

]]> By: Robin Pieper http://readytoride.biz/?p=238&cpage=1#comment-12625 Robin Pieper Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:36:05 +0000 http://readytoride.biz/?p=238#comment-12625 Good article. I have used the hammer products for several years. I like to carry the powder in a spare water bottle. One large water bottle full of powder is enough for 400K. I store it in the third bottle cage on my bike. At a control I can just shake some powder from the storage bottle into my mixing bottle and Im good to go, No sticky zip lock bags. For the 600K have another bottle full of powder in your drop bag. ------------------ Great idea, Robin. Huge improvement over the ziplocks. Do you measure out the refills 'to taste' or by eye? dr Good article. I have used the hammer products for several years. I like to carry the powder in a spare water bottle. One large water bottle full of powder is enough for 400K. I store it in the third bottle cage on my bike. At a control I can just shake some powder from the storage bottle into my mixing bottle and Im good to go, No sticky zip lock bags. For the 600K have another bottle full of powder in your drop bag.

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Great idea, Robin. Huge improvement over the ziplocks. Do you measure out the refills ‘to taste’ or by eye?

dr

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