Fuel Up: 5 of My Favourite Homemade Ride Snacks

 Old episodes was the best : D

 Why was this also my first thought?

All together now:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3RgXpIl8XM

 Comments of the day right there!

 "stick em in ur mouth n suck em"

 @BenPea: this made my day!!! Merci

 @audric: Parker and Stone 2022. Make it happen America.

 @BenPea: This is fantastic!!!!

 or schweddy balls www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPpcfH_HHH8

 @bman33: Yes it is.

 @merlin33: Ha! Country specific copyright laws and imposition can suck my schweedy balls.

 @merlin33: everyone loves my schweddy balls

 i prefer Glennwads

 Add beer and that may be life story...

 ... And fall asleep with a headache and reflux

 Guilty as well.

 first, let me tell you about how my grandparents fled the war torn eastern block which inspired the creation of this recipe

 amen, the absolute worst.. recipes are just a gateway drug to lifestyle blogs...

 Sounds good, how long do they keep for? I can see myself making too many and having to bin them!

 @davidarthur: I just have a bag of nuts and a banana (no pun intended), and eat them raw.

 @Milko3D: this is pinkbike....too late for no pun intended

 Yeah, there are a million variations to make on those adventure bars. I use

1kg dates (dried, no kern)
1kg figs (dried)
800g oats
400g nuts (whatever you have, cashew and walnut makes them more greasy, almond a bit drier)
400g rasped coconut

As described in the article:
First chop the oats, nuts and coconut in the foodprocessor until it is fine.
Then mix with the dates and figs until they don't stick that much anymore.
Then chop everything together in the foodprocessor until it becomes one clay-like mass.
Put it in a rectangular silicone oven shape and press and roll it until it is level and even.
Put in the fridge for at least two hours to stiffen up.
Remove from the silicon shape and cut in bars.

I don't necessarily store them in the fridge or freezer. They keep up nicely. It is just nuts and dried fruit after all. I don't bother with wrappers. I just take them in a steel or plastic box. Much more convenient than having to deal with all those wrappers. Of course if you need to go full enduro, you'll make the so that they fit in your crank axle, steerer tube, SWAT box or you'll find a way to tape them to your frame.

Also, my foodprocessor doesn't accept the 3.6kg of ingredients mentioned there, so I do this in four separate sets. So 250g dates, 250g figs etc. I still dump the whole lot together in the fridge though. Also, when you first start to cut the dates and figs, hold the machine as it may wobble, bonk and jump a little. That stops after a few seconds. If it is too tough for your machine, you could cut the figs and dates in smaller pieces first.

My machine is a Magimix 4200.

 My wife has been doing this same thing for me for years. She’ll also throw in hemp seeds, chia seeds, and walnuts. It’s amazing how well the dates hold everything together.

 I do the same! Best combo. High GI dates and low GI nuts with fats provide short and long term energy. So much cheaper as the manufactured equivalent as well!

 @MarcHenry: Yeah, I think oats works as a buffer, which is why I put that in there. Not sure what my stuff costs me to make, but 3.6kg of material from Clif bar would be over 66GBP. And then you'll have to dispose of all those wrappers too.

 how does this save money since dates, almonds and cashews cost $1 million to buy.

 @youknowitsus: I think it saves up to 50% or so. But you're usually tempted to use better ingredients than what the mass producers use. But yeah, it is hard to beat their volumes and efficiency. Just like when making your own furniture vs getting something from Ikea. They're process is so much more efficient (CNC routers etc) and they're cutting corners in such a clever way that you often end up spending more and putting in a lot of time. It is good fun though. But yeah unlike when making furniture, you don't really end up with scrap material, you don't need to nest cutting plans etc. So I think you still save money. But don't expect to save up to 90%. The fun is though that you can experiment and you can make something exactly the way you want it.

 roll in shredded coconut and BAM! Good to go and less sticky on the hands

 @Altron5000: tbh I’ve no idea, I usually eat them in a couple of days they’re so yummy, ideal for afternoon snacks too

 @youknowitsus: have you seen how much raw date energy bars cost? Yes bags of dates and almonds pricey but the resulting energy bars or balls are way cheaper

 We just jam Timbits in the SWAT box.

 waiting for the keto crowd to bash your comment with their "InSuLiN sPiKeS tHoUgH" BS yadda yadda

 @colincolin: Bring on the angry Ketons and interminently fasting Paleo warriors!

I will throw all the high-carb studies at them that I found on instagram accounts of countless influencers! Even cupping won't save them...

 Here's a fun fact I finally figured out what's with youhttps://www.pinkbike.com/photo/17221730/
and here I thought you were just full of nut shells
@WAKIdesigns
www.pinkbike.com/photo/17221730

 @betsie: Wait, what? America has done a lot of shitty things but making Scotland fat isn't one of them. Pretty sure American's aren't responsible for putting a fry shop on every goddamn corner of every city and town in your country.

 @betsie: you do realize I was talking about mid ride snack? And then did a cynical joke? Where do you find insta influencers preaching high carb diet? They are all on keto, low carb mumbo jumbo. Also at 13% body fat at 78kg I have big problems finding those drawbacks you speak of in my 50% carb, 30% protein, 20% fat diet... I am still waiting for the imminent diebetes, liver damage and ass cancer. Will wear my colostomy bag in forward facing fanny pack.

 @oldtech: I’m fine with international aid programs, personally.

 @oldtech: you were not the smartest kid in the school isn't it? Unless your school was outside of the city and quite a few kids had similar nozes and eye color... this was a bike cousine thread mate.

 Occasionally I’ll take some boiled lightly salted fingerling potatoes on days where I’m expecting a little bit more of a sustained effort. Does the trick . About as simple and quick of a carb that there is. Plus they taste pretty ok and it’s something different than the usual sweetness. Salty is nice occasionally and forces more water uptake

 @RyRy77: A wee dab of high-quality salt crystals forces water into your system like there's no tomorrow, so I guess salty is the way to go.
Also, the worst food for someone glued to a couch can be the best for a poor bastard who's dragging themselves up a mountain on a 15kg piece of wheeled joy. Kind of Waki's point I think. Btw, where's this learning bar you mentioned? Sounds like an oxymoron.

 @BenPea: word up

 @BenPea: I've learned many things in bars.

 @Rucker10: if by Aid you mean education than great

 @oldtech: In part, certainly.

 @Rucker10: is there actually going to be a foreign aid discussion under this salty balls article? Is there really?

 @BenPea: Discussion? I doubt it. Random old man yelling at clouds? Absolutely.

 @ReddyKilowatt: 1-2% of that lasts beyond the next morning.

 @BenPea: "high-quality salt crystals"

NaCl = NaCl = NaCl = NaCl = NaCl every day of the week, whether it's "Himalayan" pink, ocean blue, or snow white.

I don't think anyone's selling or eating "discount, low quality salt crystals".

 @tripleultrasuperboostplusplus: Don't ask me, that's what my missus calls them.
Although most of what I use is KCl

 @oldtech: as if the US were giving away money for free... do you really know that little about how the world works?
There's always something juicy in echange, my man

 the pinkbike recipe book?

 Tried it. Doesn't work. It's really hard to get motivated to do a long ride after a few pints.

 @DarrellW: Ya doin it backwards mate.

 I recommend that book, more for the nutrition advice than the recipes. Much of the stuff in the book doesn't keep long and particularly without a fridge. It's a great book for someone running a team, less good for race day, where you're camping in a field.

 Sounds like bear bait to me.

 @CheddarJack46:
Flapjacks are most definitely not the same thing as pancakes!

 @sam264: In North America flapjacks are pancakes and what you are describing would be an oat bar or something.

 @shami:
Google "flapjack" and tell me what you see

 @sam264: Later, flapjack would be used to describe something similar to an apple flan, but it is not until 1935 that the word is first used to describe a food made of oats.[1] While in the UK this usage has mostly superseded earlier recipes, in North America, "flapjack" still refers to pancakes.[1]

 The English language is fun, isn't it. Basically any word means, whatever a group of people decides/agrees it means.

 @JDugan:
I figured it was better than arguing about seat tube angles and shock lockouts for a change!

 @sam264: it was definitely better than arguing about politics.

 @sam264: That it was. Now I'm up trying to figure out if I can incorporate oatmeal into pancakes, lightly cook some rolled oats add cinnamon and maple syrup, mix into pancake batter.
Ehhh, will probably turn out bad, but I gotta try.

 Maynards fuzzy peaches are my personal fave.

 Sounds like a great combo! I'll have to check out the Velochef cookbook - thanks!

 just eat animals and plants and you're gold

 Something I am curious about as well... More in the works! Let me know what kind of rider's nutrition you're most interested in.

 I eat granola bars, cliff gummies, bananas and sometimes pepperoni stuffed cheese bread sticks or baked goods for some extra boom on a long ride. I once took a sandwich on a really long ride but the ride got cut short and I never got to eat it. And those rice cakes are good.

 reusable plastic bag?

 Zip-loc bag used/cleaned carefully can be reused. If not a small tupperware tub. Or into an empty water bottle. Or ram it all down your fork steerer tube and push out the bottom using a One-up multi tool like a sausage making machine.

 Beeswax wraps.

 One Up makes a reusable Tupperware pedals now so you can stash tools or snacks.

 Corn husk? They’re biodegradable

 Biltong is the polar opposite of all of this, but given how much saucisson gets eaten mid ride in this country, I can't condemn you for it.

 I'm married to a girl from Zim so totally on board with this one

 this makes zero sense from a performance standpoint. you want fat and protein outside of sports but not in between.

 @colincolin: Yes... but biltong makes me happy... Riding makes me happy... I want to be happy and these will make me happy... Plus biltong goes well with beer... Beer at the end of a ride?


Guess what...


...that makes me happy

 @Spark24: sounds like you‘re a happy guy. Went riding on a local pumptrack with a mate from ZA. No beers. Guess what? Still happy

 You're welcome! Let me know which one you try! Enjoy.

 you know it!

 This is such a good combo. Pretty much a Reese's PB Cup in a sandwich!

 Toss in a handful of sweet salty nuts and you're good to go!

 Never? I've definitely reached into a bag of trail mix before and gotten a sticky surprise. But maybe I'm a bit too liberal with the chocolate chips and yogurt-covered raisins!

 @sarahmoore: cmon Sarah, everyone knows it never gets above 0 degrees on this side of the Rockies

 @onemanarmy
www.ewg.org/childrenshealth/glyphosateincereal

Looks like farmers can bring crops to market faster by spraying fields with Round-up to accelerate the natural die off process. The oat industry is the biggest offender.

 @Squarejumper: Do you eat meat or consume dairy?

 You can sub in almond butter in any of the recipes if that works for you! Or any nut butter really.

 You ride outside?

 yes I do, always,I do not know anything else

 Make sure you eat them the same day tho! Ugh, learned that one the hard way!

 @skelldify: yes, absolutely made that same mistake

 @RyRy77: Same here. Either of you tried freezing them? Wondering if that would work.

 @drgnarswag: planning on going out and hitting this weekend, I’m going to knock out a batch and throw a few in the freezer . I’ll give ya a report

 meh how is that better than a PBnJ sandwich. we're not astronauts after all

 Check out this pretentious set up. Roasted almond butter and fig jam with real blueberries lovingly cast upon it held fast between two slices of fresh country harvest bread.

 @rkstar: sounds like an m&s advert

 @dubod22: Funny. I had to search M&S. I always thought they were department store.

 @colincolin: speak for yourself

 Rice cakes for the gluten-free, nut-free win!

 PB+honey+banana sandwiches!

 that looks surprisingly good

 I've done something similar with gram (chickpea) flour and a regular chocolate chip cookie recipe.

 But organic?

 I like to grind my dried mushrooms in a "hand grinder" then mash em into date chews from the store, the dates don't upset my stomach and give me energy for the following 6 hours of not wanting to eat.

 Hard to go wrong with maple syrup!

 @sarahmoore: Love it! I'm grabbing some coconut after work and making those energy balls! Realized I already have everything else on hand.

 monstera deliciosa's fruit from Madeira island...3

 They are a great trail snack, but their calorie to weight ratio isn't as good as bars and then there's the dreaded smoosh-factor... So good to have a couple other options in your ride food arsenal!