- Fritos and soda- I used to try always eat “healthy” but I was dragging ass and crabby for 110 miles and finally stopped and SMASHED both (an accomplishment for someone my size). I rode the last 30 miles like a champ with a big ol smile on my face.
- Apples- I don’t know why (fiber?) but they destroy me on a ride!
- I thought I was getting a corndog, but it was a pig in a blanket (sausage in a pancake). I was 100 miles unto a 120 mile ride with 10k feet of vert and about 80 miles between gas stations; I was just happy to have some real(ish) food! The ketchup and mustard on it went down just fine
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I was bonking on a century ride years ago when we came upon a hot dog truck . The other riders were getting sodas when i ordered three dogs with mustard and onions . One of the other cyclists looked at me in horror and said “ your not going to eat those are you” /? Of course i did and dropped them all in the last ten miles . 
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That’s because no one wanted to be drafting behind the guy with “3 hotdogs with onions” burps! 
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Ahahahhah…
Just reading this thread and 
I miss all these foods!
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Wasn’t there a thread about strangers drafting you unexpectedly? This might be the solution!! 
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My fav refueling bar if I need one at all is the Grandma’s raisin oatmeal cookies. When I’m in sugar burning mode on a hard and long ride, any sugar hits the spot. Hydration and electrolytes, particularly sodium is mor important to me during the hot weather rides.
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You ever been at the gas station with only a few bucks? All of a sudden $ per calorie becomes a factor. Grandma’s cookies are good for this. Individual Little Debbies can usually get you about 400 cals for a buck. Pop tarts are also usually a good value at the gas station.
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Pop Tarts were once known as poor-man PowerBars. They’re hard to beat.
Does anyone else eat junk when they’re on the trainer instead of engineered ride food? As far as I’m concerned, carbs are carbs. The biggest benefit for me for gels, chews, etc. is that they are easy to carry in my jersey and don’t melt. Those aren’t important considerations inside, so why pay the extra money? If I’m doing a key workout, I’ll practice like I play, but for most days, I can’t justify the cost.
(written while on the trainer with a Costco tub of animal crackers and several candy bars next to me)
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Yep. I mostly eat jelly babies on the trainer. I’ve tried to eat more varied stuff but find my appetite indoors is weird compared to outdoors. Fairly sure on an outdoor ride I would manage cold takeaway curry in between intervals if I could figure out hwo to carry/eat it.
Oh yeah. Pop tarts, Sour patch, leftover Halloween candy, gimme.
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I don’t usually ride long enough on the trainer any more to need trash or more than a bottle of carbs… but back in my 3-4 hr trainer ride days, I ate stroopwaffles like they were going out of style. I’d buy four bags of the minis off Amazon and eat like 20 of them in a single ride. If it was cold in the garage, I would drink my coffee while spinning with stroopwaffles. Heavenly.
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Wait. Coffee while riding is unusual? I nearly always have coffee on the trainer and bring it on most any ride before noonish. I just assumed thats what insulated bottles were for.
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Coffee and water are staples on my indoor rides.
Well the thread is mostly targeted at the necessity of eating trash when you’re out of food and the gas station convenience store is the only option for calories. I guess a canned coffee like substance would qualify, but if it has too much milk in it, yeah… I personally am going for canned shots without milk on a 200 mile ride.
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I don’t like hot drinks WHILE riding usually. But if it’s like 50F the garage I’m all about it!
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Caveat: only applies to riding in Norway 
I needed a little somethin’ on the commute (with detour) from work yesterday and I came to realize a rather good option for eating on the bike is the Vestlandslefse, a traditional food in Norway. Soft wheat tortilla-ish (but not really a tortilla, much softer) with butter, sugar and cinnamon in layers. Easy to eat, tastes good and has 50g of carbs, 7g protein and 13g fat per 100g, and a pinch of salt too. And it is available everywhere in Norway, not just gas stations.
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If they even reinstate the uk-Norway ferry I’m driving over to fill my car with these. Absolutely one of my all time favourite foods.
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You can also get a do-it-yourself kit, with dried lefse (keeps longer in the cupboard). You re-hydrate the lefse, apply butter/sugar/cinnamon/other flavourings and go.