Honey - great all round natural high energy food to carry when cycling?

worded

Got caught out on long cycles with energy running low before. Is honey the ideal natural, high energy food to carry?

blorg

I imagine it would work somewhat like a gel but perhaps be more palatable. It is basically sugar and water. I think something with more starchy carbohydrates would be more ideal. I think the more important thing is that you carry something with you; what that is exactly may be less important. I manage generally on whatever is available locally.

nak

Honey Stinger products are great, don't think anyone stocks them here. The gels taste pretty good.

http://www.honeystinger.com

worded

I have tasted sesame seed / honey bars, they are not bad at all.


This is a sample breakdown of one I found on the www. Does it compare favourably with the other sweet and Ive heard disgusting energy bars? Anyone nutrition savvy here?


Ingredients
Sesame seeds 60%,sugar 10%,honey 29%,natural orange flavour1%
Nutritional Information
per 100g - energy 4295kj/574kcal,carbohydrate 38.9g of which sugar 10g,fat 40g of which saturates 6g,protein 14g,fibre3.6g sa;lt trace.

godihatedehills

Decathlon sell pouches of honey just like gels, so yeah it seems like a great idea.

worded

godihatedehills wrote: »

Decathlon sell pouches of honey just like gels, so yeah it seems like a great idea.

Who are Decathlon?

Blowfish

worded wrote: »

Who are Decathlon?

French sports shop.

Lumen

I foresee stickiness and blood sugar spikes.

loyatemu

Lumen wrote: »

I foresee stickiness and blood sugar spikes.

I foresee beeeeeeees!

godihatedehills

worded wrote: »

Who are Decathlon?

Mecca

neris

is decathalon a sports shop like champion and lifestyle? :D

kenmc

blorg wrote: »

I imagine it would work somewhat like a gel but perhaps be more palatable. It is basically sugar and water. I think something with more starchy carbohydrates would be more ideal. I think the more important thing is that you carry something with you; what that is exactly may be less important. I manage generally on whatever is available locally.

I make a gel from Honey, Maple Syrup, Molasses, pinch of salt. Works great, much tastier than many of the gels around, and a lot cheaper.

Lumen

kenmc wrote: »

I make a gel from Honey, Maple Syrup, Molasses, pinch of salt. Works great, much tastier than many of the gels around, and a lot cheaper.

How do you package it?

zzzzzzzz

kenmc wrote: »

I make a gel from Honey, Maple Syrup, Molasses, pinch of salt. Works great, much tastier than many of the gels around, and a lot cheaper.

Sounds interesting. What do you carry it in?

kenmc

Lumen wrote: »

How do you package it?

aidan.offbeat wrote: »

Sounds interesting. What do you carry it in?

One of these

Pherekydes

neris wrote: »

is decathalon a sports shop like champion and lifestyle? :D

No! Think more of B&Q, except for sport.

Zorba

kenmc wrote: »

I make a gel from Honey, Maple Syrup, Molasses, pinch of salt. Works great, much tastier than many of the gels around, and a lot cheaper.

What mix did u use for this kenmc ?

Was it something like 3 parts honey, 3 parts maple syrup, 1 part molasses ?

kenmc

Actually, thinking about it, I use brown rice syrip instead of the molasses, the molasses is for energy bars more so.
I use more honey and BRS than the maple, maple is quite expensive by comparison.
Maybe about 3:3:1 I'd say, but it varies every time, I just do it by taste.

Zorba

kenmc wrote: »

Actually, thinking about it, I use brown rice syrip instead of the molasses, the molasses is for energy bars more so.
I use more honey and BRS than the maple, maple is quite expensive by comparison.
Maybe about 3:3:1 I'd say, but it varies every time, I just do it by taste.

Ah right grand job kenmc, will have to get myself one of them high5 bottles to carry the stuff and try out your recipe. Was actually thinking i could maybe even just use the homemade gels and just use water in my bottles instead of the energy drinks.

Lumen

Related thread here.

I used three gel flasks of maltodextrin + salt solution on the Etape Hibernia. It tastes neutral and not overly sweet, and although the stickiness was an issue when I spilled one on my fingers then wiped it on a shifter, I was carrying loads of plain water and it washed off no problem.

Morgan

worded wrote: »

Is honey the ideal natural, high energy food to carry?

NO!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4MqTCIDKhU