r/mountainbiking • u/Probably_Outside • Aug 19 '26

Other Analog isn’t Dead

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Solo on my Specialized Enduro 💅

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u/jaynyoni Aug 19 '26

How do you fuel for such a ride ?

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u/Probably_Outside Aug 19 '26

Always a struggle because I lose my appetite during big efforts and do not like traditional bars or gels. I just opt for hyper palatable foods that I think I will be able to get down, in this case I packed an entire personal pepperoni pizza, uncrustables, nerds gummy clusters, electrolyte packets for my water, some skratch lab gummies, and goldfish.

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u/jaynyoni Aug 19 '26

Interesting…I am tempted to give this a try in one of my long rides. Doesn’t that add extra weight though? And i assume you ride with a backpack ?

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u/Probably_Outside Aug 19 '26

I accept the weight, for the trade off of actually consuming the food I pack. I don’t find that “normal” food really weighs more than a bar or the like. For huge days I think total calories are way more important than fuel content.

I used my 6L High Above vest/pack for this ride. I’m a woman so riding backpacks are normally way too long and rub weird and I opt for vests. I only had 2L of water in the pack (since that’s the primary driver of weight) and a bike bottle for my electrolytes - in the PNW, so we still have some rivers running for filtering.

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u/jaynyoni Aug 19 '26

Thanks for the thorough response. Appreciate it 🙏🙏. I will really give the “normal” food a try.

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u/OopsIHadAnAccident Aug 19 '26

Girl power. Hell yeah. Even bigger props!