| Title: | Bicycling |
| Notice: | Bicycling for Fun |
| Moderator: | JAMIN::WASSER |
| Created: | Mon Apr 14 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 3214 |
| Total number of notes: | 31946 |
As part of the Digital United Way campaign, I will bicycle the
California coast from north to south (Oregon-Mexico). Having never
done such a bike trip, I would like to know what types of food are
taken on such a trip. I have been on backpacking trips in the White
Mountains and Yosemite for several days and have used dehidrated
foods. What are some other things I should consider??
Has anyone ever done the coast?? I have a Univaga Ital Sport with
a freewheel consisting of 13-15-17-19-21-24. It is OK for this
area but I am thinking of going up to 26 or 28 for the big hills
of Route 1.
I am set up to camp but I will also carry American Express and a
few travelers checks because Carl Malden said to. The trip will
run for Sept. 27 through Oct. 12. I expect to avg. 80-100 MPD but
based on the weather and sights I may spend an extra day here and
there. Any help would be apperciated.
If any of you avid bikers would like to contribute to the United
Way via a pledge please send me your;
Name
Phone
Site
Badge
Pledge
The pledge program is; 1 cent = $10.00
2 cents = $20.00
3 cents = $30.00
Pledge one time amount.
The total trip is 1000 miles. If the total trip is not completted,
the miles bikes will be used to determine the amount of the total
pledge.
Thank in advance for your time and comments.
tim
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| 127.1 | You'll eat LOTS, probably..... | SUSHI::KMACDONALD | Engineer on the Train of Thought | Fri Aug 08 1986 18:26 | 20 |
Dehydrated food was invented primarily for backpacking style uses since you
may not see a groc store for a few days. If you're on bike I would recommend
buying fresh food as you go as being much easier to deal with, NOTHING to
carry, and much easier on the innards. Also, foods with a fair amount
of fat content seem to keep you going on the road much better than starchy
things, and freezedried food is often high in starch. So backpacking food
is a solution to someone else's problem, not yours.
As for fat - one tourist I met (I think i met most of the x-country bike
tourists taking the northern route in 72 and 73) couldn't function without
his daily PINT of WHIPPING CREAM. We saw him drink it one day. GULP/GONE.
And my boss, a rather high-strung sort, did a 1200 mile tour in seven days
powered exclusively by peanut butter and daily 12-packs of Coke (Classic,
of course).
I don't recommend either of the previous tho....
Have a nice tour,
ken
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| 127.2 | GENRAL::WOESTEHOFF | It's the singer, not the song | Fri Aug 08 1986 19:44 | 16 | |
Most anyone knowledgable in nutrition would strongly disagree with the
diet proposed in .1. High fat diets are well documented to be contributing
factors if not the cause of many degenerative diseases. This includes
heart disease, colon and brest cancer and diabetes. Heart disease is the
#1 killer in the U.S. and colon cancer is the #2 cancer killer(lung cancer
is first). Also, high fat diets have been proven to degrade athletic
performance. A study was done of athletes competing in the Ironman
Triathlon 3 or 4 years ago. Those athletes who followed a high carbohydrate,
low fat diet finished on the average 1 hr 30 min faster than those
on the typical high fat, low fiber American diet. Most every (if not
all) world class triathletes follow high carbohydrate diets. This is also
true or becoming true in many other sports. World class triathletes train
300-400 mpw on the bike, 15 mpw in the water and 50-70 mpw running. This
is probably more expended energy than what you will do on your bike tour.
Keith
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