On Sunday, May 24, 2020 at 5:20:03 PM UTC+2, AMuzi wrote:
On 5/23/2020 6:07 PM, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
Have any of you been on a ride where you've bonked to the point that every single pedal stroke no matter how low a gear you're in or how calm the winds are, feels like it's all you can do to get that crankarm past the 12 0'clock position?

If so, how long did it take you to recover so that you were able to ride at your normal pace again?

If you ate soon after bonking, how long did it take you to then recover enough to ride further?

Cheers


Yes. It came on suddenly with severe fatigue and darkened
vision I could barely stand once off the bike. Riding
partner was in about the same state, 80~85 miles into a cool
wet windy century. We sat on the road for a couple of
minutes, then walked over to the field corn, ate some of it
raw, and were both just fine some ten minutes later.

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Andrew Muzi
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Happened to me in early spring when it was still rather cold at the end of the ride with 3 km to go and I didn't see it coming. Sweating, pale, blurred vision and shaking hands. I don't know how I got home. I sat on the garage floor for 10 minutes with a bottle of Fanta on the shelf. I negotiated for 10 minutes with myself how to get up and take the bottle of Fanta. 10 minutes after I drank it I was pretty OK.

Lou