Homemade ‘Rocket Fuel’?! | How To Make A 2400 Calorie Energy Drink & Other Top Cycling Recipes

What are your favourite things to eat when out on a ride?

Now I know how it would look like if Bilbo and Gandalf had a cooking show.

Thanks for watching everyone, glad you found these recipes useful. Nigel is a treasure trove of recipes, such a legend. And I am in stitches reading some of the comments here! Cheers Conor

Really forget how tall Conor is!

You never quite realize how tall Conor is until you see him in a stark white kitchen, towering over Nigel. Love the recipes, please make more. Always appreciate the content.

Been trying out the Big Day Out drink and have to say it does work. I used it for 5 hour turbo session and then for an 8 hour / 200km ride outdoors. In both cases it kept me fuelled for the entire ride. Pro's : -It works, 8 hours on the bike on a cold wet day with no stops and I never felt like I was running on empty.  -It satiates hunger and leaves you feeling, if not full, then at least like you've been eating. I suspect the MCT has something to do with that. I didn't experience the usual "Inhale everything in the fridge" urge to eat when I got home. -Neutral flavour makes it easy to tolerate over a long ride. At no point did I feel like I couldn't take any more. Con's -Made up to the recipe it is very thick. So much so that it's hard to get it out of the bottle. After the experiment on the turbo I used the same quantities but made up into 2 750ml bottles which was much easier to drink on the move, especially from harder bottles that don't squeeze so easily. - It's very very sticky. You need a good mouthful of water after each swig to rinse it out and stop you being left with a sticky tongue and mouth, even with extra dilution into two bottles. This meant carrying an extra 500ml bottle of water as well as the 2 750's with the drink mix. Not a huge issue as I have an extra bottle cage under the down tube on my endurance bike but may be a problem for others. -It's not cheap. The Maltodextrin and Fructose are reasonably cheap but the MCT power is expensive. Even shopping around the cheapest I found was £20 for a 250g tub. Overall it works out to about £15 per batch. Thats more than I'd normally spend on food carried on the bike or at a cafe stop. I will use it again but it will be targeted for specific events like a 24Hr TT or overnight Ultra rides where resupply may be an issue. It's too expensive to use regularly even on longer rides. Next time I'll also try putting it in a regular 500ml mineral water bottle with a sports cap rather than a push to seal style bike bottle. That might make it easier to drink on the move and still fit in a bottle cage.

Filming Connor is the only time it’s acceptable to shoot video in portrait mode.

The plant based cyclist book really changed the way I eat on and off the bike. For the better despite my skepticism. I'm looking forward to this book

As if all the cycling gear and gadgets wasn't enough, now GCN is selling me on a pressure cooker lol

i was waiting for connor to pull out a box from under the desk where he was standing on...

I’ve made rice cakes before… but never with Oreo cookies! Now I must! Wonderful content, I’d enjoy more from insight this dynamic duo.

I absolutely love these nutrition book GCN are doing with Nigel, preordering mine right now.

Is Conor still growing? Wow! He looks like a true giant in this video.

I have the book on pre-order, can't wait to start prepping tried and tested cycling fuel. Quodos to the camera man for getting 2 of those into the same frame, quite a challenge 😁

Incredible knowledge from Nigel - thanks for getting him on. Great vid.

LOVE this video, all 3 recipes look great and I can't wait to try them!

More Nigel Mitchell is always a good thing! Thanks for the video

Nice video! The recipes depicted look very intriguing - I might even purchase the book! Good job, Conor. (I forgotten how short Nigel is!)

This is brilliant. Thanks so much for this one!

Good video! Love the non fussy nature of the guy, and although uses high tech equipment, he's at the same time practical. Minimal prep, chuck everything together,, awesome stuff. That drink looks intriguing. A nice break from the constant bike company advertising 🙂