Getting powdered food, gels and pills ready for the JoBerg2C.  Everything squeezed into zip baggies. The nutrition pack for each day weights just of 1kg.  The packing exercise resembled a Johannesburg CAT factory.

For as long as I have been riding my mountain bike and participating in stage races, I have debated the choices of nutrition on the move.  I ask people what they use and run a mental spreadsheet …