Thoughts on GHB's

[Lightspeed]

Scythe,

This ties in well with Highlander's thread about Seasonality.

I have a lightweight GHB in the car the whole time. My motivation and logic in the what it contains is almost identical to yours.

But my bag is nor a fixed item. It changes all the time, both seasonally and to cover any immediate climatic expectations. I just want it to get me home as efficiently and rapidly as possible, and that means different stuff in different conditions.

Cold high energy food is fine for this, provided you eat regularly and adequately for the energy you are expending and the climatic conditions. Going hyperglycemic ( Bonking as it is humerously called in distance cycling) from insuficient energy intake forces a complete stop and in this condition warm food and drink I find are the best solution.