even if you are a bit pissed, take the extra time to find the lid to the dips before you put them in your pannier to cycle home from the picnic.
Hummusageddon.
Banana energy caramel (tested recipe)Simple & delicious, this delightful confection will galvanize your long-distance escapades.
Ingredients:
1 banana
4 measures of energy-drink powder (maltodextrin, fructose, what-have-you)
Utensils:
1 saddlebag
1 bike lock with key sticking out (important)
1 well-aged freezer bag
Décor
1 box tyre patches
1 baseball cap
1 CO2 pump
1 roll of black tape
Procedure:
1. Put the drink powder in the well-aged freezer bag. Put this with the other ingredients, utensils & décor in the saddlebag.
2. Put the bag on the bike.
3. Ride.
4. Every 50k, leave the bike standing in the sun for 15 minutes
5. Every 100k, ditto for one hour.
6. Go home. Take bag off bike & toss in cupboard.
If this works as well for you as it did for me, the next time you open the bag you will find that:
1. The well-aged freezer bag has ruptured;
2. The key has penetrated the banana
3. The banana has been macerated by vibration & bumps
4. The resulting mousse has mixed intimately with the energy-drink powder
5. Heat and evaporation have hardened the mixture into caramel, but not before it covered every other article in proximity (the décor)
6. The well-aged freezer bag is stuck firmly to the bottom of the bag, and in wrenching it loose it tears wide open and powders everything else.
If you're lucky, you'll discover all this before your next ride. If not, at 100k from home.
