Save money, fuel better: 20 ways to slash your cycling nutrition costs

With food prices soaring, it’s getting ever more expensive to sate a cyclist’s appetite. Here’s a nutritionists’ guide on how to cut your fuelling bill – without compromising on health or cycling performance

Image shows a rider fuelling with real food.
(Image credit: Future)

If, like me, your food bill accounts for a big chunk of your weekly spending, you’ll be feeling the financial pinch. I like to eat healthy foods – and a lot of them. But with prices rising sharply week by week, especially for staples such as milk, bread, meat and pasta, fuelling well is becoming an increasingly tricky challenge. One way to save money is on your cycling nutrition: many bike ride snacks and supplements for cyclists are made from everyday ingredients, which means you can easily make your own in your kitchen at home and save cash. Here are 20 ways to slash your fuelling costs… 

1. Swap recovery drinks for milk

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