Ok I need a little advice when it comes to riding off road and I seem to be the only who rides off road in my town, with type 1 diabetes that is.:( First I am stubborn and no matter what I will not give on riding off road. I have mostly been trying to figure this out on my own because everyone I have talked to about this, such as nutritionist and my doctor seem to look at me puzzled and have little to no advice for me. Some of the things that I’m struggling with is how much to eat during a ride how often do most type 1 eat while riding. I always seem to start tapering off around the 1500 calorie mark and I start slowing down ETC. I always eat some thing before a ride and reduce my pump to about 30% basel and I never try to start a with more that 4 active units of Insulin as I had to learn that lesson the hard way. I always try consume a gel packet 45 min to an hour and I am wondering if this is simply not enough food/calories. My riding friends which are not diabetics don’t seem to have a problem eating nothing for a whole ride and burning about 2500 calories or so. Before anyone asks I make regular stops and check my bg and make any corrections that are needed and I also bring plenty of sugar pills and instant glucose gel with me for any lows that I may incur. One other thing I would like to is if any of you seem to get so exhausted that you seem to have trouble putting 2 and 2 together so to speak after a ride, and can get fairly moody after some rides. 😀