Nutrition for cyclists
Four hours in the saddle and an easy spin are very different days. Sweatmeal reads the ride and sets the day's target from it.
Who this is for
Road, gravel and indoor cyclists who log rides in Strava or wear Whoop, Oura or an Apple Watch.
Three common problems
Under-eating after long rides
Big rides leave a gap that a normal dinner does not close, and it shows up as a flat next day.
Not knowing the carbs-per-hour number
Advice ranges widely, and the right figure depends on ride length and what you can tolerate.
Calorie apps and head units disagree
Your head unit, your wearable and your food app give three different burn numbers.
How Sweatmeal handles them
Ride-aware daily targets
The day's calories and carbohydrate come from the burn your wearable measured, not from an average week.
One burn number, used once
The measured burn is used once instead of being stacked on an activity multiplier, which is the double count the Whoop article explains.
A coach for the next meal
Ask what to eat after a long ride and the coach answers from today's target and what you have logged.
The method is on the methodology page. Targets, wearable sync, trends and the race calendar are free; logging and the AI coach are Pro.