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To continue, you don't eat 800g carbs to fuel 3200kcal of riding - you eat lots of crbs to ensure your glycogen stores are fully topped. The stores when full have something like 500g plus of carbs, and then you have unlimited fat reserves. But you can't top up the carb stores mid-ride, so you want them to ve full when you start the ride (esp for big rides)