For the past few weeks I've been mixing and matching different Clif Bars in an attempt to figure out which ones do the trick on my long rides. I've been taking food with me since Ben got it in my head that I needed to focus more on fun and fitness and consequently dropping pounds. Ironically, one of the "more is less" things I've gotten out of this is that I needed to eat more on the bike to go longer, which ultimately leads to less of me. So far it's working.
Anyway, I currently have 10 flavors with another 8 on the way. I've been putting them through the paces on some rides over the past few weeks and have come up with this order:
1. Cool Mint Chocolate
2. Crunchy Peanut Butter
3. Black Cherry Almond
6. Blueberry Crisp
5. Chocolate Chip Peanut Crunch
6. Carrot Cake
7. Peanut Toffee Buzz
8. Chocolate Chip
9. Chocolate Brownie
Unranked: Iced Gingerbread (just got these last night)
Those are the preliminary seedings for my Great Clif Bar Showdown. I don't have a set way in which I'll pit them against each other, so it will be a sort of on-the-fly mix & match as I feel like doing it thing. I'm also looking to come up with the best 2 bar combo and 3 bar combo.
Hopefully this will be somewhat entertaining to someone. Feel free to shout out your opinions, or to put together a little pool on the side to see which one takes the top spot.
I should also mention that before I ride I cut the bars up into 6 pieces, about 40 calories each, and throw them into my jersey pocket so that I can easily grab them on the fly. It also means I don't know exactly which one I'll get when it's time to eat, which I generally do every 15 minutes in the colder weather, a little longer in the warmer weather.
For the sake of completeness, these are the 8 which have not arrived yet:
Apricot
Banana Nut Bread
Chocolate Almond Fudge
Cranberry Apple Cherry
Maple Nut
Oatmeal Raisin Walnut
Pear Apple Strudel
Spiced Pumpkin Pie
There ya go, the Showdown is on.
Anyway, I currently have 10 flavors with another 8 on the way. I've been putting them through the paces on some rides over the past few weeks and have come up with this order:
1. Cool Mint Chocolate
2. Crunchy Peanut Butter
3. Black Cherry Almond
6. Blueberry Crisp
5. Chocolate Chip Peanut Crunch
6. Carrot Cake
7. Peanut Toffee Buzz
8. Chocolate Chip
9. Chocolate Brownie
Unranked: Iced Gingerbread (just got these last night)
Those are the preliminary seedings for my Great Clif Bar Showdown. I don't have a set way in which I'll pit them against each other, so it will be a sort of on-the-fly mix & match as I feel like doing it thing. I'm also looking to come up with the best 2 bar combo and 3 bar combo.
Hopefully this will be somewhat entertaining to someone. Feel free to shout out your opinions, or to put together a little pool on the side to see which one takes the top spot.
I should also mention that before I ride I cut the bars up into 6 pieces, about 40 calories each, and throw them into my jersey pocket so that I can easily grab them on the fly. It also means I don't know exactly which one I'll get when it's time to eat, which I generally do every 15 minutes in the colder weather, a little longer in the warmer weather.
For the sake of completeness, these are the 8 which have not arrived yet:
Apricot
Banana Nut Bread
Chocolate Almond Fudge
Cranberry Apple Cherry
Maple Nut
Oatmeal Raisin Walnut
Pear Apple Strudel
Spiced Pumpkin Pie
There ya go, the Showdown is on.