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Submitted by
David
a Weekend Warrior
from Houston
Date Reviewed: June 3, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$1.00 | | Purchased At: | Krogers | | Strengths: | Compact, dense, relatively healthy, tasty, filling. Goes well with water or coffee. | | Weaknesses: | A little dry, but added moisture would make it fall apart so it's not really a weakness. | | Similar Products Used: | Powerbar and McDonald's Quarter pound Texas Double Cheeseburger | | Bike Setup: | Motobecane 300HT - completely stock | | Bottom Line: | I don't run or ride distances long enough to justify eating a Cliff bar while I'm out. So instead, I eat these mostly at the office when I'm too busy to leave my desk for lunch.
I like to buy the variety box which contains Chocolate Chip, Crunchy PB, and Chocolate Chip Peanut Crunch. The Chocolate Chip is my number 1 pick! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Alan
a Cross Country Rider
from San Francisco
Date Reviewed: April 14, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$1.00 | | Purchased At: | Performance, Sports Basement | | Strengths: | Great taste, consistency. Fills you up. Easy to chew, moist. Price is affordable. | | Weaknesses: | Try the flavors....some of them are funky and you probably will hate some of them. I first tried the chocolate chip and it's probably my favorite, don't think I could eat the pumpkin flavor on a regular basis! | | Similar Products Used: | Powerbar, Gu | | Bottom Line: | Back in the early nineties when I was a kid and started mountain biking in Marin, we had Powerbars. You chewed the nasty junk and put up with the awful taste. It was just assumed that taste and texture were to be overlooked in favor of extra strength during a ride. There wasn't any options other than candy bars (which frankly were more satisfying!) Having your teeth almost get pulled out from your skull eating a Powerbar was lame.
Then Clif bars came along and I never looked back. They have a huge amount of flavors, find your fave and enjoy. If you don't want to bring whole food with you on a ride, pack these and some water.
Make sure you wash it down with water. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Sean Utz
a Downhiller
from Lakeland
Date Reviewed: April 2, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Carter Road | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$1.00 | | Purchased At: | Publix | | Strengths: | Variety | | Similar Products Used: | Snickers Marathon, Power Bar, Metablast | | Bottom Line: | This is awesome! They taste great, and they are a good morale boost in the middle of a 20 mile ride | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
James Campbell
a Downhiller
from California
Date Reviewed: January 14, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$1.00 | | Purchased At: | Trader Joe's | | Strengths: | TASTE! variety of flavors. cheap. | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | too many | | Bike Setup: | dont worry about it | | Bottom Line: | I freakn' love these things. i am in the U.S. Army and i get them in care packages all the time. i always eat these on missions instead of those confounded MRE's. the guys at clif bar have their stuff strait. i give them 5 flaming dookies. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
andrew
a Weekend Warrior
from Indianapolis
Date Reviewed: January 18, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | not the paved ones! | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$2.00 | | Purchased At: | bike shop | | Strengths: | maybe the nutritional value...its compact | | Weaknesses: | taste and texture! ...oh and its a bit bulky | | Similar Products Used: | whatever u can find at a gas station, GNC or vitamin store. | | Bike Setup: | who cares | | Bottom Line: | bottom line is that this thing is like eating right out of the horse trough back yonder in the barn. i could barely gag this down with any beverage. cant remember which flavors we tried but we only tried two which was more than enough for me. you can chew these for hours and the consistency just gets worse and worse. i guess id just rather gag on a Power Bar is all. just was dissapointed after hearing about them. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dan
a Weekend Warrior
from Palos Park, Il, USA
Date Reviewed: December 31, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | I&M Canal | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$1.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS By The Box | | Strengths: | Doesn't Melt
Filing
Great Flavor Selection
Too many to list | | Weaknesses: | Some Falvors a little dry but a little swig of H2O cures that fast | | Similar Products Used: | All the rest | | Bike Setup: | Does this really matter for a Energybar. It's a MTN Bike the rest doesn't matter | | Bottom Line: | Best Energy Bar EVER | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
maximus
a Weekend Warrior
from tucson,az
Date Reviewed: February 3, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | fantasy island | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$1.00 | | Purchased At: | walmart .96 cents | | Strengths: | These bars work great. I take one about 20mins before the trail and I have enough juice to make it without fading too much. | | Weaknesses: | Some flavors need to be choked down... choc chip, choc peanut chip. | | Similar Products Used: | Balance Bars Gold. | | Bike Setup: | 02 Giant Yukon, XT do-dads | | Bottom Line: | Better flavers are carrot cake, lemon poppyseed, cookies'n'cream. Easy to digest and they work well. If your new to biking, this bar is probably the one best good thing you can start with. Can't go wrong with trying one, but do yourself a favor and try one of the mentioned better tasting bars. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Nitish Nag
a Cross Country Rider
from Fremont, CA
Date Reviewed: December 19, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$1.00 | | Purchased At: | Costco | | Strengths: | Tastes better than most energy bars, fills ya up, goo digestion, easy on stomach. | | Weaknesses: | You need to down it with some water to let it settle. Not the best race food. | | Similar Products Used: | All the "other" bars | | Bike Setup: | 2003 Santa Cruz Blur, 04 XTR, 5th Element Air, Easton Carbon Cockpit, Thompson Stem, Python Air Lights, Mavic 317's, Eggbeater SS, Stans NoTubes. | | Bottom Line: | This is an exellent, easilt available energy bar. Because it is naturally made, it makes you feel better. It is a bit heavy on the stomch so you need some liquid to wash it down. Not that expensive. great ratio between carbs , protein and fat. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ryan R.
a Cross Country Rider
from Long Island N.Y.
Date Reviewed: August 21, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Dirt Ones! | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$1.00 | | Purchased At: | Vitamin Shop, LBS and other places | | Strengths: | Tastes great, Easy to digest, Dosen't melt like other ones do, Not that expensive like some other ones, great fuel when your feeling drained out and have a long road back. | | Weaknesses: | Looks like what I ride on (Dirt), Sometimes hard to find now that the secret is out about them tasting great. | | Similar Products Used: | Powerbar, Balance, Powershot, Powerbar Harvest and Metrex | | Bike Setup: | Is this for an energybar or bike parts who cares! | | Bottom Line: | This is the best energy bar out there it tases good and it dosen't feel like dead weight in your stomach. I only eat these now and have given up on the others out there. Powerbar tastes like dirt, melts and gets sticky when it get hot. Metrex foodbars are good but they sit in your stomach like lead and make you feel sick during a long ride in the heat. So far it like the crunchy peanut butter, peanut butter chocalate chip and cookies and cream. Buy them down at vitamin shop by the case and you get them for a dollor a bar instead of a dollor firty and a box lasts a while. PEACE! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Daniel
a Cross Country Rider
from Tempe, AZ
Date Reviewed: July 10, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$1.00 | | Purchased At: | albertsons | | Strengths: | Tastes really good, easy to chew and digest | | Weaknesses: | looks like a piece of turd | | Similar Products Used: | powerbar and others | | Bottom Line: | The best solid energy bar on the market. It actually tastes good, I look forward to eating it and its easy to chew and digest. Not like a power bar which doesnt taste good, tough to chew, and I dreaded eating several of them on all day rides. Thank god for clif bar. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Allison
a
from Newfoundland
Date Reviewed: May 14, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | massey drive | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Strengths: | tastes yummy
variety of flavours
doesn't get rock hard, doesn't melt | | Weaknesses: | my little sister also thinks these are great,so i never get the entire clif bar to myself | | Similar Products Used: | powerbar, powerbar harvest, powerbar protein plus, vector, powergel, clifshot | | Bottom Line: | I like clifbar, but they need to make a version with extra protein as powerbar has done for post race nutrition because the powerbar protein plus is absolutely DISGUSTING!!Cookies and Cream is definately the best flavour! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Eric
a
from New Jersey, USA
Date Reviewed: April 20, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only | | Strengths: | Lots of flavors
Great taste
filling
Dosent melt
ect...
| | Weaknesses: | Maybe alittle dry. Other then that there great. | | Bottom Line: | This is by far the best energy bar I've ever had in my life(the chocolate favor anyway). It tastes awesome and gives you tons of energy (I got hyper). 5 Flamin Chilis from me. Buy Clif bars and go ride your bike
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Submitted by
Aaron
a Weekend Warrior
from Phoenix, Arizona
Date Reviewed: March 24, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Good weather | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$2.00 | | Purchased At: | Wherever | | Strengths: | Taste great!
Reasonable price
Don't turn into cement in the cold | | Weaknesses: | Hmmm. Not a high protein bar, but that's probably why they taste so awesome. | | Similar Products Used: | PowerBars, Luna Bars, Met-Rx, Tiger's Milk, and on and on. | | Bike Setup: | Who cares what I'm riding. | | Bottom Line: | These bars are awesome. Very edible, but take them with some water. My favorites are Apricot, Cranberry and Carrot Cake. I've eaten many different energy bars and these are time and time again the best tasting, the best texture and all for a reasonable price. Highly recommended. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Roscoe
a Weekend Warrior
from Colorado Springs, Colorado
Date Reviewed: November 5, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Porcupine Rim, Jones Park | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$1.00 | | Purchased At: | Any good local store | | Strengths: | Good taste; pretty filling and provide good energy. | | Weaknesses: | Needs a bit of water to really stomach them properly. | | Similar Products Used: | PowerBar Harvest, Clif Luna; gels and other bars that get you by in a pinch. | | Bike Setup: | Devinci Kingpin - awesome! | | Bottom Line: | These are the bars that saved me from choking on PowerBars so many years ago. They are a bit more filling than the Clif Lunas, but they make for a good "lunch" bar when one is on an epic ride. They require a bit of water to digest, but you should be hydrating anyway. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bob Maxten
a Weekend Warrior
from Houston
Date Reviewed: October 30, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$17.00 | | Purchased At: | maxlabs.com | | Strengths: | Good, quick energy. Ingredients contain brown rice syrup and brown rice protein of which I am a fan. | | Weaknesses: | none so far | | Similar Products Used: | SportPharmas Promax bars are good, but ingredients differ greatly- no brown rice here! | | Bottom Line: | I like the product for its total ingredients and enjoy the taste as much as any energy bar I have tried before. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dustin
a Weekend Warrior
from Mount Albert
Date Reviewed: October 29, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$1.00 | | Purchased At: | running room | | Strengths: | tastes pretty good, gives me lots of energy, much better than powerbar, good flavours, good price | | Weaknesses: | looks like crap | | Similar Products Used: | powerbar | | Bottom Line: | good for energy, hell of a lot better than powerbar, tastes good, good price, easy to eat. buy if you need the energy. dollar for dollar offers more energy than powerbar, and gives you more energy with more bar. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Andrew
a
from UVA
Date Reviewed: October 18, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Walnut Creek | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$1.00 | | Strengths: | Taste good (I've had the carrot cake and PB chocolate one so far), easy to eat, normal texture, doesn't sit like a brick in the stomach, doesn't melt | | Weaknesses: | too tempting to eat for breakfast | | Similar Products Used: | powerbar harvest :-)
powerbar :-( | | Bike Setup: | kinda irrelevant regarding food | | Bottom Line: | Got 'em cheap, taste good, consistenct of real food - best value for nutrition bars | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Matt Fulks
a Cross Country Rider
from Oklahoma City, OK
Date Reviewed: September 30, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | All of em | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$1.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS, 7-11, grocery store etc | | Strengths: | Tastes great! I especially like the Carrot Cake flavor. Good for sustained energy. They're easy to find. Around here, all 7-11's carry clif bars and most of the grocery stores do too. Tastes WAY better than a powerbar. Doesn't melt either! | | Weaknesses: | It's ugly. Almost scary the first time you try one. | | Similar Products Used: | Powerbar, Luna Bar, GU. | | Bike Setup: | What? I'm reviewing a Clif bar damnit | | Bottom Line: | What more can I say? They're good energy bars than taste great and are easy to come by. I'll never eat a powerbar again. With powerbars, you need them to be at room temperature to be edible. Too hot, they melt. Too cold and they're hard as a rock. Not with Clif bars. Edible in any temperature! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ollie
a Cross Country Rider
from Burbank, CA, USA
Date Reviewed: July 30, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$1.00 | | Purchased At: | Trader Joe's | | Strengths: | Doesn't melt, more natural than most energy bars and more covenient than a bag of trail mix. Stamped with a use by date. | | Weaknesses: | Different flavors have vastly different caloric/ nutritional content. | | Similar Products Used: | Powerbar, luna bar, balance bar, pria, fig newtons etc... | | Bike Setup: | SC superlight | | Bottom Line: | Out of all the energy bars out there, clif is superior. They don't look pretty as other reviewers commented but they are filling, taste good, nd don't melt in my pack like other energy bars. They also don't have that artificial vitamin taste....I feel like I'm actually eating something healthy. They are also relatively cheap compared to other products. I usually get them for about $0.90.
One minor complaint that keeps me reading the labels is that the calories vary from flavor to flavor by a significant amount. The apricot is one of the lowest cal flavors while choco chip peanut crunch is one of the higher cal flavors. Makes sense when you think of the ingredients though.
I also like the ICE bars for those mornings that I can't get enough coffee in me before the ride. Unfortunately these bars, like the Clif Luna bars, have some sort of meltable coating and aren't great to take along unless you like licking the wrapper.
4 chilis....5 when they stop looking like crap! :)
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Submitted by
Jason F
a Cross Country Rider
from Warner Robins, GA
Date Reviewed: July 7, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$1.00 | | Purchased At: | local grocery store | | Strengths: | Great recipe, moist. Best balance, all the stuff you need, none of the crap you don't. Sustaining energy. Overall, CONSISTENTLY tasty. Try the almond brownie flavor! | | Weaknesses: | Watch out! I have accidentally bought a bar or two that have been sitting out on the shelf too long. Bad. Some flavors (carrot cake) too sweet for some. | | Similar Products Used: | Powerbar, Met Rx, Gatorade bar, Balance Bar | | Bike Setup: | Performance | | Bottom Line: | If you want a bar that you can find at the gas station when you're on your way, or just a value-packed bar, make it Clif. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
JT
a
from Arlington, VA
Date Reviewed: May 31, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$1.00 | | Purchased At: | Fresh Fields | | Strengths: | Tastes pretty good
Great energy and recovery
Pretty filling
Doesn't make you sick
Doesn't seem like chewing on cardboard flavored taffy (like Powerbars) | | Weaknesses: | Looks ... they do say the first bite is with the eyes | | Similar Products Used: | Powerbar | | Bottom Line: | These things are great. I've found that my endurance, recovery and even performance are all improved to varying degrees with these. I rode Bike New York this year and only had 1-1/2 of these for the entire day and it was fine. I was never hungry and felt energized throughout the entire ride.
The only real problem is that they look like crap ... literally. The chocolate brownie seriously looks like a cow pie. However, it doesn't taste too bad.
Thanks to everyone below who recommended Cookies & Cream ... it is easily my favorite!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bar-junkie
a
from Boulder, CO
Date Reviewed: May 8, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$1.00 | | Purchased At: | in bulk (Perf bike) | | Strengths: | mmmmm... flavors | | Similar Products Used: | Power Bar, Gu, Clif Shot, bananas etc | | Bottom Line: | Lots of yummy flavors. Doesn't taste like flavored cardboard or sawdust. Buy 'em by the boxful! Won't melt in Moab, but does get somewhat tough to chew at 10F in winter. New Clif ICE is a treat, though more sugar than you really need. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
FritzMan
a Cross Country Rider
from Ottawa, Canada
Date Reviewed: October 25, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$1.00 | | Purchased At: | MEC | | Strengths: | Good taste, seems to provide all the energy I need for enduros. | | Weaknesses: | During high exertion efforts, this product becomes too difficult to eat. Because it is relatively soft, I find it too pasty in my mouth. You need a *lot* of water to wash it down during a race. | | Similar Products Used: | None, thinking of Powerbar if it's a little crunchier/drier. | | Bottom Line: | Honestly, this is a good bar. For training or epic rides, it totally meets expectations. But I've had too many instances during enduros where I've been very uncomfortable trying to eat this stuff. Not only do I end up consuming more water (cytomax) than I want, but my HR skyrockets because I can't friggin' breath! I've tried smaller intervals (still consuming 1 per hour) and the stuff still somehow ends up lingering around my mouth for hours. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Nick
a Cross Country Rider
from Tempe, AZ
Date Reviewed: August 8, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$1.00 | | Purchased At: | Grocery store | | Strengths: | Oh so delicious. Tons of flavors, you're bound to find one you like. Doesn't sit like a rock in your stomach, no sugar buzz, easily digested, gets the energy to you quick. | | Weaknesses: | More expensive than the classic banana/bagel combo. | | Similar Products Used: | Any and all, these are the best in my opinion, both for taste and functionality | | Bike Setup: | XC | | Bottom Line: | Very good energy bars. Even people who don't like energy bars could like these. Lots of vitamins, good flavor, plenty of protein. But in my opinion, we'd all be better off sticking to the natural stuff- fruits and bread. If you want the extra vitamins, take a multi-vitamin before your ride. If you want the protein, make some beef jerky in your oven. If you like to spend money Clif bar is the way to go. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
barry
a Racer
from phoenix, arizona
Date Reviewed: July 25, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$1.00 | | Strengths: | DOES NOT MELT. Good variety of flavors and taste is similar to actual food. I usually pay $0.89 a bar. | | Weaknesses: | If you foolishly try to eat one of the ginger snap bars - YOU WILL CHOKE, GO INTO CONVULSIONS & WIPE OUT THE PELETON. Be forewarned! | | Similar Products Used: | They all melted. | | Bottom Line: | Most edible bars I have tried. Sit well in stomach. No tumors so far. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
smokey strodtman
a Cross Country Rider
from gilliam,MO USA
Date Reviewed: June 21, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | my own farm trails | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$1.00 | | Purchased At: | gerbes supermarket | | Strengths: | nutritional value, energy replenishment, taste. | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | balance bar, 40-30-30 bar, tiger's milk bar, gatorade bar(yuck!), and a few others i can't remember the name of. | | Bike Setup: | fisher hardtail with several mods and stock lemond poprad cyclocross bike. | | Bottom Line: | today i took my poprad on a very tough road ride that includes some very long and steep hills, going into an 18 mph headwind on the longest and toughest one. when i reached the top, my polar hrm registered 168(my max is 171) and my legs were pumped so tight i thought they would explode. rode the last 5 miles home and staggered in the house. got out some potato salad and a clif bar, along with an electrolyte drink. in less than half an hour, i felt good enough to go do some work on my mountain bike trails and will probably do some more riding tonight. these bars ROCK! it is amazing how fast they can replenish your energy
and muscles. nothing else i have tried even comes close. on top of all that, the cookies and cream flavor is delicious.
what more could you want? 5 BIG flamers! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Robin
a
from Jackson Hole
Date Reviewed: June 1, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Strengths: | Great flavors, taste good, I can identify and pronounce all ingredients , easily packed, provide long-sustained energy | | Similar Products Used: | Lots | | Bottom Line: | Clif Bars taste great, are all natural and provide for great sustained energy for long rides and races. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dave
a Racer
from Culpeper,VA
Date Reviewed: March 18, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Hollywood Farms,Observatory Hill,Poor Farm Park | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$1.00 | | Purchased At: | Wal-Mart and Bike Works | | Strengths: | Taste.Very chooable.You can take a whole bunch of them without cramming up your hydro pack.Good bar for anyone. | | Weaknesses: | A little dry.Otherwise,nothing. | | Similar Products Used: | Power Bar,Luna Bar(even though Im a guy)Clif Bar,Balance Bar. | | Bike Setup: | Schwinn Mesa GS(Yellow) | | Bottom Line: | Rad bar,get it,it tastes excellent. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Guy
a Cross Country Rider
from garbage can (canada)
Date Reviewed: January 4, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | the one i made | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$2.00 | | Purchased At: | london drugs | | Strengths: | it's some good sh*t | | Weaknesses: |
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$ 1.50
