Cliff Shot Electrolyte Blocks are my favorite and work well for me. The bars are bit hard to chew. Gu just makes me want to puke.
My favorite Cliff shot blocks are: margaritta w/triple sodium, orange w/caffeine... and cherry because it has caffeine. Cran-Razz is pretty good too.
The margaritta flavor can be a little funky tasting early in a ride. But the more you sweat, for me anyway, the marg is better... and the sweet stuff can get TOO sweet. I alternate. For bars I like Lara Bars. They are natural like Cliff products. And Lara is nut based. Something that agrees w/me.
Once you find a flavor you fall in love with, you can order on-line too. I hated to keep searching the store to never find my flavor in stock. Places like BikeTiresDirect you can order individual sleeves, vs an entire box on Cliff's web site.
The sleeve concept of Cliff's shots works much better than Gu's chomps... it just makes a mess in the jersey pocket.




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