I should have warned you that the Clif bar looks like um, well, yeah, ugly. Sorry about the bad experience. Did you try to eat it while riding, or did you stop somewhere for a quick break? It's got some fibre and caffeine, so you do need to drink a bit with them. You may want to try to the gel shots when they come in. The patch kits are 4 bucks and they contain 6 patches and a swatch of sandpaper. I can even post them to you for a dollar.