On 5/28/2020 4:51 PM, jbeattie wrote:

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That was the one good thing about PowerBars -- the plastic/foil wrappers were really good for tire boots.

In 1993 I did a ride from Moscow to Saint Petersburg in Russia. We all
brought along a lot of food, including Power Bars, on the advice of the
organizer because food in Russia was not that plentiful back then, and
the route went through areas where we would not have a lot of stores.

In some of the towns, groups of Russian cyclists would join us for a few
kilometers and we would often give them some of our food. I had to
explain to one Russian cyclist that the Power Bar I was giving him
tasted awful but was good for him. I could only imagine him taking it
home, sharing it with his family, and then deciding that life in Russia
was better than life in the United States.