Cycle friendly cafe's across the UK - The definitive list

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  • MrHulot
    MrHulot Posts: 173
    Try this
  • Aggieboy
    Aggieboy Posts: 3,996
    holmeboy wrote:
    cmgowcity wrote:
    not if you live in Scotland!

    Tinderbox in Glasgow


    Bullshit!

    Do they deep fry it?
    "There's a shortage of perfect breasts in this world, t'would be a pity to damage yours."
  • DaSy
    DaSy Posts: 599
    I can't believe no-one has listed Zappi's in Jericho, Oxford!

    It's owned and run by Italian ex-pro, Flavio Zappi, who amongst many other race results held the green jersey in the '84 Giro for 2 weeks and only lost it on the last day to Laurent Fignon.

    He has albums full of original black and white pictures of his pro career to peruse, and now runs and coaches his own Race Team and also a new cycling club from the Cafe - Zappi's Cafe Cycling Club ,with runs out on Sunday mornings.

    Add to that he makes the best espresso I know and some very nice pannini's.
    Complicating matters since 1965
  • Mothyman
    Mothyman Posts: 655
    thanks dodgy
  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    Every saturday, you're likely to find me at one of the following:
    Seale Tearooms, Seale nr Farnham, Surrey
    The Honeypot, Overton, Hampshire
    Millie's Tearooms, Stockbridge, Hampshire
    RSPB The Brooks, Pulborough, West Sussex
    Chawton Tearooms, Chawton, Hampshire
    Hillside Garden Centre, Alton, Hampshire
    3-4 in Alresford, Hampshire too
    amongst others...
    Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..
  • jswba
    jswba Posts: 491
    The cafe in low Bradfield, just outside Sheffield does awesome cakes and coffee. And you can watch the village cricket team while you're resting.
  • gbs
    gbs Posts: 450
    Chestertons, Ditchling, Sussex - for the gourmet and gourmand.
    vintage newbie, spinning away
  • Lazarus
    Lazarus Posts: 1,426
    Mark Alexander wrote:
    I'll start it off.

    Downs Cafe, Cowbridge, S.Wales (great for fruit cake, apple crumble and custard :wink: )

    Petrolhead city on a sunday morning :wink::lol:

    but if you need good old bacon sarnies or a fry up then pop over the dual carriageway to the cafe over there.

    Ewenny is good though also the cafe on the beach front in Llantwit Major
    A punctured bicycle
    On a hillside desolate
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  • 3leggeddog
    3leggeddog Posts: 150
    Shepherds cafe, borrowdale. The best bar none
  • yogi
    yogi Posts: 456
    For anyone visiting South East Cornwall and South Devon here's our list http://yogi.terapad.com/index.cfm?fa=co ... eyrtawfgut
    http://yogi.terapad.com
  • davelakers
    davelakers Posts: 762
    A very good list of friendly cafes that we use around North Lancs, Ribble Valley and West Yorkshire.

    http://www.ribblevalleycrc.com/cafes.html
  • Nuggs
    Nuggs Posts: 1,804
    gbs wrote:
    Chestertons, Ditchling, Sussex - for the gourmet and gourmand.
    Good shout but cycling/driving/walking through Ditchling is an utter PITA...
  • Roger_This
    Roger_This Posts: 136
    This, at the end of Loch Katrine:

    http://www.thepiertearoom.com/

    and the cycle in from Aberfoyle is a beauty :D
  • nwallace
    nwallace Posts: 1,465
    White Chimneys in Pitscottie, not actually got anywhere to tie a bike to though don't really need it.
    Lets me load up on weight for the drop through Dura Den.
    Do Nellyphants count?

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    Cheapo Roadie: FCN 5
    Off Road: FCN 11

    +1 when I don't get round to shaving for x days
  • Zephr
    Zephr Posts: 60
    Gotta say +1 for the woodbine over Hope way.

    Gotta love the pintsa tea and cakes to die for.
    FCN 11. When you hear the buzz of the nobblies, you know youve been scalped.
  • prb007
    prb007 Posts: 703
    The Station Cafe in Treorchy - for anyone riding the 'Bwlch' area of the South Wales valleys or for anyone who absolutely has to stop before the first feed station on the Dragon ride!
    Cup of tea and a welsh cake for £1.20 and they don't mind you taking your bike inside!!

    http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/place?cid ... iwOMv17dcF
    If Wales was flattened out, it'd be bigger than England!
    Planet X Ti Sportive for Sportives & tours
    Orange Alpine 160 for Afan,Alps & dodging trees
    Singlespeed Planet X Kaffenback for dodging potholes
    An On-One Inbred for hard-tail shenanigans...
  • cyclopsbiker
    cyclopsbiker Posts: 516
    definitely get yourself to the Woodbine in Hope, Peak District
    http://www.woodbine-hope.co.uk/

    they've got an open fire which is fab for drying out gear and yourself while you munch on homemade cakes or a bacon sarnie. as mentioned earlier the full english is pretty damn nice.
    I've stayed in their B&B which is cool, there's a store out the back where they let me keep my muddy bike overnight and a hosepipe to wash it off before heading home (sorry, I ride an MTB which tends to get muddier than a road bike!!). cool place.
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  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    DaSy wrote:
    I can't believe no-one has listed Zappi's in Jericho, Oxford!

    It's owned and run by Italian ex-pro, Flavio Zappi, who amongst many other race results held the green jersey in the '84 Giro for 2 weeks and only lost it on the last day to Laurent Fignon.

    He has albums full of original black and white pictures of his pro career to peruse, and now runs and coaches his own Race Team and also a new cycling club from the Cafe - Zappi's Cafe Cycling Club ,with runs out on Sunday mornings.

    Add to that he makes the best espresso I know and some very nice pannini's.

    Waterfront Cafe in Benson (Oxfordshire)

    http://www.waterfrontcafe.co.uk/
  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    On my occassional forays into Oxforshire, there's good cafes in both Goring on Thames and Pangbourne - probably a bit too close together to justify stopping at both on one ride.
    Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..
  • harrier
    harrier Posts: 7
    jswba wrote:
    The cafe in low Bradfield, just outside Sheffield does awesome cakes and coffee. And you can watch the village cricket team while you're resting.

    Yeah my favourite too. A quick filter coffee to take away sat on the bench out side will set you up for the tought climbs ahead

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