My New Cafe

meanredspider
meanredspider Posts: 12,337
edited March 2015 in Commuting chat
Opening in a couple of weeks. It could be slightly more convenient as it's a whole 3km away

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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,265
    RCC membership then?
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    Just leave your credit card behind the bar it'll be fineeee
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  • meanredspider
    meanredspider Posts: 12,337
    Yup - worth a try for a year if only for the coffee and opening party.
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  • meanredspider
    meanredspider Posts: 12,337
    itboffin wrote:
    Just leave your credit card behind the bar it'll be fineeee

    At least I won't have to show either Mrs MRS (at home) or my assistant (at work) what I've bought :wink:
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    meanredspider wrote:
    Yup - worth a try for a year if only for the coffee and opening party.

    Should be some interesting club rides as well
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • meanredspider
    meanredspider Posts: 12,337
    itboffin wrote:
    meanredspider wrote:
    Yup - worth a try for a year if only for the coffee and opening party.

    Should be some interesting club rides as well

    Yes - I guess. I'm not a great fan of the whole "club ride" thing but it's worth going on a few to discover some new routes and meet a few people.
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,265
    meanredspider wrote:
    Yup - worth a try for a year if only for the coffee and opening party.
    It seems worthwhile even if you only have one cup of coffee a week.
    Rides may or may not be good but worth a try.
    And a free Dogma if you are on holiday near another club must be enticing.

    Little use to me due to location but I can see the possibilities at 3km.
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  • meanredspider
    meanredspider Posts: 12,337
    I expect to be in HK a few times and my colleagues there are keen cyclists so that's a possibility. There's also a local Amsterdam forum which might prove useful. There's a ride with Simon Mottram the morning after the party too so it'll be interesting to meet him.
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  • spasypaddy
    spasypaddy Posts: 5,180
    ive been for a ride with Simon (he was riding along my old commute route) and i had a chat with him. nice guy
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  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    This is a coffee shop in Amsterdam right? and you're expecting to go riding a bike afterwards??
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  • meanredspider
    meanredspider Posts: 12,337
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    This is a coffee shop in Amsterdam right? and you're expecting to go riding a bike afterwards??

    I was very careful how I titled my thread, KB :wink: My nearest coffee shop is about 200 yards away :lol:

    Living next to Vondel Park and commuting through it, I think I can now detect the differences in the type of dope being smoked :shock: What surprises me most (and I guess it shouldn't) is how much I smell on my commute to work.
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  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,800
    I can't see one of those opening in Feltham any time soon.
    Just to clarify. I mean I can't imagine the Rapha place in Feltham, the kind of establishment KB is talking about would be more likely around here.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Expect to see this guy a lot, and people fawning over him.

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    Wilfried de Jong

    (sports journo/pundit who is big on cycling)
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  • meanredspider
    meanredspider Posts: 12,337
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Expect to see this guy a lot, and people fawning over him.

    media_xl_1584018.jpg

    Wilfried de Jong

    (sports journo/pundit who is big on cycling)

    Blimey - that picture makes him look like he'd be more likely found in the local high-security prison :shock:
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
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    better?
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  • meanredspider
    meanredspider Posts: 12,337
    I'm now thinking of a different sort of high-security establishment! :shock: :wink:
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Anyway, he's been leading the charge for rapha for ages in Holland.

    He does lots of documentaries - one offs, where he'll ride the Mont Ventoux or Paris Roubaix, and it'll be all black & white and all about existential authenticity or something, and he's ALWAYS IN RAPHA, and has been for almost as long as rapha have been around.
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  • meanredspider
    meanredspider Posts: 12,337
    Cool - thanks for the heads-up. At least I will know who he is. It sounds like he's bound to be there.
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  • Ian.B
    Ian.B Posts: 732
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    and he's ALWAYS IN RAPHA

    Well, based on the above, not always.
  • meanredspider
    meanredspider Posts: 12,337
    Ian.B wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    and he's ALWAYS IN RAPHA

    Well, based on the above, not always.

    You haven't seen the new Rapha willy warmer....? :wink:
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  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    Ian.B wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    and he's ALWAYS IN RAPHA

    Well, based on the above, not always.

    He's modelling Rapha's new 'Emperor' range...
  • meanredspider
    meanredspider Posts: 12,337
    Training Jersey

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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    Nice colours i have the old version :roll:
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    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,310
    IME the Dutch are far too stingy for Rapha...
    left the forum March 2023
  • walkingbootweather
    walkingbootweather Posts: 2,443
    meanredspider wrote:
    Ian.B wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    and he's ALWAYS IN RAPHA

    Well, based on the above, not always.

    You haven't seen the new Rapha willy warmer....? :wink:

    I got one of those in XXL, but still too small. B100dy continental sizing :wink:
    Nobody told me we had a communication problem
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    ugo.santalucia wrote:
    IME the Dutch are far too stingy for Rapha...

    Frugal. Certainly not stingy.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    meanredspider wrote:
    Training Jersey

    RCCJersey.JPG

    Very nice.
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  • spasypaddy
    spasypaddy Posts: 5,180
    thats actually a really nice jersey.
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  • meanredspider
    meanredspider Posts: 12,337
    Actually, no sooner did I order the Training Jersey When the Race (Pro) Jersey came back into stock so I ordered that for comparison (very different material). Thoughts on the better one from looks? (Think I prefer the training one)

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  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    meanredspider wrote:
    Training Jersey

    RCCJersey.JPG


    I got slightly confused with the socks and thought it was a babies onesie at first.... :oops:
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