Should a Sunday ride (of over 60 miles) begin with a cafe stop?
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No. Have a double espresso when you're getting ready to head out.“Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to cycle and he will realize fishing is stupid and boring”
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Tea to start the day I'm afraid.
LD, you're not alone.Advocate of disc brakes.0 -
homers double wrote:Tea to start the day I'm afraid.
LD, you're not alone.
we all knew about your 'ways' anyway0 -
It's your bike and your time, do whatever you like.
The older I get, the better I was.0 -
Eat and drink what you like before leaving the house, but I feel that a cafe stop is best appreciated after a bit of exertion and a few miles.
Tea first thing in the morning. Don't mind coffee and cake mid ride / later0 -
I guess it depends what you're looking for. I'd much rather get going than get up early to hang about in a cafe first thing, I appreciate that a lot more at the end of the ride.0
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I voted no because I'd need a wazz too soon if the ride started with coffee. Although I've not yet done a 60 miler so I'm only guessing
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
No. I'd have a coffee before I left home, but the ride should end with a cafe stop.0
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Cafe stop mid ride. Pub stop at the end.
Should be law.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Nice idea and if you are meeting slightly later it gives people the chance to do an hour or two before meeting without being too precise about turning up on the dot.[Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]0
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PB is the most sensible person on here. Stevo, that's because you have a long coffee flavoured soft drink rather than a coffee and your old so need to pee a lot. But to answer the question a mug of tea before you leave.0
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The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Stevo 666 wrote:I voted no because I'd need a wazz too soon if the ride started with coffee. Although I've not yet done a 60 miler so I'm only guessing
A 60 mile wazz? But good point...I'm with coffee and cake stop mid way irrespective of distance. Its the whole point of going for a ride.WyndyMilla Massive Attack | Rourke 953 | Condor Italia 531 Pro | Boardman CX Pro | DT Swiss RR440 Tubeless Wheels
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To be fair it's a pretty low bar. In the land of the blind the one eyed man is king.PBlakeney wrote:0 -
in the land of no eyes the man with one blind eye is king, but essentially is still as blind as everyone else.
I'm moving to the continent, all rides of distance should begin at the coffee shop for an espresso then ride, possibly a stop mid way if you are caring for the elderly/casual otherwise stop at the end be in the pub or the cafe. (followed by a protein shake at home)0 -
If I started a Sundy ride with a cafe stop, I'd probably do no more than cycling back home again.0
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Meet in the cafe. If anyone's late at least you're in a cafe and not on a random Street corner0
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Late without prior notice = Catch the peleton.cougie wrote:Meet in the cafe. If anyone's late at least you're in a cafe and not on a random Street corner
Good training, or go home. Their fault.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
When I go riding I usually drink cans of 'Monster', tastes nout like coffee.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here. Stevo, that's because you have a long coffee flavoured soft drink rather than a coffee and your old so need to pee a lot. But to answer the question a mug of tea before you leave."I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
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Surely a mistake to be made only once?Rick Chasey wrote:Depends if you like the people you're riding with.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
PBlakeney wrote:
Surely a mistake to be made only once?Rick Chasey wrote:Depends if you like the people you're riding with.
Depends how it works right?
When you agree to lead a club run, along with 8 or 9 others and 200 odd people turn up to the meeting spot, you won't really know who's gonna come with until you set off with them in tow.0 -
Been there.Rick Chasey wrote:PBlakeney wrote:
Surely a mistake to be made only once?Rick Chasey wrote:Depends if you like the people you're riding with.
Depends how it works right?
When you agree to lead a club run, along with 8 or 9 others and 200 odd people turn up to the meeting spot, you won't really know who's gonna come with until you set off with them in tow.
Meet somewhere else.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Ah that's how I met a lot of my club mates!
Gotta take a risk to meet new people.
One of the underrated joys of life; meeting new people who you mutually get on with.0 -
Nah.
Most cyclists are knobs.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0
