"The Chain That Binds,Cycling and Coffee's Unlikely Partnership" Article in Fresh Cup Magazine--No autographs please.

The article is at:
http://www.freshcup.com/back-issues/...that_binds.htm

=v= Nice. Velo Rouge in San Francisco is truly a trip, and
they have Blue Bottle coffee. Blue Bottle itself now has two
locations in the city, the first (on Linden Alley) is slated
to become something of a woonerf and the second (at Mint Plaza)
has prompted the installation of bike racks.

=v= There's also the Mojo Bicycle Café, which has coffee up
front and a bike shop out back. A biker who moved from Portland
to S.F. founded Ritual Roasters, which trucks in Stumptown beans
and attracts a large fixie-rider following.

| Jim Porter of Soma Fabrications, a San Francisco Bay area bike
| frame and accessories designer that makes a "Morning Rush"
| coffee mug and holder for bicycles ...

=v= The holder's good, but as http://bicyclecoffeesystems.com/
indicates, stainless-steel is better than plastic. :-\
_Jym_

P.S.: For folks in the middle of the U.S., Just Coffee has a
"Revolution Roast" that is tailored to the needs of community
bike program wrenches.

[Returning to a Year-Old Thread with New Information!]

I wrote:
Blue Bottle coffee ... now has two locations in the city,
the first (on Linden Alley) is slated to become something
of a woonerf and the second (at Mint Plaza) has prompted
the installation of bike racks.

=v= Since this is San Francisco (the city talks a good game
but isn't as good on the follow-through), the woonerf still
hasn't happened. Linden Alley was the last stop on our first
Tour d'Espresso ride, though:

http://tinyurl.com/tourdespresso

=v= There's also the Mojo Bicycle Café, which has coffee
up front and a bike shop out back. A biker who moved from
Portland to S.F. founded Ritual Roasters, which trucks in
Stumptown beans and attracts a large fixie-rider following.

=v= Ritual is still fixie-licious. Mojo is using Ritual for
drip coffee, but their espresso is from De La Paz, a relative
newcomer on the coffee scene. AND on the bike scene! They
deliver their coffee beans by bike. Here's the Mission Mission
blog's take on it:

http://missionmission.wordpress.com/...y-a-grown-man/

My friend Greg is their new delivery guy:

http://www.delapazcoffee.com/blog/

=v= We were also discussing ways to carry hot coffee on bikes.
I have settled on this item from Thermos/Nissan:

http://tinyurl.com/th3rm0s

The inside is metal, not plastic, the lid works better than
most, and the silicone grip is positioned just right for it
to fit into most water bottle cages. In the Bay Area, they
sell this at some Peet's Coffee shops, and if you bike up
Highway 1 to Mendocino, you'll find that Thanksgiving Coffee
sells them, too!
_Jym_

Jym Dyer wrote:
[...]
=v= We were also discussing ways to carry hot coffee on bikes.
I have settled on this item from Thermos/Nissan:

http://tinyurl.com/th3rm0s

The inside is metal,[...]

18/8 (aka AISI 304) stainless steel, the same stuff DT, Sapim and
Wheelsmith make spokes from. Also commonly used for cookware, sinks,
etc. due to its high ductility.

--
Tom Sherman - 42.435731,-83.985007
I am a vehicular cyclist.

Tom Sherman °_° wrote:
Jym Dyer wrote:
[...]
=v= We were also discussing ways to carry hot coffee on bikes.
I have settled on this item from Thermos/Nissan:

http://tinyurl.com/th3rm0s

The inside is metal,[...]

18/8 (aka AISI 304) stainless steel, the same stuff DT, Sapim and
Wheelsmith make spokes from. Also commonly used for cookware, sinks,
etc. due to its high ductility.

The problem with that Thermos/Nissan cup is that a) it's not leakproof,
and b) it's not well suited to drinking while riding because there's no
spout.

Tom Sherman °_° wrote:
Jym Dyer wrote:
[...]
=v= We were also discussing ways to carry hot coffee on bikes.
I have settled on this item from Thermos/Nissan:

http://tinyurl.com/th3rm0s

The inside is metal,[...]

18/8 (aka AISI 304) stainless steel, the same stuff DT, Sapim and
Wheelsmith make spokes from. Also commonly used for cookware, sinks,
etc. due to its high ductility.

The problem with that Thermos/Nissan cup is that a) it's not leakproof,
and b) it's not well suited to drinking while riding because there's no
spout.

SMS writes:

Tom Sherman °_° wrote:
Jym Dyer wrote:
[...]
=v= We were also discussing ways to carry hot coffee on bikes.
I have settled on this item from Thermos/Nissan:

http://tinyurl.com/th3rm0s

The inside is metal,[...]
18/8 (aka AISI 304) stainless steel, the same stuff DT, Sapim and
Wheelsmith make spokes from. Also commonly used for cookware, sinks,
etc. due to its high ductility.

The problem with that Thermos/Nissan cup is that a) it's not
leakproof, and b) it's not well suited to drinking while riding
because there's no spout.

I like the OXO cup- it fits a bottle cage and is leak-resistant.

73, doug

I find the title of this really funny, as coffee certainly doesn't "bind"
me. Even decaf. If I'm going riding any time within the next couple of
days, you won't see me NEAR a cup of coffee...or a coffee maker....or a
store that SELLS coffee!!!!

On Jul 6, 3:20*pm, "Papa Tom" wrote:
I find the title of this really funny, as coffee certainly doesn't "bind"
me. *Even decaf. *If I'm going riding any time within the next couple of
days, you won't see me NEAR a cup of coffee...or a coffee maker....or a
store that SELLS coffee!!!!

Funny - when touring, a nice cuppa black can be great just for that
reason. Those efficient camping/energy foods can be more binding than
is healthy, especially when coupled with partial dehydration and
unusual exertion.

It's all in the timing, though. Don't do this on the east end of
Rochester when heading west.

It's all in the timing, though. Don't do this on the east end of
Rochester when heading west.

Well, if my full name didn't show up in each of these posts, I could tell
you some stories that would either have you splitting at the seams or
feeling really bad for me! Yeah...it's all in the timing. Like, don't
drink coffee unless you're no further from home than your garage!!

=v= We were also discussing ways to carry hot coffee on
bikes. I have settled on this item from Thermos/Nissan:

http://tinyurl.com/th3rm0s

The inside is metal, not plastic, the lid works better
than most, and the silicone grip is positioned just right
for it to fit into most water bottle cages.
The problem with that Thermos/Nissan cup is that a) it's
not leakproof, and b) it's not well suited to drinking while
riding because there's no spout.

=v= Mine has never leaked, unless you mean in the sense of it
not being a sealed sippy-cup, in which case that's not really
how I like to drink my coffee anyhow.

=v= I saw one of these on the shelf the other day and found
that it's now made in China. :^(
_Jym_