Starbucks and cycling
09-13-05 | 05:50 PM
#101
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Originally Posted by ChroMo2
How 'bout I buy everyone in this thread a latte?
I'll take a double tall with hazelnut. will ya spring for a pack of smokes too?
09-13-05 | 07:28 PM
#103
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Originally Posted by ChroMo2
hey late or whatever your name is, your slightly misinformed. I hope you don't think "two or three hours in the saddle" is a big day of riding. How 'bout I buy everyone in this thread a latte?
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09-13-05 | 07:36 PM
#104
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Originally Posted by ChroMo2
hey late or whatever your name is, your slightly misinformed. I hope you don't think "two or three hours in the saddle" is a big day of riding.
I think the statement was just two or three hours in the saddle. Or did I miss something?
09-15-05 | 02:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Lion Steve
I retired last year, so no commuting for me. I sometimes stop at the local Mcdonald's during a ride for some coffee. With a senior discount (over 55) a small coffee is only 40 cents. That's too cheap to pass up.
The retired folks streamed in and it was a real senior coffee Kutch. Neat. I compliment McDonalds for offering discounts like this to seniors and providing a nice environment for them to enjoy time together.
09-18-05 | 08:07 AM
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Originally Posted by New2Cycling
I'm just wondering...do any of you stop for morning coffee on your bike? This is a habit I had when I rode in my car and now I'm just wondering if there is a way I can still stop for coffee? I'm not gifted enough to drive one handed.
09-18-05 | 08:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Bart5657
09-18-05 | 08:19 AM
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Originally Posted by gcasillo
When I found myself waiting in line for 10-15 minutes to get a latte, I decided I had had enough of Starbucks. The one down the street from me is real busy. It's the hip place to be I guess. I didn't mind paying $3.50 for a latte, but waiting 10 minutes isn't my bag. Then I realized how much money I was spending there. 
So, I got an espresso machine, a Rancilio Silvia. It rocks. You might think $400 or so is a lot to spend on a espresso machine or coffee maker, but it's a bargain compared to a trip down to Starbucks 3-4 days a week. Plus, no lines. Straight espresso, Americanos, lattes, hot chocolate. On demand.
Plus, I've found some damn good beans from home roasters like this guy. Not cheap, but it's a nice departure from the carbonized, overroasted Starbucks beans at the grocery store. Try the Code Brown there. It's what espresso should be.
So, I got an espresso machine, a Rancilio Silvia. It rocks. You might think $400 or so is a lot to spend on a espresso machine or coffee maker, but it's a bargain compared to a trip down to Starbucks 3-4 days a week. Plus, no lines. Straight espresso, Americanos, lattes, hot chocolate. On demand.
Plus, I've found some damn good beans from home roasters like this guy. Not cheap, but it's a nice departure from the carbonized, overroasted Starbucks beans at the grocery store. Try the Code Brown there. It's what espresso should be.
09-18-05 | 08:30 AM
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Originally Posted by mike
Right now at this very instant, I am drinking a cup of...
...instant coffee. I bought a jar of it at the Family Dollar Store. I am not sure why I did, but it was there and so was I and I had a dollar, so...
Anyway, being unmotivated to cook up some ground bean coffee, I mixed a spoonful of Family Dollar instant with hot water and...
The taste and the coffee drinking experience is so, so, so...
How shall I describe it?
A couple of words come to mind, but none carry the full exerience;
Icky, yucky, blech; words like that.
What is the exact word I am looking for?
...instant coffee. I bought a jar of it at the Family Dollar Store. I am not sure why I did, but it was there and so was I and I had a dollar, so...
Anyway, being unmotivated to cook up some ground bean coffee, I mixed a spoonful of Family Dollar instant with hot water and...
The taste and the coffee drinking experience is so, so, so...
How shall I describe it?
A couple of words come to mind, but none carry the full exerience;
Icky, yucky, blech; words like that.
What is the exact word I am looking for?
Sorry...was that too obvious?
I've been called obtuse...but I'm too dull and slow to know what that means.
09-18-05 | 08:37 AM
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Latte sounds great. My last big ride was North Conway Nh to Falmouth Me. 66 miles.
hey don't pick on the guy...66 miles is a big ride to some of us...me, for example. 
Originally Posted by MMACH 5
Did late qualify this as a "big day of riding"?
I think the statement was just two or three hours in the saddle. Or did I miss something?
I think the statement was just two or three hours in the saddle. Or did I miss something?
09-22-05 | 05:39 PM
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Originally Posted by gew0419
Latte sounds great. My last big ride was North Conway Nh to Falmouth Me. 66 miles.
hey don't pick on the guy...66 miles is a big ride to some of us...me, for example.
hey don't pick on the guy...66 miles is a big ride to some of us...me, for example.
09-23-05 | 08:50 AM
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Coffee shops are rest stops for many of our club rides, but when I ride in to work I don't drink coffee until I get there. It would be interesting to drink some while enroute, though.
If you want to give a Starbucks employee in my area that "deer in the headlights look", buy a plastic bottle of water from them, refill your water bottle, then ask them where the recycling container is for plastic bottles.
If you want to give a Starbucks employee in my area that "deer in the headlights look", buy a plastic bottle of water from them, refill your water bottle, then ask them where the recycling container is for plastic bottles.
09-24-05 | 01:14 PM
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The coffee at work sucks soo bad, that yes I do stop at Starbucks before I go to work. If I am early enough I just sit there at Station Square looking out at the Monongaheala River. Mostly though I do the one-handed slow ride for about a mile and a half. Then I have a 1 mile 380 foot climb. That really gets the heart going. Since I have been commuting by bike my coffee consumption has gone down to a single or double tall Cap per day.
09-26-05 | 12:39 PM
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Originally Posted by max-a-mill
nah i'd just go fill my water bottle in the bathroom and walk out richer...
