Cafe fascination

[Mr.Si]

So, there seems to be this association with cyclists and cafés but I am confused as to why...

Please may someone enlighten me?

I love a good cuppa or hot chocolate though.

 

[Osprey]

After 40 miles or so, you'll need to refuel hence a cafe. Nicer than an energy gel.

 

[TissoT]

Coffee and cake..

 

[ianrauk]

food & drink

 

[screenman]

Only 3 cafe stops in the last 20 year's, pub stops I could not count up to.

 

[brand]

[QUOTE 3480913, member: 259"]Cafes are more middle class.[/QUOTE]
? Not sure about that?

 

[fossyant]

food & drink

And a chin wag.

 

[fossyant]

Oh god. I remember a little place out near Millers Dale (Peaks) and one or a few of the lads on the beans on toast order used to give the name of a Pro rider. God we cracked up. It wasn't paul, but Bernard Hinault, or Greg Lemond.

More fun when they forgot 'who' they were.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Go ride the beast at coedy brennin and when you see the little cafe in the middle of nowhere you'll understand

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Toilet break in private...

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I'd happily stop for a pot of strong leaf tea and a slab of parkin*. But I end up in the café where I can't seem to buy a coffee without answering 17 questions about what extras I want in and what length and how hot the milk I don't want should be.

*Something with ginger, treacle, oats should be a cycling legend in this weather. It should be sold not by the slice but by the pedal portion. ''I'll have a pedal of parkin and a pot, please.''

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Toilet break in private...

Ok, a pedal portion of parking and a pot while I have a pee....

 

[fossyant]

Before EU regs there were some smashing places to stop, like old farm houses. Charge for beans on toast and a pot of tea, about £1.50...

 

[vernon]

Ok, a pedal portion of parking and a pot while I have a pee....

Is that clipless parkin or rat trap parkin you want sir? Would you like 3 in 2, Finishline or WD 40 with your tea?

 

[Smurfy]

Toilet break in private...

You've cycled around the world. How did you manage?