Cafes specifically catering for cyclist

[Herbie]

When out for rides would you go to Cafes that specifically catered openly for cyclists or just go to ordinary everyday places ....are there any of these type of places..
I ask because in a town near where i stay it attracts a lot cyclists and there are always lots of bikes outside one or two of the cafes....just wondered if a cycling friendly cafe would appeal....i certainly would patronise such a place
would you?

 

[Dave 123]

I only really stop if I ride with others, so it needs to be a place that's happy with its customers being sweaty, smelly, dirty and grubby who'll chuck mittens, gloves, helmets etc onto the tables and want a water top up into the bargain!

I can understand how an upmarket tearoom may object!

So a more cycling/outdoors people specific caf may be better.

 

[Mo1959]

My local, recently opened. Hope he does well. Terrific guy. Trued my mtb wheel for me while I waited the other week and wasn't even going to take anything. Bike sales, servicing and a coffee shop.

https://www.facebook.com/synergybikeshop/timeline

 

[vernon]

I'll sup and eat at any cafe that serves me. Usually this is confined to control points on Audaxes. Normally I head for pie shops.

I encountered an outstanding butcher's shop in Bridlington Old Town where the butcher made me an unsolicited mug of tea to go with the pies that I'd purchased. Above and beyond the call of duty.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

The ambiance of the cafe is fairly important. One cycling friendly cafe changed ownership. They didn't want cyclists and the atmosphere was a severe deterrant. After quite a few years (decade+) it's now back in cycling friendly ownership thankfully.

 

[Sara_H]

https://m.facebook.com/AmiciandBici?_rdr

Amici & Bici is a cafe near me that has a cycling theme. They provide locks for bikes, have a big screen showing races. They provided refreshments free of charge on the space 4 cycling ride in the summer.

Probably the best coffee in Sheffield too.

 

[palinurus]

There's one near me- I've only been there once oddly, but good tea and cake. In the summer they organise a Fete du Velo with events and road races in the evening.

Redbourn, Herts.

http://www.hubcoffeebikes.com

 

[Glow worm]

I've often wondered whether the cycle cafe near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk is worth a visit. It's only an hour or so's ride from here so I must get over there one day.

 

[Dave 123]

I've often wondered whether the cycle cafe near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk is worth a visit. It's only an hour or so's ride from here so I must get over there one day.

Me too. I was planning to in the spring.

 

[Dirk]

I usually drop in to Carb Cycles when I'm in Barnstaple on a Saturday.
Excellent coffee and cakes.

 

[Ganymede]

I think this is the website that you are looking for.... http://www.cakemyride.co.uk/home.html
EDIT: ach no you're not, you're in Aberdeen and I think this is just for England. *tuts*

EDIT AGAIN: No, it's got Scotland too! http://www.cakemyride.co.uk/cake_my_ride_cafe_finder.html

 

[G3CWI]

When out for rides would you go to Cafes that specifically catered openly for cyclists

Good heavens no !

The last thing I want half-way round a ride is to sit with a load of sweaty, skinny people. Truck-stops make you feel so much better about yourself.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

There used to be a brilliant café in Otley (Wharfedale, about 6 miles north-west of Leeds)
Sadly it's closed down now, but it was a Mecca for cyclists, walkers, ramblers, dog-walkers, motor-cyclists, etc....

Even in winter, at times, you'd have to queue for a table outside!!
Cheap too
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dunnies-Cafe/211749488839512
http://www.wharfedaleobserver.co.uk...Dunnies_to_close_its_doors_for_the_last_time/





Nowadays, if I'm out in the opposite direction; to the east of Leeds, Pontefract, FerryBridge, & returning from York, or Selby, I'll call in at Squires (just off 'old' A1)
http://www.squires-cafe.co.uk/
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3239770

Ostensibly, a bikers café, but it's always worth a visit, with generally a few decent bikes to look at
I often meet an old friend there, who left PGH, to go work at Leeds St James Hospital, she'll ride up on her 600, I get there under my own power



I've tried this one a couple of times. Granted, a limited menu in comparison to 'Squires', but very quiet - all you can generally hear Is bird-song!
http://birkinfisheriescafe.wix.com/tearoom

 

[DCLane]

Nowadays, if I'm out in the opposite direction; to the east of Leeds, Pontefract, FerryBridge, & returning from York, or Selby, I'll call in at Squires (just off 'old' A1)
http://www.squires-cafe.co.uk/
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3239770

I've tried this one a couple of times. Granted, a limited menu in comparison to 'Squires', but very quiet - all you can generally hear Is bird-song!
http://birkinfisheriescafe.wix.com/tearoom

Squires is OK, if a bit basic. Nearby there's a popular cafe at Sherburn Aero Club.

Not tried Birkin Fisheries despite riding past it a few times; it's on my list to visit. I tend to go past to the Seedlings Cafe just down the road (DN14 9PX).

I like the Oil Can Cafe near Holmfirth, Sid's Cafe in Holmfirth and Windmill Nurseries near Penistone; I'm usually to be found in one of them on a Saturday morning.

 

[CopperCyclist]

Not a Cafe, but essentially the same, plus local beer if it takes your fancy!
http://www.woodfarmbrewery.co.uk

They were excellent for us. We asked if we could leave the bikes in the foyer area as we had forgotten a chain, and they let us (four of us) put our bikes in their warehouse at the back instead, and then use a staff only door connecting us directly to them. Very accommodating, and food and drink was good too!