How long a ride deserves a cafe stop?

[steveindenmark]

You don't have to deserve a cafe stop. You just take one. We live in a democracy. Especiaĺly when we are away from the other half.

 

[CanucksTraveller]

Depends on the weather, winter rides can be miserable and I'll maybe only put in ten or twelve miles until I feel I'm owed a hot brew... I'm anything but a hardcore mile eater. Maybe 20 miles until the first stop on a good day in the summer.

My social group prefer pub stops, and a ride of 30 miles will often have two stops at some point mid ride. Some pubs will only be a few miles apart.. Oh and the ride will finish at a pub, so that's three stops really. In the winter (especially in the Cambs flatlands), you need the stops just to thaw the tootsies by the fireplace.

 

[rugby bloke]

Any decent ride must have a cake stop in the middle, so the distance to the cafe is usually half the total distance ... although I will grudgingly drag myself around a short mid week ride of 20-30 miles without a stop.

 

[si_c]

Depends on the sort of ride I'm going for. If I'm on my own I'll stop less often, usually for a quick garage / convenience store snack. Sometimes I'll stop for coffee and cake too, sometimes not.

Ride how you feel like, stop as often as you want, it's your ride, so you can make the rules.

 

[iateyoubutler]

I have a lovely little cafe just a mile up the road from me, used to be a pub, but does the most amazing cakes. I have been known, just to ride there, indulge, and ride home again

 

[Ian H]

A late friend of mine once went out with the N Devon group, now defunct. He recalled how they eventually reached a pleasant village with a cafe and a pub, and sailed straight past to a chilly, windy headland where they stopped, sat down, and unpacked their sandwiches. Never again, he said.

 

[Racing roadkill]

I’m too pro for Cafe stops. If I’m out smashing stuff, and being the ball, yeah, I’m not stopping for no Cafe.

 

[betty swollocks]

I interrupt my cake stops for a bike ride.

 

[vickster]

About a mile to the nearest place if I'm just going out for a coffee

I often ride 7-10 miles to meet @jefmcg for coffee

 

[reacher]

None, I'm out training on a bike not looking to fill my face with cake and crap I'v seen people sitting eating full English and bacon sandwiches, however I have to say they do look like people who eat this stuff regardless of if hey get on a bike or not, everyone to their own though, strangely enough they actually do think that it's ok to eat this stuff for some reason they think that getting back on a bike for a few miles with all this crap swishing about in their guts is doing them good

 

[Globalti]

ANY ride deserves a cafe stop otherwise the ride becomes drudgery.

I know of a local bike shop that also has a cafe and the owner, when he leads rides, refuses to stop even at mile 40 of a 60 miler, saying "I own a cafe, why would I stop?" This is the reason why, even though i enjoy the shop rides, i seldom join them.

 

[Bodhbh]

Probably about 30mile here....assuming the rides over 40-50miles. After burning 1000 odd calories, I want to be stuffing my face with some more. I make a total pig of myself on tour and still end up loosing weight.

 

[Alan O]

My last cafe stop was after 20 miles (of a 40-mile ride), but I only waited that long because the first 20 miles was almost all off road. And the stop was at The Swan in Southport for their excellent fish & chips, which made the return 20 miles a good bit slower.

In general, I'll stop for a relaxed refueling whenever I feel like it, regardless of whether I've gone a mile or 100.

 

[snorri]

There are not many cafes within a one day cycling radius so I always take a flask and piece box with me if I expect to be out for a few hours.
It could be a disaster if the cafe I planned to visit was closed for some odd reason.

 

[Profpointy]

I reckon about half way round is about right; or maybe 1/3 and 2/3 of the way round