2010-05-08 Sat - Espresso Ride II

The busy guys of Full City have finally managed to find the time for the second Espresso ride. With a bit of late notice but still early enough.

It will be this coming Saturday 8th of May. The exact coffee shops will be confirmed during the week, this time ending in Full City (Leather Lane EC1). About 20 miles and 5 coffee shops, starting at 10.30 am for the first coffee. Beers at the end!

Open to suggestions, your local coffee shop perhaps? As the first Espresso ride the exact route will be decided on the day.

Looking forward to see you there!

So list time:

1. Truli
   
2. Full city (Lawrence and Liam, the crazy guys doing this thing)
   

1. Truli
   
2. Full city (Lawrence and Liam, the crazy guys doing this thing)
   
3. Valy
   

Look Mum no hands? Although not very far away from Full City.

Yes! we're thinking of starting there...

Flat White or was it the milk bar's close proximity to a pub makes it a necessary stop. :)

Very right Hippy, it helped last time to have a pint between coffees...

1. Truli
   
2. Full city (Lawrence and Liam, the crazy guys doing this thing)
   
3. Valy
   
4. velib
   

1. Truli
   
2. Full city (Lawrence and Liam, the crazy guys doing this thing)
   
3. Valy
   
4. velib
   
5. Clara (Will not be drinking as I have a show in the afternoon)
   

I'm in. Inevitably, I will remember something that I already had planned for this Saturday but heyho, plans can change

1. Truli
   
2. Full city (Lawrence and Liam, the crazy guys doing this thing)
   
3. Valy
   
4. velib
   
5. Clara (Will not be drinking as I have a show in the afternoon)
   
6. izgard
   

Hey Liam here, hope all are well and sorry again for the short (but hopefully sweet) notice, but saw this as my only chance to pull off the ride as i'm expecting my missus to drop the 2nd bambino any day now so......

Starting at (with permission from Sam) "Look mum no hands!" around 10am

moving north on a route, im sure many of you are familiar with, to hampstead's "Ginger & White"

headed back to central by way of Newington Green for a short stop in at "Tina, we salute you"

Followed by...(beer) and riders suggestions, not sure where to go from here but there are many nice spots around,

to name a few: Cafe' Vergnano, Flat White, Kaffeine, Lantana all central and W1 based & slightly further afield places like Troubadour (Old Brompton Road) or Scootercaffe' SE1

The penultimate trip will be a monmouth of some description, be it borough market, the HQ on Maltby St SE1 or the flagship cafe' on Monmouth St, i'm guessing the shop that is a mediate distance from the 4th caffeine inducing psychosis ride makes the most sense, to stop the coffee's being any closer together...!!!!

Finishing up at Fullcity, for a final round of shots and the (probable) continuation of beer and merriment.

This is by no means the plan that shall be carved upon stone, but not a bad way to burn some miles with coffee as fuel, still open to last minute suggestions, and still looking for a whole heap of riders.
Cameras and outlandish behavior are also welcomed, if not completely expected. PAG

Hi All,

Yep, official start 10.30am at:
Look Mum No Hands,
49 Old Street
EC1V 9HX
020 7253 1025
Guaranteed caffine psychosis for all.

1. Truli
   
2. Full city (Lawrence and Liam, the crazy guys doing this thing)
   
3. Valy
   
4. velib
   
5. Clara (Will not be drinking as I have a show in the afternoon)
   
6. izgard
   
7. middleofnowhere
   

This looks epic, assuming I haven't made any other plans.

1. Truli
   
2. Full city (Lawrence and Liam, the crazy guys doing this thing)
   
3. Valy
   
4. velib
   
5. Clara (Will not be drinking as I have a show in the afternoon)
   
6. izgard
   
7. middleofnowhere
   
8. spybot
   

Hi Good People,

The route is coming together. After a snifter at Look Mum No Hands, we'll be going east to Broadway Market and Climpson and Sons, North to Ginger and White, into town to Lantana and then south to Scooterworks. If anyone is still alive, we can go back to Fullcity for more coffee and if I've managed to get Virgin to hook us up, the opening time trial of the Giro D' Italia.

1. Truli
   
2. Full city (Lawrence and Liam, the crazy guys doing this thing)
   
3. Valy
   
4. velib
   
5. Clara (Will not be drinking as I have a show in the afternoon)
   
6. izgard
   
7. middleofnowhere
   
8. spybot
   
9. Edmundro
   
   

Breakfast at kenwood?

hmm, maybe not open early enough

hmm, maybe not open early enough

In which case Norths can do breakfast somewhere on the way perhaps??? Exmouth Market? or perhaps in Look mun no hands.. we can just start a bir earlier there

1. Truli
   
2. Full city (Lawrence and Liam, the crazy guys doing this thing)
   
3. Valy
   
4. velib
   
5. Clara (Will not be drinking as I have a show in the afternoon)
   
6. izgard
   
7. middleofnowhere
   
8. spybot
   
9. Edmundro
   
10. Ziska
    

Hey peeps, hopefuly the weather won't be too bad. The guys from Fullcity and myself will be there anyways.. In case of difficult weather conditions we can always adapt the route... Also, pub stops are a must (just to mild down the caffein level).

Balls, in Brighton this weekend.. I missed the first which I was very much looking forward to - Liam and Lawrence - hurry up with a third!!! :)

Cyoa, the guys are planning on organizing a few other rides.. hopefully you'll be able to make it next time =)

There will be more espresso rides in future, CYOA bummed you can't make it but have a great weekend anyway!!
Also on another note "Tina we salute you" may be closed for refurb, so we could possibly do with another venue....

just my two cents - I'm quite keen to do somewhere sarf too. borough monmouth, vergnano or scooter I reckon.

But will happily be overruled if this really screws things up...

Spybot, Scootercaffe will be included as either the last or 2nd to last on the trip. So sarf is in the mix!!