Sunday, December 29, 2013

Coffeeneuring (Blog Clearance #3)

Ok this post is way past its shelf life, but here goes:

I first heard of Coffeeneuring over at The Society of Three Speeds and the Urban Adventure League.  I thought that's cool, and I'm always a sucker for some clever (and not so clever) word play.  There was a challenge going on and the idea was to do a coffee run once a week for 7 weeks from Oct 4 to Nov 17.  It was started by Chasing Mailboxes d.c.  (not to be confused with the other DC - Drunk Cyclist) Sounded fun.  But there were rules, based on Randonneuring.  19 rules listed here.  Nineteen, my eyes glazed over and I don't think I read them all.  That killed that idea. So I rethunk it and the whole idea of Coffeeneuring went downhill, sounded suspect.  If I feel like riding to get a coffee, I'll just do it.

Last winter's Tariq Saleh Bike Club 100 Challenge is more my style.

2 comments:

  1. Oh no! Sorry to read that the rules put you off but certainly understandable... it's all part of the randonneuring meets going to get coffee theme. Shawn did a great job with the challenge; Really enjoyed his write-ups and trips to coffee outside/coffee shops without walls. Beautiful!

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  2. Thanks for your nice note! Normally, I'm all about coffee (or beer) and biking, but the short daylight days this time of year may've left me a little grumpy!

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