Coffeeneuring 2015: The Recap

This is the quick and dirty summary of my first experience of the Coffeeneuring Challenge. Listed below are the seven qualifying rides of my series. In addition to meeting the rule of going to a different coffee shop for each ride, I made a point of going to a different part of the Los Angeles area (or even farther in the case of #4). I also added a theme within the theme: wearing a different pair of Bikie Girl Bloomers for each ride.

What’s with the bloomers, you ask? This is a line of cute, comfortable, lightweight bike shorts I started once I realized this would be the perfect thing to wear under skirts and dresses when biking around town. If you are curious to try them out, please help yourself to a discount as my expression of love to all fans of coffeeneuring (voyeurs included). Use the code COFFEENEUR at check out and get 15% off any purchase of $50 or more at the Bikie Girl Bloomers online store.

Oh, yes, back to my listing of the official coffeeneuring rides. I’ve linked to the corresponding blog posts (click on the date) to make it easy to get more detail on each ride.

1. October 4, 2015: Cognoscenti Coffee, Culver City, California
   • Distance: 12.85 miles
   • Beverage/eats: Cortado & almond croissant
   • Bike-friendliness: Good
   • Bloomers: Crazy Daisy

     

     

     

     

2. October 11, 2015: Intelligentsia Coffee, Silver Lake, California
   • Distance: 13.9 miles
   • Beverages/eats: Kairebu single brew & croissant
   • Bike-friendliness: Excellent (discount for cyclists)
   • Bloomers: Blue Denim

     

     

     

     

3. October 18, 2015: Verve Coffee, Downtown Los Angeles, California
   • Distance: 17.7 miles
   • Beverages/eats: mocha & almond croissant
   • Bike-friendliness: Good
   • Bloomers: Red Hot Aqua Dot

     

     

     

     

4. October 24, 2015: PAUL, Georgetown, Washington, D.C.
   • Distance: 6.4
   • Beverage/eats: Hot Chocolate & praline croissant
   • Bike-friendliness: Good
   • Bloomers: Purple/Blue Leopard Print

     

     

     

     

5. November 1, 2015: Espresso Cielo, Santa Monica, California
   • Distance: 27.6 miles
   • Beverage/eats: Cafe au lait
   • Bike-friendliness: Good (sorta; crappy bike parking, but invited me to bring the bike inside)
   • Bloomers: Blue Bandana

     

     

     

     

6. November 8, 2015: Coffee Commissary, Burbank, California
   • Distance: 41.77 miles
   •  Beverage/eats: Vanilla Latte & Croque Madame
   • Bike-friendliness: Not So Much
   • Bloomers: Wick-It Black

     

     

     

     

     

7. November 14, 2015: Blue Bottle Coffee, Mid-City, Los Angeles, California
   • Distance: 10.9 miles
   • Beverage/eats: Cappuccino & Ginger Molasses cookie
   • Bike-friendliness: Good
   • Bloomers: Hot Pink Zebra Stripes

     

     

     

     

8. (Unofficial Bonus Ride – on a weekday) October 21, 2015: Compass Coffee, Washington, D.C.
   • Distance: 5.6 miles
   • Beverage/eats: Cafe au lait & almond croissant
   • Bike-friendliness: Very Good
   • Bloomers: Pinka Dot Black