This year I haven’t blogged much at all, but it’s time for the 15th annual Coffeeneuring and who-knows-how-many-annual Biketober challenges so here we go! This post will be updated with each of my Coffeeneuring rides as the month goes on, and may (or may not) contain a few fun C+1 rides that count towards Biketober, but not for Coffeeneuring.

Week One (Oct 13–19)

Oct 13

I missed the first few days this year and wasn’t able to take advantage of Rule 2: “Early Bird Friday”, so I decided to start my week on Monday and biked over to a new coffee shop in Smyrna, GA: Lume Coffee Co. Unfortunately, it’s just an empty store at the moment with a sign that says that the actual coffee is “coming soon”, so per Rule 3 “Coffee Shop Without Walls” I had my own coffee nearby. Hopefully the actual coffee shop is open before the season is over and I can report back (but given that the shop is an empty shell at the moment, I doubt it).

Oct 19

To close the week out I rode back over to more or less the same area where Lume was (the Smyrna Village Green) to go to the Farmers Market! No coffee today, but one vendor was selling very spicy Ginger Lemonade. While I think the introduction of the ginger changes Lemonade form a summer drink to a fall drink, in the spirit of Rule 6, “Controversial Beverage Rule,” I’ve opened a poll over on fedi to seek adjudication for whether this ride counts!

Poll: https://social.coop/@sam/115406548366036109

Week Two (Oct 20-26)

Oct 26

Rode to Rev Coffee in Smyrna, GA today. This is one of my favorite coffee shops and, best of all, I managed to drag a friend along (they were not happy that the only bike of mine that fit them was a single-speed and there were several hills along the way)! A plain-old-drip-coffee was acquired to make it a Coffeeneuring ride..

Week Three (Oct 27-Nov 02)

Oct 31

I decided to use the “Coffee Shop Without Walls” rule again today and rode over to my polling place. Instead of coffee I took a cup of lemon tea to sip while waiting in line, knowing that the last day of early voting is always the busiest.

Week Four (Oct 10-16)

Nov 16

A friend and I decided to go to the nearby city of Marietta for a coffee today and took the Mountain To River (M2R) trail the ~15 miles round trip (with a few detours) to get there. We ended up at Douceur de France just off the trail.

I decided to splurge a bit and got a Cappuccino which was an excellent change of pace from my usual drip coffee.