CAFES #1: Black Diamond Bakery - 60mi - Brisk

Cycling in Autumn For Espresso Series (CAFES). Another cycling season draws to a close. Now what? Coffee time! Bring your rain bike and join me for six rides in six weeks from South Bellevue. We ride to a different coffee shop each time. Mileage will taper down to get you ready for winter hibernation. This series was inspired by the Coffeeneuring Challenge (http://chasingmailboxes.com/2012/10/01/2nd-annual-coffeeneuring-challenge-7-shops-6-weekends/), a call for riders everywhere to relax and get a cup of coffee after training hard all season.

Route http://ridewithgps.com/routes/3207422
60 miles, 3900 feet
Grab the cue sheet (http://files.meetup.com/3386582/SBPR_Black_Diamond.pdf)

Destination Black Diamond Bakery (http://www.yelp.com/biz/black-diamond-bakery-and-restaurant-black-diamond)
32805 Railroad Ave
(between Favro St & Baker St)
Black Diamond, WA 98010
(360) 886-2235

Pace will be a relaxed, social Brisk pace. That is, as long as your idea of relaxed and social is 18mph on the flats with a good hill climb or two. We'll wait at the top, though, so you can climb at your own pace.

Long fenders are absolutely required unless it is bone dry out, and zero percent chance of rain forecast.

No weather cancellation whatsoever. Pounding rain or white-out blizzard conditions will cause us to shorten the ride to a closer coffee shop.

Route changes will be finalized by Wednesday morning before the ride, and cue sheets posted.

Regroups will be occasional, though not at every turn, so please bring a cue sheet or load the route on GPS.

Mechanicals will stop the group. Please be sure you have the equipment and knowledge to change flats.

Mentoring is available. Leave a comment below if you're interested, and do know the route of course.

Other rides in this series: #1 (https://www.meetup.com/cascaderides/events/138283332/) |#2 (https://www.meetup.com/cascaderides/events/138704702/) | #3 (https://www.meetup.com/cascaderides/events/138705072/) | #4 (https://www.meetup.com/cascaderides/events/138705442/) | #5 (https://www.meetup.com/cascaderides/events/138882002/) | #6 (https://www.meetup.com/cascaderides/events/138882762/)