CAFES #5: Urban Coffee Lounge (Juanita) - 40 mi - Brisk/Moderate

Cycling in Autumn For Espresso Series (CAFES). Another cycling season draws to a close. Now what? Coffee time! Bring your rain bike and join us 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/3585732
40 miles, 2800 feet)

(option to shorten route to 30 miles...longer coffee stop)

Destination Urban Coffee Lounge (http://www.yelp.com/biz/urban-coffee-lounge-kirkland)
Juanita Village
9744 NE 119th Way
Kirkland, WA 98034
(425) 820-7788

Two paces this week: Brisk led by Bob Dennis and Moderate led by Rob Latino. Still plenty of good climbing either way, and we'll wait at the top 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 are the responsibility of each rider, so we will generally not ask the entire group to wait. Please be sure you have the equipment and knowledge to change flat and handle whatever else comes up.

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/)