http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "cake and cycling make natural partners" - official en Sun, 31 May 2026 09:18:03 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=858#post-231271 Tue, 20 Sep 2016 09:00:13 +0000 chdot 231271@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>The villages soon started to fly past and after two hours and 25 miles it was time for our first pit stop in the town of Lauder. Quite what they thought of a group of people in brightly coloured Lycra descending on the place and eating them out of cake I don't know but they were very welcoming!</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="https://www.royal.uk/countess-wessexs-dofe-challenge-blog" rel="nofollow">https://www.royal.uk/countess-wessexs-dofe-challenge-blog</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=858#post-227667 Wed, 17 Aug 2016 21:21:37 +0000 chdot 227667@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>Cyclists like coffee and cake, there’s little doubt there. Becoming a cyclist means that you’ll become well known at the cafes in your area, but unlike being a regular at the pub at the end of your road, you’ll only ever go to cafes that are about 30 miles away from your house.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/six-things-no-one-tells-you-when-you-start-cycling-204956" rel="nofollow">http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/six-things-no-one-tells-you-when-you-start-cycling-204956</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=858#post-14823 Fri, 15 Oct 2010 13:36:00 +0000 kaputnik 14823@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I hear that Peter's Yard is good for early morning coffee <em>enroute of your commute</em>™ </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=858#post-14815 Fri, 15 Oct 2010 11:42:44 +0000 chdot 14815@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.skinnytyres.com/2010/10/14/great-cycling-cafes-is-scotland" rel="nofollow">http://www.skinnytyres.com/2010/10/14/great-cycling-cafes-is-scotland</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=858#post-13721 Wed, 29 Sep 2010 21:08:20 +0000 chdot 13721@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Put your fave cycling caffs on the map"</p> <p><a href="http://www.bikehub.co.uk/news/health-and-fitness/put-your-fave-cycling-caffs-on-the-map/" rel="nofollow">http://www.bikehub.co.uk/news/health-and-fitness/put-your-fave-cycling-caffs-on-the-map/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=858#post-13085 Tue, 14 Sep 2010 08:55:26 +0000 amir 13085@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Opening hours are wrong - they were open on Sunday. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=858#post-13084 Tue, 14 Sep 2010 08:54:12 +0000 amir 13084@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Only needs to open up a bicycle section now. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=858#post-13082 Tue, 14 Sep 2010 08:53:00 +0000 chdot 13082@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Flowers, coffee cakes and sweets all in one shop....Just what Ormiston needed!"</p> <p>According to its own page -</p> <p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ormiston-United-Kingdom/Lilly-Valentines-Florist-and-Coffee-Shop/112535668771698" rel="nofollow">http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ormiston-United-Kingdom/Lilly-Valentines-Florist-and-Coffee-Shop/112535668771698</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=858#post-13079 Tue, 14 Sep 2010 08:43:31 +0000 amir 13079@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cafe spotted and tested in Ormiston. A handy location for a ride in the back roads of East Lothian. All very reasonable priced but (shame :0) we didn't try out the cakes. Call Lily Valentines </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=858#post-10499 Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:52:58 +0000 Cyclingmollie 10499@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"We like to buy some cakes in the local baker whilst training, it's better than any manufactured bars" Mrs Cyclingmollie was told recently by <a href="http://www.chechurubiera.info/magazineinterviews2010.html">Chechu Rubiera*</a> so that's good enough for me.<br /> *Chechu's most famous moment (at 1:15):<br /> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27SFeKk2LpY" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27SFeKk2LpY</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=858#post-10484 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:20:11 +0000 amir 10484@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Oh dear, I must have passed it a few times then. It will help me persuade my other half to cycle that far. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=858#post-10482 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:59:47 +0000 Kim 10482@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>New cafe in Gifford? It has been there for four years. "Love Coffee, Love Food", is a good cycle friendly cake stop, the owner say that cyclist are their favourite customers because they are always hungry and "always happy". Recommended! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=858#post-10478 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:01:48 +0000 amir 10478@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>When I passed through Gifford recently I saw a new cafe. Just what this lovely village needed and well positioned for cyclists. Anyone tried it out? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=858#post-10477 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:31:19 +0000 chdot 10477@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Edinburgh cake trail updated</p> <p><a href="http://www.edinburghspotlight.com/2010/07/feature-edinburgh-cake-trail" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghspotlight.com/2010/07/feature-edinburgh-cake-trail</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=858#post-10148 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:59:10 +0000 chdot 10148@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Keep forgetting to mention this one - </p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/4795744311/sizes/l/"><br /> <img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4117/4795744311_e24f19014a.jpg"><br /> </a></p> <p><a href="http://www.list.co.uk/place/100968-two-thin-laddies" rel="nofollow">http://www.list.co.uk/place/100968-two-thin-laddies</a></p> <p>Almost equidistant between BikeTrax and MacDonald's with caged trees for bike parking. Food's wholesome and good valuel. Outside seating away from the traffic, quirky and comfortable inside, usually with an entertaining soundtrack. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=858#post-9574 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 13:08:13 +0000 amir 9574@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Groan - even though I am cycling 500-600 miles per month in the summer, I can't get one cake per week to balance against my energy output. Still not losing weight... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=858#post-9550 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 11:25:18 +0000 chdot 9550@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Rapha CC was a more serious looking prospect, more art/design/shop/cafe effort than a comfy place"</p> <p>NY too -</p> <p><a href="http://www.rapha.cc/nyc-cycle-club-launch" rel="nofollow">http://www.rapha.cc/nyc-cycle-club-launch</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=858#post-7669 Thu, 27 May 2010 18:41:30 +0000 Kim 7669@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Sadly Dumfries &amp; Galloway is a bit far for a day trip from here, we need similar book for Lothian and Borders (and Fife, and Falkirk...), anyone any ideas? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=858#post-7635 Thu, 27 May 2010 14:51:07 +0000 Gresham Flyer 7635@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I recently purchased &amp; recommend a copy of "190 Cyclist Friendly Tearooms."<br /> Saw a copy once last year in a teashop in Beadnell and realised it's quite difficult to get hold of, until you find this link:</p> <p><a href="http://www.ferryhillwheelers.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=176&amp;Itemid=18" rel="nofollow">http://www.ferryhillwheelers.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=176&amp;Itemid=18</a></p> <p>It's focused mainly around the North of England, with occasional excursions to bits of Scotland and N.I. But there are reminiscences as well as some vintage photos that make it interesting even if you're not immediately heading that way.<br /> I got mine direct from the man himself, personally signed. If anyone wants his email I can pass it on.</p> <p>Advert over... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=858#post-7581 Thu, 27 May 2010 10:49:57 +0000 spytfyre 7581@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>oooh could we make it drive through?<br /> fill the bottle with coffee and the basket on the front with cake so we can emulate our pedestrian chums marching to work with the starbucks and the cookie on the pedestrian crossing with the <em>red man</em> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=858#post-7558 Wed, 26 May 2010 20:05:55 +0000 PS 7558@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cycle cafes are fantastic things - inevitable really, when you're combining espresso, cake and bikes. </p> <p>Embra would really benefit from one. Like Anth, after a couple of nightmare weeks at work, it seems like a very attractive idea; then a combination of work easing off and the realisation of the hard work involved makes me ignore it. Maybe one day...? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=858#post-7550 Wed, 26 May 2010 18:34:54 +0000 Kim 7550@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Great idea bike shop café, you could even hire out cargo bikes... ;-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=858#post-7544 Wed, 26 May 2010 16:22:30 +0000 Stepdoh 7544@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Walked past 'Look mum' yesterday and it looked really nice <a href="http://twitpic.com/1qky81" rel="nofollow">http://twitpic.com/1qky81</a> Rapha CC was a more serious looking prospect, more art/design/shop/cafe effort than a comfy place.</p> <p>Both would be v. welcome in embra though. (as long as the coffee was up to my exacting standards, didn't have time to sample) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=858#post-7537 Wed, 26 May 2010 15:28:43 +0000 SRD 7537@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>How 'bout a co-op? I'll do the baking, and soup.... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=858#post-7536 Wed, 26 May 2010 15:26:16 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 7536@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>S'funny, a year or two back I was in the depths working in this place and was looking round semi-seriously at total changes of career. Went so far as starting up a business plan for a combined bike shop cafe. There were premises available on Rose Street at the time.</p> <p>The idea didn't last long... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=858#post-7535 Wed, 26 May 2010 15:18:55 +0000 steveo 7535@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Likes cake"<br /> Its my special power, rubbish given my pal got x-ray vision... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=858#post-7533 Wed, 26 May 2010 14:50:22 +0000 chdot 7533@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Well it's in the Guardian anyway -</p> <p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/green-living-blog/2010/may/26/cyclists-coffe-shops" rel="nofollow">http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/green-living-blog/2010/may/26/cyclists-coffe-shops</a></p> <p>This forum knows about cafés -</p> <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=157" rel="nofollow">http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=157</a> </p>