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https://rbentonline.org/YaBB.pl General Category >> Upcoming Rides >> Tour de Coffee -- WRL/Dallas, Sat. Sept 20 https://rbentonline.org/YaBB.pl?num=1409692958 Message started by FlyingLaZBoy on Sep 2nd, 2014, 4:22pm |
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Title: Tour de Coffee -- WRL/Dallas, Sat. Sept 20 Post by FlyingLaZBoy on Sep 2nd, 2014, 4:22pm Some friends of mine own a coffee roasting company downtown, called Full City Rooster -- they're located at 1810 S. Akard, near Akard and Corinth, south of the downtown freeway canyon. They do tours, etc. on Saturdays, and I thought it might be fun do stop by as a group, and drink some coffee, and even maybe buy some beans/ground while we're there. http://fullcityrooster.com/index.php?route=information/information&information_id=4 However, given the location, I've been trying to figure out a starting point and route plan that makes sense... and this is what I've come up with at the moment. We would meet at the south end of WRL, and ride the Santa Fe trail over into downtown... then make our way through downtown over to Riverfront Drive and explore the pedestrian bridge and Trinity trail paths for a bit... then ride back into downtown to go to Full City Rooster... then ride back to WRL. Who knows where we'll go? Given a casual, exploratory, NO DROP pace, and random pedestrian traffic and stoplights, and stopping for the coffee tour, this might be a "four-hour tour"... but that's only an estimate, and I have no idea how many miles we would end up with (but probably less than 30) If this sounds like an entertaining idea, chime in -- let's plan a rollout time of 8:30 for Saturday 9/20, from the south parking lot on Winstead, down the street from the 7-11. Bring your wallets, and let's do a Tour de Coffee!! Paul 214 690 6781 |
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Title: Re: Tour de Coffee -- WRL/Dallas, Sat. Sept 20 Post by Patti on Sep 2nd, 2014, 5:02pm Be sure to stock up on your favorite antihistamine: ragweed is 8 feet tall in places and just about to bloom... |
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Title: Re: Tour de Coffee -- WRL/Dallas, Sat. Sept 20 Post by rmillay on Sep 2nd, 2014, 5:43pm It is starting to bloom. I'll be at the time trials, otherwise it sounds like a nice ride. |
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Title: Re: Tour de Coffee -- WRL/Dallas, Sat. Sept 20 Post by Action Lad on Sep 2nd, 2014, 7:54pm I will be looking for some whole beans about that time. I am penciled in. |
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Title: Re: Tour de Coffee -- WRL/Dallas, Sat. Sept 20 Post by dd5339 on Sep 2nd, 2014, 8:20pm Coffee? Did someone say COFFEE?!!! Hmm, wonder if I'll be up to a ride by then. Semper Fi |
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Title: Re: Tour de Coffee -- WRL/Dallas, Sat. Sept 20 Post by kenbent6 on Sep 2nd, 2014, 8:36pm Sounds like a FUN ride(12 or less) I will try and keep up!! |
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Title: Re: Tour de Coffee -- WRL/Dallas, Sat. Sept 20 Post by Tiger_Mike on Sep 2nd, 2014, 9:46pm Pencil me in as tentative. If I'm in town, I'll do it, sounds like fun. I even have a sealed coffee mug made to fit in a bottle holder, so I'm all set! |
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Title: Re: Tour de Coffee -- WRL/Dallas, Sat. Sept 20 Post by Monkeywrangler22 on Sep 2nd, 2014, 10:04pm I'm game, but what sort of bike security will be available for when we go in for the tour? |
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Title: Re: Tour de Coffee -- WRL/Dallas, Sat. Sept 20 Post by FlyingLaZBoy on Sep 4th, 2014, 10:23am Monkeywrangler22 wrote:
We'll just bring lotsa cables... or we can very possibly bring the bikes inside, I'll check on that... PB |
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Title: Re: Tour de Coffee -- WRL/Dallas, Sat. Sept 20 Post by Monkeywrangler22 on Sep 4th, 2014, 1:14pm Thanks Paul, inside would be preferred of course. |
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Title: Re: Tour de Coffee -- WRL/Dallas, Sat. Sept 20 Post by diannalightning on Sep 8th, 2014, 10:18am Paul, I've talked to Carolyn R and we'll probably be on trikes. She's just a 3-wheel kind of girl. We'll lock trikes outside. If nothing happens between now and then, see you at WRL. |
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Title: Re: Tour de Coffee -- WRL/Dallas, Sat. Sept 20 Post by FlyingLaZBoy on Sep 9th, 2014, 2:03pm They've told me they have a fenced area we can bring the bikes into... Paul |
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Title: Re: Tour de Coffee -- WRL/Dallas, Sat. Sept 20 Post by FlyingLaZBoy on Sep 15th, 2014, 3:54pm Tour de Coffee is ON for this Saturday... 8:30 rollout from the parking lot at the south end of WRL... Casual pace, no drop! Bring some dough, in case you find some coffee you like!!! PB |
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Title: Re: Tour de Coffee -- WRL/Dallas, Sat. Sept 20 Post by diannalightning on Sep 19th, 2014, 12:07pm Since this is tomorrow, I'm bumping it. [smiley=dbanana.gif] |
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Title: Re: Tour de Coffee -- WRL/Dallas, Sat. Sept 20 Post by johnnybent on Sep 19th, 2014, 1:16pm The abor folks are having a flatfooter event tomorrow morning also....might wanna be at the parking lot a little earlier. |
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Title: Re: Tour de Coffee -- WRL/Dallas, Sat. Sept 20 Post by jayg on Sep 19th, 2014, 2:37pm johnnybent wrote:
If the dam parking lot is full, default to the parking lot across from the boat houses (drive to the end of the road that leads to the red brick building with the tall smoke stack), and ride your bike or trike down the rail-to-trail portion of the path to the dam parking lot. An alternative would be to park at Randall Park, across from Woodrow Wilson High School on Glasgow Dr., and take the Santa Fe Trail to the dam parking lot (a little bit over 2 miles). It's a fast ride, because it's downhill almost all the way. I plan to ride down the Trail from home. |
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Title: Re: Tour de Coffee -- WRL/Dallas, Sat. Sept 20 Post by FlyingLaZBoy on Sep 19th, 2014, 4:07pm Sounds good -- if you're running late, call my cellphone, 214 690 6781 I talked to the folks at Rooster, they're even going to roast some coffee as a demo while we're there! Paul |
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Title: Re: Tour de Coffee -- WRL/Dallas, Sat. Sept 20 Post by FlyingLaZBoy on Sep 19th, 2014, 5:10pm This is mostly what we're going to do tomorrow, with some flexibility... http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae256/pbrown8js/coffee.jpg (http://s977.photobucket.com/user/pbrown8js/media/coffee.jpg.html) Full City Rooster is at 1810 S. Akard |
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