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| hike-a-bike |
Coffeeneuring: riding bikes, drinking coffee, seven times, seven places, seven weeks; there's some rules.
About the ride: The Book Club Boys ride again! At the northern end of Lookout Mountain, a proverbial smörgåsbord of gravel and singletrack can be linked together by a series of gravel paths, singletrack, hike-a-bike, and a scenic highway. I call it the Lookout Mountain Adventure Loop and it is my favorite
local ride. It's roughly 32 miles and I
decided to ride it for coffeeneuring week #6 and my annual birthday
"challenge.*"
We rendezvous'd at Reid's at 6:30 and caught the sun rising from the Guild Trail. Mid-November changed the dynamic of the ride completely. The sea of leaves that carpeted the trail made the finer gravel of the Guild-Hardy system lovely and made the extra chunky stuff on the Upper Truck and the CCT's techy singletrack... exciting. The flowy part of Upper Truck, the scenery along Jackson Springs Trail, and the sustained descent down Ochs Highway are highlights for me. Such a fun ride with friends.
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| nice dirt road |
About the coffee: We
made coffee at the Gum Springs Trail intersection and got lots of
strange looks from trail runners. Just some dudes in the woods making
coffee. The moka pot is my first coffee love, however it's been largely neglected the past year. This week I returned to my roots and rekindled an old flame. The only "fancy" methodology used here was pre-boiling the water before filling the chamber and placing an Aeropress filter between the grounds and the gasket. The paper filter cuts the acidity and bitterness that the moka pot can be known for but still produces a bold and powerful cup. We split it three ways and cut it with water for trail americanos. Everyone approved.
Date: 11.14.20
Location: 35°00'17.2"N 85°21'12.4"W
Bike: Shanina
Coffee: moka pot americano
Miles: 32 (strava)
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| book club boys |
*I do this loop regularly and recognize that 32 miles on a bike is not all that impressive. Therefore, this birthday challenge is neither spectacular nor particularly physically challenging. This year, the focus was FUN.
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