Bacon and eggs. Coffee and cycling? The first combos is well-established classic, but the other pairing is surprisingly effective. Businesses like
Pedalers Fork cater to a crop of upwardly mobile caffeine peddlers is helping riders to reach maximum RPMs in Los Angeles.
In 2011, Robbie Schaeffer, Gideon Kleinman, and Tim Rettele debuted Pedalers Fork along a Calabasas creek near the rise to popular Santa Monica Mountains cycling routes and mountain biking trails. Over 200 seats accommodate a restaurant, bike repair shop, and 10 Speed Coffee bar with single-origin beans roasted right upstairs on a vintage Probat. It's a cyclist's paradise.
At the end of the ride, you need more caffeine because you need a physical pick me up
Kleinman and Schaeffer met through cycling and remain active, hitting the roads and trails almost daily. Kleinman said, "Coffee shops and cafes are meeting places to begin and end rides. A lot of times you’re meeting people pretty early to go on these rides. You need caffeine and a little boost to get going. At the end of the ride, you need more caffeine because you need a physical pick me up. You are physically drained."
Other businesses had previously accommodated cyclists with bike racks, coffee, and beer, but the Pedalers Fork partners were looking to take the relationship between coffee and cycling to new heights. Toward that end, they launched breakfast, lunch, and dinner daily, along with a coffee bar and full-service bike shop. A professional mechanic is on-site full-time and they even sell four brands of bikes, including titanium Moots from Colorado and steel Cielo from Oregon. Kleinman said, "We wanted the ultimate hangout that’s fun for everyone, but for cyclists, there’s that cool little nod."
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Posted on: 2016-06-10 9:48 AM 
