Bicycling and Coffee

#1: Post by **bored117** » July 20th, 2023, 1:31 am

Funny... thought I got away from bicycle hobby to coffee... can't get away it seems.
Actually road cycling is how I got into coffee anyways.

Mod note: Split from: Anyone get a Chris King tamper yesterday?

#2: Post by **chipman** » July 20th, 2023, 8:13 pm

bored117 wrote:Funny... thought I got away from bicycle hobby to coffee... can't get away it seems.
Actually road cycling is how I got into coffee anyways.

At least your coffee hobby is cheaper than cycling. Cyclists here will agree with me.

July 20th, 2023, 8:41 pm

Why is cycling so expensive? The new bikes are chonky. I'm overtaking in my Trek 2300 from 2003 and it's aluminum.

#4: Post by **ira** » July 20th, 2023, 9:09 pm

I think more correctly, bicycling as a hobby can be more expensive than coffee. But it goes both ways.

#5: Post by **buckersss** » July 20th, 2023, 9:31 pm

chipman wrote:Chris King bicycle components (head sets, bottom brackets, wheel hubs) are the top of the line. They are the Kees Vander Westen of bicycle components. I would just imagine his coffee tampers are the same quality.

Yep. They do have a cult following. Their bike components are supposed to be very serviceable.

Looks like the colorways mimic the hub colorways.

flyingtoaster wrote:Why is cycling so expensive? The new bikes are chonky. I'm overtaking in my Trek 2300 from 2003 and it's aluminum.

It's all about the wheels! I'll take hed H3s, or some Mavic tubulars on an aluminum frame any day of the week! I think a lot of ppl get caught up in the other components.

SutterMill wrote:AFAIK, even the dentist jokes are lost on all but a select group. Not sure I'd pay $150 for a tamper, but if I did this would be the one.

Isn't the joke just that new road bikes these days are so pricey only those with a dental practice can afford them?

#6: Post by **chipman** » July 20th, 2023, 10:46 pm

Sort of. But the dentist joke is that they will buy the most bespoke expensive equipment, and never ride.

July 21st, 2023, 12:27 am

My Max2 is cheaper than wheelset I bought for my road bike... and I do have more than one bike of course. At least, I think Coffee stuff depreciates a lot less than bicycle things. maybe it will be n-1 on bike collection and n+1 or n+2 on coffee stuff shortly.

#8: Post by **SandraF** » July 26th, 2023, 7:26 pm

I live in a 'burb just west of Portland and happen to be an avid cyclist - of the recumbent kind! I build my own wheels, so everyone around here who works on their own bikes knows that Chris King hubs are very nice. I guess the coffee stuff is a "hobby" or a side passion?

I mention this, and wonder how many of us have coffee & cycling in common? I'm a casual daily rider & bird watch by recumbent trike.

July 26th, 2023, 7:44 pm

From a previous bicycle:coffee thread, First: bike ... then: coffee ... (or maybe not)

#10: Post by **lancealot** » July 26th, 2023, 8:03 pm

Snowy winter day in 2018 I was servicing the headsets on both of my road bikes and had to snap this pic. This pretty much sums it up!