Who else drinks coffee on the trainer (or, gasp, rollers)? Anyone? Beer? Hmm, reminds me of Tom Green's experiment. Cable TV gold that was.
Happy New Year!
Thursday, December 31, 2009
A Revelation
Drinking coffee from a mug while riding on the trainer is difficult. The coffee sloshes around. Its tricky. But I think perseverance is key. You, meaning at least I, gotta keep on training your/my coffee drinking on the trainer. Why bother? Why not just give up? Because coffee is awesome, and riding is awesome (even on the trainer its way better than say, golf), so riding while drinking coffee must be awesome too. In fact, it does not just sound good on paper, its also sounds good in practice; I like to slurp. When riding the trainer in the early morning drinking coffee at the same time just makes sense. The question is: would it be cheap/too easy to use a spill resistant travel mug? I think that's cheating, it would take the whole art out of it. No, you have to use a regular mug and go for it. I bet some people can drink their coffee while on rollers. Having only a couple hours total on rollers in my lifetime, I think I'll leave that to the experts.
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I fully expect you to start showing up at rides with a bottle full of coffee....or better yet, a camelback full to share with everyone else.
All it would take would be a nice thermo bottle to fit my cage. I'll offer everyone else a coffee for sure...at Pipolinka!
Maybe drinking some java on the trainer will help keep my arse there longer . . .
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SOMA Morning Rush
http://www.somafab.com/morningrush.html
been there. And agreed. It (trainer and coffee) is a fantastic combination.
I found sitting up straight and holding the mug with two hands was mostly successful.
..the only downside I found is the higher probability of having to get off to pee, but it still definitely worth having good cup of joe.
Sean, I'm certain I'll have one of those holders on a bike eventually. Couriers should run them; much better than carrying their cups in their teeth I suspect.
Kark, thanks for the tip. I'll try the two handed technique. Naturally, stopping pedalling is out of the question. Its all about smoothing the pedal stroke I think.
Matt:
I have one but unfortunately the clamp is 25mm and won't fit on my bars. It's a standard Cateye clamp though so I'll see if they make one for 31mm. :)
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