Trip Posts

The Ride Winter was just beginning to eke out as I pulled the bike out of the garage to head out.  This winter has been a terrible one, with snow falling every few days, so the roads never really got fully cleared.  All the bikes had been parked fo…

The Ride Eleven miles was all the compass indicated on the Beeline Moto.  Definitely on the shorter end of coffee rides on this site.  See our article on discovering new roads with Beeline.   With such a short range, the yellow Italian bike made th…

The Ride It’s a cold winter day as I thumb the starter on the BMW F900GS.  I’ve just added Hippo Hands over the regular off-road hand guards to take some of the bite out of the 31F temperature this morning.  As I plug in the address for AM Coffee i…

The Ride Every time I get a chance to ride the new F900GS, I’m ecstatic.  I’ve been very impressed by the bike & while it is down on capacity vs my last GS, the lower weight actually makes the bike feel more agile in the twisties. Today was no dif…

The Ride As I thumb the starter, the engine fires up quickly and settles into a wonderful burble.  The exhaust note was one of the elements of this bike that attracted me.  I’m still getting used to the BMW F900GS.  After owning my old R1200GS Adve…

The Ride Opening the Beeline app on my phone, I plugged in Underground Coffee & Ales into the search bar.  After a couple of seconds, it had found the location, and I selected the compass rather than the fast or fun routes also offered by t…

The Ride Anytime I climb aboard an adventure bike, I feel obliged to find some dirt roads to get underneath the tires.  As I finished programming the destination for Loaded Goat Coffee in Naugatuck, CT, the Beeline Moto 2 indicated 32.3 miles.  Not…

The Ride My iPhone’s screen lit up as I launched the Beeline app and plugged in the address for Greater Things Roasters.  While it helpfully offered both a fast and a fun route, I chose the last option of the compass.  Compass mode provides a strai…

The Ride A new coffee shop and a new bike.  One of my favorite things about these coffee rides is the sense of exploration, of discovering something new, and experiencing a place and route that are unfamiliar to you. Today’s ride would be aboard m…

The Ride With the Beeline Moto 2’s compass pointing toward central Connecticut and indicating 50.7 miles straight line distance to the coffee shop, I thumbed the starter on the BMW R18 Classic.  The big boxer engine swung to life with the character…

The Ride Regular readers will know we’ve had a few bikes we’ve used on these coffee rides.  I recently made a change to the fleet, reducing the number of bikes and replacing one of them with a new one.  Today, I took the new BMW F900GS bike and pro…

The Ride When I was in the Citibeemers, one of our regular breakfast stops for our weekly rides was Karen’s Diner in Pawling, NY.  There are many great roads leading to and away from the town, so we always found a fun route to take.  Today, as I cl…

The Ride Today’s ride was heading to another Westchester County coffee shop—this time in the charming village of Tarrytown, NY.  I climbed aboard the BMW R18 in Cross River, NY, and entered the address for Coffee Labs Roasters into the Beeline app.…

The Ride Sometimes, in an effort to seek out new experiences and places, you can miss out on something right in front of you.  While many of our coffee rides have focused on locations far from our start in Cross River, NY, today’s spot is very loca…

The Ride With so many rides behind us traveling quite far for a coffee, I decided to try something a little more local.  My destination for the day was just in the next town over, so the Beeline Moto 2 indicated just 4.9 miles as the crow flies.  S…

The Ride With the first few days of clear roads after the seemingly endless snow this season, it was great to get back out on the BMW R1200GSA for today’s ride.  It wouldn’t be a long ride as the Beeline compass indicated 22.6 miles as the crow fli…

The Ride This has been one of the snowiest winters in many years here, so it had been a couple of months since I could last ride.  But some warmer temps combined with rain helped clear the last bit of ice and snow on the roads, along with the salt,…

The Ride Today’s coffee ride would be relatively short as we’d stay in Westchester County.  Plugging in the address for Don Carvajal in Irvington, NY, to the Beeline Moto showed just 20.9 miles as the crow flies.  I was aboard the BMW S1000R for to…

The Ride A brisk November Sunday morning greeted me as I prepared to depart for Perkatory Coffee Roasters in Branford, CT.  With the temperature hovering right at freezing as I climbed aboard the BMW R1200GSA, I was glad to have wind protection and…

The Ride I plugged the address into the Beeline app for The Roasted Bean in Bristol, CT and the compass indicated 43 miles in a straight line.  As I thumbed the starter on the BMW R18 Classic, my mind drifted to wondering just how much of a diversi…

The Ride I’ve generally avoided heading into central and lower Westchester County for the coffee rides on Tank of Coffee. Those parts of the county tend to be more densely packed, limiting the rides’ fun. However, doing so leaves many wonderful pla…

We’ve been writing about our coffee rides for a while now.  In New York State, we’ve published our rides to over 35 coffee shops thus far.  Along the way, one thing has been pretty straightforward.  The more populated the county, the greater the odd…

The Ride Whenever I have a ride planned to the other side of the Hudson River, a few riding buddies are always interested in coming along.  Today was no different.  Meeting my friend in Cross River, NY, I was onboard my BMW R1200GSA while he was on…

The Ride I climbed aboard the BMW R18 Classic and turned on the Beeline Moto at my Cross River, NY, starting point.  I entered my destination for No. Six Depot Roastery & Cafe to the app, and it reported the straight compass distance was 74.6 miles…