Cycling is social…

via velojoy.com

Cycling is social. Riders have stories to swap, advice to share, fine points to debate, and what better setting than the time-honored locus of loitering and conversation: the café?

Among the best known of a newish crop of bicycle-themed cafes cum clubhouses is Look Mum No Hands! located along a busy cycling thoroughfare in Islington. It’s the spot that the London Cyclist recommended for our recent interview about the cycling scene there.

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This Velojoy article made me nostalgic for the popup NYC Rapha Cycling Club from the summer of 2010 (?). Great gear. Great coffee. Great convos. Great events. I miss it…

Next time I’m in London, I’ll get out of Heathrow and head directly to Look Mum No Hands! 

08.08.12