Melbourne’s eXpresso Cafés — Part 2

Perkup Expresso

One of the many downsides to cycling’s affinity with the rich business executive crowd is that for workaholics, fitting café time in around weekday road bunch rides can be a bit of a challenge. This is where eXpresso cafés come to the rescue. Featuring this week is Perkup Expresso Bar in Collins Street Melbourne where you can get a $2 takeaway eXpresso from their walk-up window from 5.30am on weekdays.

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Guide to Melbourne’s eXpresso Cafés — Part 1

Cycling and coffee. The two have become synonymous ever since overweight rich people realised that their ridiculously expensive European road bikes were more likely to be drooled over whilst propped up at a trendy café as opposed to actually being ridden.

In a city like Melbourne, coffee has become more than just a drink with numerous small-batch roasters supplying quality blends and single-origins to the choking mass of inner-city cafés that cyclists love to frequent pre, post or mid-ride. While websites like Broadsheet already offer reviews on popular high-end cafés (in Melbourne and Sydney), the eXpresso café segment is too often overlooked. In fact, there is not a single listing on Broadsheet that includes the term eXpresso.

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Staying Alive: Adventure Cycling’s New Edible Survival Accessories

Social cycling has taken an adventurous turn in recent years, mostly due to the realisation that risking your epidermis in crash-prone bunches on roads laden with broken glass and tacks whilst being verbally abused by bogans in powerful cars is no longer as thrilling as it once was. As the popularity of mountain, cyclo-cross and gravel bikes continue to rise, many group rides are heading off the sealed road in to once-unchartered territory. While fun, these expeditions mean a survival element now needs to be incorporated.

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Getting A Coffee On Christmas Day

Cycling and coffee. These two seemingly disparate pastimes have become an icon of the modern day, middle aged, middle class in Australia. Evidence of the growing disposable incomes that have afforded so many the ability to indulge their consumerist ideals with expensive bikes, accessories and clothing that can be put on display at trendy cafes whilst sipping exotic single-origins and eating overpriced eggs.

Intravenous Sports Nutrition

There are many schools of thought when it comes to sports nutrition.

Each school contains a lot of pseudo-science, a bit of actual science and a very, very healthy dose of marketing “expertise”.

The Spherical Diet Plan

New research shows that the shape of the food you eat may be the most important consideration in choosing a healthy diet. Head of Polygonal Nutrition Research at Charles Sturt University, Dr Kelly Linden, says that recent studies undertaken on the shape of foods being consumed have shown that choosing spherical, round or ball-shaped foods might be the single most important aspect for maintaining a healthy diet.

Performance Enhancement On A Budget

Leading up to last weekend’s Tour of Bright in alpine Victoria, there was a lot of talk about the lengths that some non-elite athletes are now going to in order to boost performance. Cycling Tips had a few interesting articles about the use of altitude tents by some Masters Category riders (30+ years old) and also about the huge outlay of time and money that many non-professionals are willing to make in order to be competitive in the age-group grades.

Vegetarian Taste le Tour 2013 Episode 4: Faux Foie Gras

As the 2013 Tour de France winds its way around the French countryside, The Private Cyclist presents a number of classic French dishes adapted for vegetarians. Episode 4 is a delicious vegetarian Faux Foie Gras. Bon appétit!

Vegetarian Taste le Tour 2013 Episode 3: Coq au Vin

As the 2013 Tour de France winds its way around the French countryside, The Private Cyclist presents a number of classic French dishes adapted for vegetarians. Episode 3 is a delicious vegetarian Coq au Vin. Bon appétit!

Vegetarian Taste le Tour 2013 Episode 2: Beef Bourguignon

 As the 2013 Tour de France winds its way around the French countryside, The Private Cyclist presents a number of classic French dishes adapted for vegetarians. Episode 2 is a delicious vegetarian Beef Bourguignon. Bon appétit!

Vegetarian Taste le Tour 2013 Episode 1: Duck a l'Orange

As the 2013 Tour de France winds its way around the French countryside, The Private Cyclist presents a number of classic French dishes adapted for vegetarians. Episode 1 is a delicious vegetarian Duck a l'Orange. Bon appétit!

Vegetarian Taste le Tour - Teaser

As the 2013 Tour de France winds its way around the French countryside, The Private Cyclist presents a number of classic French dishes adapted for vegetarians. Bon appétit!

The Hops Window

If you compete in sports like cycling, or 'bike riding' as it is known to those out of the peloton, or 'highway bowling' as it known to this guy…

24 hour Solo MTB Racing - What You Need To Know

Just what do you need to know about the dark and disturbing world of 24 hour Solo Mountain Bike Racing?

If you don’t really care about the answer but just want to get involved then this beginner’s guide should help you get the wheels in motion and hopefully keep them in motion for at least 24 hours or until such a time as you can come up with an acceptable reason for stopping, getting off your your bike and contemplating what you have or haven’t achieved in embarking on the non-stop thrill ride that is 24 hour Solo Mountain Biking.