Coffee delivery bike has landed!
July 13, 2010 by baldguy
Well, here we go…today marks the beginning of an idea, or better yet, a dream, coming into fruition.
A while back, I started delivering coffee into town on a tricked out Giant Cargo Bike that I purchased from my buddy over at Magic Cycles. The purpose for this was simple: get in shape, reduce our carbon footprint, and train for a pretty ridiculous ride carrying lots of coffee.
During the course of a year another idea began to “percolate” and kinda made sense: Ride a bike from Atlanta, GA to Boone, NC carrying a sack of green Rwandan Coffee to raise awareness and money for Rwandan coffee farmers. However, I needed a bike that would handle over 300lbs to cover 300 miles with wee bit of a climb at the end (approx 1800 feet).
Anyway, I don’t want to “spill the beans” just yet…so getcha a cup of joe, kick back, and check in regularly for updates, videos and pics. Oh yeah, here is a link to the original blog post and a more recent overview of Beans for Bikes and Project Rwanda.
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