The last Friday of the month always means hopping out of bed and onto a bike to join the Cape Town Critical Mass ride!
Paul likes to call it “Critical Shortage”, as the Cape Town cycling scene is pretty teeny weeny (apart from the lycra-clad sports clones), but this one was not poorly attended at all.
Getting up early is not everyone’s idea of fun, but a leisurely ride in the fragrant sea air of Mouille Point, followed by a double-back past the 2010 stadium, along the amazing new Somerset Road cycle path is really something special. Usually we stop at Green Point Vida for a coffee afterwards, but this time we kept going all the way into town, where we had freshly roasted coffee at probably the most hipster spot in the whole city, also known as Deluxe Coffeeworks.
You’ll see beards, moustaches, huge specs, skinny jeans, plaid shirts, fixed gear bikes, Vespas… but it’s not all form and no content, no Sir. This is a quality establishment, with well-made furniture and fittings, and, most importantly, top-notch coffee, roasted on the premises. Oh, and a flat white is only R10. Yes, that’s R10. I’ll have two, please.
If you’d like to hook up with the bicycle bunch in Cape Town, check out these blogs and websites :
BMC (Bicycle Maintenance Company)
See you at the next Critical Mass ride – that’s 26 Feb 2010.
No, that is NOT a Vespa model sheet thing on the wall!
I want one!
Please could you tell us exactly where Deluxe is – there are no contact details for them on their website, thank you!
Deluxe is on Church street, below the pedetrianised bit (African Image on the corner). It was an antiques shop years ago, then was a branch of Sundance, and now, Deluxe!
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