Some mountain bikers eat to ride. And then there’s the rest of us who ride to eat.
Whether it’s a communal pre-ride brew before heading out on a weekend ride, a mid-ride pause for a belly-filling pasty or a bacon butty, or the reward of a post-ride sweet treat, eating good food and drinking better tea and coffee is for us, part of what it’s all about. After all, burning calories on a ride is the perfect excuse for a little indulgence right?
We’ve eaten some spectacular food and have drunk some superb coffee at various trail centres around the UK, but right now we want your recommendations. What trail centre do you think has the best coffee? The best tea? The best milkshake? And for food, which places do you think serve up the best grub?
We’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments section below. What places MUST we visit to sate our appetite and quench our thirst? And if you’ve got multiple recommendations, then by all means list what you’ve got. Who knows? If we get enough suggestions, we might even put together a foodie guide for all the best trail centre cafes in the UK…
And for those of you who are particularly fond of coffee, have you voted in our weekly poll below? We know we’re guilty of being somewhat obsessed with coffee here at Singletrack Towers. And thanks to the office espresso machine, we drink A LOT of it. Lord knows publishing six magazines a year without that machine would take an absolute miracle, so be thankful we have it here.
Are you obsessed by it too? If so, we’d love to know what sort of espresso coffee floats your boat, so check out the options and let us know how you enjoy your brew!
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OPA @ llandegla good food in ‘healthy’ quantities.
I consider the Cairngorms as a natural trail centre so i’ll nominate the Mountain Cafe in Aviemore, really good coffee and cakes, their food is excellent as well
Another one for OPA at Llandegla. Anywhere that has that much cake and meat products at consistently good quality right next to a bunch of trails is a winner in my book!
Chocolate dipped flapjack at Stammer Park YUMMY (as with YAK, not a center, just real life)
Stanmer even rrrrrrrrrrr
As mentioned in earlier feed, sausage slice at peas stores, mug of tea, sitting in and around the local bus stop, watching the mtb world go by. Pure natural trail centre.
Clotted cream tea at Cardinham.
Llandegla cafe for the freakshakes with the baked goodies on top & Cafe Hope for everything home made and amazing coffee’s – they also cater for Vegan, Vegeterian, Gluten free and more. Well worth a trip up the peaks.
Can I just say all of them, there’s some new ones for me but any excuse for coffee and ride.
The pre and post ride pig option of a bacon anything is always good plus a beans on toast is hard to pass.
I think context is key, i recall a coffee from a dirty mug on a fish farm in central nowhere being sublime but maybe if it hadn’t been so cold or I’d been so desperate for coffee it might be different 😉
James
Can’t beat the cakes at the Dale’s Bike Centre!
Coffee or Tea is our daily drinking habit. Most of our US person of the young generation has not started our morning without a cup of coffee. Generally, I take a cup of coffee in the morning from my mother hand and another time any coffee house with my friends. We use the Hamilton Beach coffee maker at home to make coffee quick. This coffee maker needs only 5 minutes to ready my every morning coffee.