Otaleg!

#coffeeneuring2026 No. 7; 10.9 km round-trip A multi-purpose ride. Shake-down cruise for the new, flat pedals and a coffee, but as the coffee is less than 500 metres from home, and that would not tax the pedals, a long way round. To give the pedals a bit of a work-out I went first down the hill to the river near the Vatican, dropped down onto the cycle path, and cycled back towards home turf. It was a fun ride. Do the pedals make a difference? I think so, but it is quite subtle. It certainly feels easier to stick my foot on the considerably larger available area. And maybe that makes pedalling more efficient, though of that I cannot be sure. The good news is that swapping out the pedals cured an intermittent noise that I could have sworn was the bottom bracket, so I am doubly pleased. Most expensive coffee and bokeh bicycle Otaleg! is one of the few “third wave” coffee places in Rome. Unlike Sant Eustachio, which pre-sugars unless you specify not to, Otaleg has no sugar easily…

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