Coffeeneuring
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More Less 2026: Deliberate vs Dashed
Time for another installment in More Less 2026. Today’s subject includes a very important update as well: all 2025 Coffeeneuring Challenge prizes have been mailed (provided you ordered and paid for one). They’ve been traveling fast so be on the lookout in a mailbox near you! If you finished this year’s challenge and still want… Continue reading
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More Less 2026: Fellowship vs Isolation
Patch prize update: these are being finalized as we speak and will be en route to me soon, let’s say 7-10 days estimate. I’ll then be working with the Intern to package up the premiums and send them your way later this month. That’s the goal and we will send an update once the mailing… Continue reading
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Weekend To-Do List: Challenge Submission Form
Readers and coffeeneurs, what are your weekend plans? If you completed the Coffeeneuring Challenge, be sure to make time to submit your finisher’s form. Find it here. Easy peasy and feels so good to cross it off the December to-do list! All finishers are eligible for the grand patch prize! This year’s design from Umbrella… Continue reading
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Coffeeneuring Prize Reveal and Black Friday Extension
As I write, the Coffeeneuring Challenge is in its final throes. The edge of 15 is upon us, but I’m not ready to turn the page on this year quite yet. After all, we’re only 15 once, and I’ve been loving every minute. Still short a ride or two? Craving some c+1 bonus rides? Good… Continue reading
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Coffeeneuring Challenge and Prizes: 2011 to Today
As we roll into the final week of the 2025 Coffeeneuring Challenge, I realized that we have no rollup of coffeeneuring through the ages. Granted, the age is 15 years and not 150, but in that time the challenge’s character and premium designs have grown with it. That evolution is in large part thanks to… Continue reading
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Coffeeneuring Clatch: November Days
So much coffeeneuring happening, it’s like a coffetti explosion. No, coffetti is not a real word, but it’s fun to say, fits with the season, and conjures all kinds of exciting images. Speaking of which, let’s jump into a little roundup like a kid hurtling themselves into a leafpile. Am I using up all the… Continue reading
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Coffeeneuring Clatch: Halloween Edition
The weeks are flying by, and the 2025 Coffeeneuring Challenge is near its midpoint. Have you been on the fence about taking on the challenge? Well, hop off the fence and start riding because if you start this weekend you still have enough time to become an official finisher! The early birds will begin making… Continue reading
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Café Cruiser Is Not Invited: AI Antics in the Coffeeneuring Challenge
Recently the Admins of the Coffeeneurs Facebook group had to shut down an interloper. At first, this contributor – going by the name Café Cruiser – seemed innocuous enough, so much so that we didn’t even notice their activity. Café Cruiser – perhaps thinking it would be helpful – put together weekly summary posts based… Continue reading
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Monday Coffeeneuring Clatch
We’re officially one weekend into the 2025 Coffeeneuring Challenge, and people everywhere on earth are starting their beverage-filled bike journeys. The Monday Coffeeneuring Clatch is here to highlight a few of the recent goings-on. Finland Represent! Over the last week, the Coffeeneurs Facebook Group added several new members from Finland. Welcome and we can’t wait… Continue reading
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Almost There! Coffeeneuring Challenge 2025
Hello friends. Have you been thinking about the Coffeeneuring Challenge? I have and I’m ready! I hope you are too. I’ve seen lots of people getting in their final Always Be Coffeeneuring rounds and organizing themselves – as well as friends – to be ready for the big day. There’s a bunch of stuff going… Continue reading
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Coffeeneuring Challenge 2025: You’re Only 15 Once
Readers. Bike riders. Randonneurs. Always Be Coffeeneuring Club members. Scenesters. People (on Earth)! It’s back again and it’s a big one. That’s right, it’s the 15th edition of the Coffeeneuring Challenge. You’re only 15 once so let’s make it the most of it. Saturday, October 11, we launch. If you ride a bike, enjoy low-key… Continue reading
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Coffeeneuring Challenge 2025: October 11 We Roll
Friends, coffeeneurs, and scenesters, we are coming back for the 15th edition of the Coffeeneuring Challenge! This year we kick it all off on October 11. Rules and the other fun stuff forthcoming. Was it ever in doubt that we’d make it this far? Yes it was! But we’re here again and ready to celebrate… Continue reading
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Coffeeneuring Challenge 2024: A note on mailings and grand patch prize
Hello everyone. A quick note to all those who completed the 2024 Coffeeneuring Challenge. The last group of patches was mailed out over the weekend. Keep an eye on your mailboxes over the next couple of weeks! As a heads up, I am looking to move away from some of the other social media platforms… Continue reading
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Coffeeneuring Challenge Gratitude Day
Life has been a jumble this year, both humbling and disruptive, spent with a reeling mind as my comfy routine evaporated. I’ve confronted unfun truths and come closer to understanding our finite nature. At times, it’s been a challenge to accept, recover, and move through. This mishmash of the unfun and uncertain made me think… Continue reading
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Coffeeneuring Patch Design Reveal and Challenge Extension!
We’re riding into the sunset of the Coffeeneuring Challenge, but in the interest of making most of this year’s edition, the Coffeeneuring Challenge Committee is offering an extension until November 25 to complete the challenge. Another small win! Don’t forget, once you complete the challenge, complete this finisher’s form. Extension! That’s right, all participants have… Continue reading
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Coffeeneuring Challenge 2024: Submission Information
Hi friends, we’re over the halfway point of this year’s challenge and that means the first group of coffeeneurs is crossing the finish line. Want to get the paperwork done early? Complete the Coffeeneuring Challenge Finishers Form and cross it off your To-Do list. Don’t worry if you still have trips remaining. There is still… Continue reading
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DC Coffeeneuring Meetup October 26
Hi all! I’d like to invite coffeeneurs who are in the DC area on Saturday October 26 to a coffeeneuring meetup on the Mall. Where: Bar Americano, the kiosk in front of the National Air and Space Museum on the National Mall (6th and Jefferson SW, approximately) When: October 26, 11:30 to 1ish (open house… Continue reading
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Coffeeneuring Challenge 2024: The Year of Small Wins
Readers. Bike riders. Randonneurs. Members of the Always Be Coffeeneuring Club. Everyone (on Earth)! The season has arrived. Year 14 of the Coffeeneuring Challenge. I’m pretty excited to say that we’re still here. We are still here and October 6 we roll. If you ride a bike, enjoy low-key adventures, drink coffee or tea (or… Continue reading
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Coffeeneuring Challenge 2023: Patch Prizes Mailed!
Congratulations to all who completed this year’s Coffeeneuring Challenge. It seems easy to make it across the finish line until it isn’t and you’re fretting over a calendar wondering how to work those last rides into your life. Good job. Over 350 people completed the challenge this year, well done! All patch prizes have been… Continue reading
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2023 Coffeeneuring Challenge: Grand Patch Prize Reveal
So this is what the day after the Coffeeneuring Challenge 2023: Lucky 13 feels like. The sun did not shine and it rained all day here. We need the rain, though, our part of the country has been in a drought. So can’t be too sad about the showers and wet sidewalks. The end of… Continue reading
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Coffeeneuring Challenge 2023: Final Countdown
Friends, it’s been an incredible coffeeneuring season! Thank you for making it all happen. As we lean into the final two days of this challenge, I thought I’d take a break from my own coffeeneuring rides to feature a few goings on around the coffeeneuring globe. Any bike can be a coffeeneuring bike. We’ve seen… Continue reading
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Coffeeneuring Challenge Roundup: Let’s Keep Going!
Remember that saying, “Every time a bell rings, a coffeeneur completes a coffeeneuring ride?” I do. Everywhere I look, people are riding here and there in pursuit of coffeeneuring-approved beverages. It’s so exciting, and here at Coffeeneuring HQ we urge everyone to keep riding! Back by popular demand, I’ve put togetherer a few highlights of… Continue reading
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Coffeeneuring Challenge Here and There
We’re two weeks into the 2023 Coffeeneuring Challenge and people far and wide are hopping on bikes and setting out for all sorts of seasonal beverages. In recognition of these coffeeneuring rides, I’ve put together a roundup. A few people asked for these last year, and I am here for you! Paul Steele is back… Continue reading
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Coffeeneuring Challenge 2023: Lucky 13
Hello readers, randonneurs, bike riders, members of the Always Be Coffeeneuring Club, and everyone else who finds themselves reading this post. Have you given any thought to your fall plans? I have. I’d like to encourage you all to join lucky year 13 of the Coffeeneuring Challenge. On October 7, the Chasing Mailboxes Coffeeneuring Challenge returns!… Continue reading
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Coffeeneuring Challenge: Magic Bonus Day November 21-27
Friends, time has flown and we now find ourselves at the end of the Coffeeneuring Challenge. A big thanks to everyone who has brought the challenge to life this year. Don’t cry because it’s ending, because I have a secret to share with you. Did you almost make it but not quite? Did weather or… Continue reading
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Coffeeneuring Challenge: 2022 Submissions and Prize Reveal
Friends, we are in the thick of the 2022 Coffeeneuring Challenge, with three full weeks remaining to fit in your rides. Keep riding, you can do it! We have also reached the point in the challenge where some coffeeneurs have completed all seven required brewvets and are on to c+1 bonus rounds. Keep going, it’s… Continue reading
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Coffeeneuring Rewind: 2021 by the Numbers
People frequently ask about coffeeneuring statistics. Who has coffeeneured where over the years? What is the overall number of coffeeneurs and where do they ride? How many countries are represented? Today we bring you answers to these kinds of questions. Coffeeneur Sam Dodge (find him at @svdodge on the socials) took on the challenge of… Continue reading
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Coffeeneuring Challenge 2022: Year 12
Does anyone know what time it is? I’ll tell you. It’s time for the 2022 Coffeeneuring Challenge, now in its 12th year. On October 7, the Chasing Mailboxes Coffeeneuring Challenge is back and this time we have an Intern to help run the challenge! If you ride a bike and drink coffee or tea (or even… Continue reading
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c+1 Coffeeneuring Challenge 2021 Call for Photos and Illustrations
As I write this, just over 24 hours remain in the 2021 Coffeeneuring Challenge. Submissions are coming into Coffeeneuring Challenge HQ fast and furiously, but there’s still time! One full day plus a few hours left. If you have a ride remaining to cross the official finish line, now is your chance! You can do… Continue reading
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Coffeeneuring Challenge 2020: Results and Highlights
Once again I’m late to the game with the results from last year’s Coffeeeneuring Challenge. Still, it’s exciting to see how the challenge continues to grow and over time and to gain a bit of insight into coffeeneurs over the years. Note: this post has been updated based on some errors identified by fellow coffeeneurs.… Continue reading
Chasing MailBoxes 