Leading travel guide Lonely Planet lists Athens Handlebar Cafe among 9 best European coffee houses for cycling enthusiasts and notes:
“Coffee and cycling have always gone hand in hand; a caffeine hit halfway through a long ride saves many a pedal-weary biker – and the cycle cafe trend shows no sign of slowing down.
Whether you need your bike fixed, your kit upgraded or your craving for cake and caffeine satisfied, these European cycle cafes will have you refueled and road ready in no time.”
Lonely Planet describes Handlebar as follows:
Partying and pedalling: Handlebar Cafe, Athens
Located in a back street in Psyrri, Athens, this cycle cafe spins more than wheels – its music nights can host up to 400 music fans as well as live bands. But it’s also an authentic biking hangout; next door, Vicious Cycles (vca.gr) provides the capital with fixed-gear urban bikes and accessories, including their own Greek-made bicycles. Handlebar (facebook.com/TheHandlebarAthens) is owned by Brit Gareth Jones whose vision is to provide wholesome food (vegans are well catered for), cheap beer and a relaxed environment for the city’s cyclists. They also do wondrous things with eggs.
The complete list of Europe’s best cycle cafes includes:
1. Happiness juiced: V?locit? Cafe, Lisbon
2. Partying and pedalling: Handlebar Cafe, Athens
3. Catalan tour de force: La Fabrica, Girona
4. Sustainable cycling: Upcycle, Milan
5. Northern bike shed: Pop Up Bikes, Manchester
6. The couriers’ choice: Keirin Cycle Culture Cafe, Berlin
7. French boutique chic: Steel, Paris
8. Hipster hangout: Rapha Cycle Club, Amsterdam
9. The Italian abroad: Bianchi Cycle and Bikes, Stockholm
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