Why the starbucks hate?

[Big Kahuna]

Who gives a crap about what other people think? If you want to ride down to the coffee shop, then so be it. I love the stuff myself and often find time when out on a ride to stop in for a cup. Sometimes, I stop on the way home from work too. Crazy isn't it?

 

[Var]

I think that going to Starbucks on your sportbike and having others call you "poser" is infinitely more desireable than NOT going to Starbucks on your sportbike when you want to because you're AFRAID people will call you a poser...

obsolutely.

think for a moment..what classifies you as a poser? if you're on a racebike and you're not racing you're a poser. so everyone's a poser that's not racing.

OTOH you could argue that sportbikes are street legal, and are intended for transport. so if you use it to get to starbucks you're not a poser.

if you wear knee pucks that you didn't scrape yourself then you're a poser.

 

[4tuneit1]

i just love the Starbucks threads...dunno why...makes me want to buy a latte

 

[Var]

i just love the Starbucks threads...dunno why...makes me want to buy a latte

only posers drink lattes.

that's not real coffee!! you want a teddy bear with you latte, poser?

 

[4tuneit1]

only posers drink lattes.

that's not real coffee!! you want a teddy bear with you latte, poser?

Yeah i need to snuggle...

 

[Grease_Monkey]

I want to be different, just like everyone else.

 

[Gixxergirl1000]

only until you punch out some poetry writing Emo dork so you can steal the outlet that his laptop was plugged into for your tire warmers

Gratuitous EMO violence FTW!!!! I love bursting out into uncontrolled laughter when sitting at my desk, cuz that's not obvious at all...

I just noticed there are 2 teddy bear avatars in this thread, fyi that is 2 more than the legal limit

Nah, cuz you can't count the one with smokes and a beer...

Once anything becomes mainstream, an anti crowd is going to form and bash the place.

Their coffee blows. If you really are a coffee officianado, you drink PEETS. If you think the swill at Starbucks is "good" coffee, then you need to take your uneducated palate over to PEETS post haste.

Starbucks is a good place to meet up before the ride, simply because there's one every other block.

In all fairness, their maple scones frickin' rock!

 

[Aluisious]

Depends on why they're at Starbucks.

If they're recovering from a hard ride down Santana Row in their jeans and sneakers, yes, they're a poser. They took the bike to Starbucks for the express purpose of advertising "look how cool I am, I have a sport bike."

If you're just at Starbucks to get a coffee before a ride, or to meet people for a ride, then you're just at Starbucks.

 

[xshixy]

Ok Santana Row is our kick spot when we do meet at a starbucks, you are correct there are allot of guys that come thru in Jeans and Sneakers. Myself and the peps I ride with use Boots) Yes they do Pose there allot LOL but there are allot of the DUc and April Guys there to at the Bakery spot. So I guess what you are saying is clothing makes the poser??? There are more than a few people out there that go out ride dressed like you mentioned and ride pretty dam long and "Hard" but I wouldn’t call them posers. I'm Guilty of breaking the bike's out for a ride just down to the Santana Row to meet up with some friends (Have you tried to find parking at that place) but not everyone is a poser because of what they wear. But yes there are those types there.

Depends on why they're at Starbucks.

If they're recovering from a hard ride down Santana Row in their jeans and sneakers, yes, they're a poser. They took the bike to Starbucks for the express purpose of advertising "look how cool I am, I have a sport bike."

If you're just at Starbucks to get a coffee before a ride, or to meet people for a ride, then you're just at Starbucks.

 

[soulinthewall77]

..who cares? j/k j/k. I love riding my bike, and I've loved going to Starbucks even before I started riding. I haven't met people who strictly ride to Starbucks for the purposes of posing. I guess I'm posing--For about 15-minutes, then I hit the road, posing to be a rider for 2 to 3 hours on the highways, twisties, and strange new places. Then I go home, and pose to be a homeowner by tending to the backyard, doing laundry, paying bills, checking e-mail, and watching ESPN. Then I pose to be a tired person, at night, and go to bed. All sarcasm aside--whether you love "posing" or really going to a great cafe and having a drink, it really shouldn't matter. 'So long as you're having fun, and not giving other people misery.

 

[ThumperX]

Love my own coffee the best My buddy in Hawaii sends it over.
+1 for Cole Coffee if you're going to hang out and drink coffee with your buds.

 

[BokKafa]

"In my estimation, every human being who swings a leg over a sportbike of anykind, is in essence, a poser on some level."

Those AMA, and Moto GP guys are the biggest Poser's of all.

 

[cthulhu]

Napa Valley Coffee Roasting Company (esp. St. Helena, conveniently located near the Oakville grade and Deer Park Road) when you want coffee: sit and enjoy the best coffee from a real (washable, reusable) mug or bowl (mochas served in a bowl on request) that won't change the flavour of the drink.
Peet's or *$'s when you are having a caffeine withdrawal emergency: walk out with the double espresso, pound it, feel guilty for throwing away another chunk of tree (that's how I roll).

 

[Ramsay]

Peet's FTW!

haha im with Hooli and GixxerGirl, (probably helps that I work for peets, but hey SBux coffee is shit and ill say it allllll daaayyy)

 

[grymlocke]

'why the starbuck's hate'...

...BECUASE I DIDN'T THINK OF IT FIRST !

 

[Motorcycle RN]

"You made me spill my macchiato! Hakuna Matata Bitches!!"

 

[half breed]

1. Guy who wears all the cool gear & parks his bike strategically .
2. Guy who has huge chickenstrips , new gixer 1000 & stalls it in the lot .
3. Guy who has well worn leathers , pucks , track shredded tires , bad ass duc , gets his coffee & sits alone in the corner looking surly .
4. Group of sport bike chicks , club affiliation logos who meet there every sat morning .
5. Two big fat guy's on hogs , leather vests who like to cruz the blvd.
6. Guy wearing shinny white tennis shoes , baggy low jeans polishing his new cbr in the lot .
7. The fat middle aged couple on the full dress goldwing with stereo & intercom.
8. Group of total mad max beat down bike riding , rodent affiliation guys ( of course the like cole coffee )
9. Stunters
10. Dykes on bikes

common denominator : we all like to ride bikes
common denominator 2 : were all posers

especially if you've ever looked at another rider & judged them for not fitting in to what you think is cool ...... I've done it . So in the end , who really gives a fuck where you get your coffee , what , how you ride or what your wearing ..... just shut up & ride

 

[xshixy]

1. Guy who wears all the cool gear & parks his bike strategically .
2. Guy who has huge chickenstrips , new gixer 1000 & stalls it in the lot .
3. Guy who has well worn leathers , pucks , track shredded tires , bad ass duc , gets his coffee & sits alone in the corner looking surly .
4. Group of sport bike chicks , club affiliation logos who meet there every sat morning .
5. Two big fat guy's on hogs , leather vests who like to cruz the blvd.
6. Guy wearing shinny white tennis shoes , baggy low jeans polishing his new cbr in the lot .
7. The fat middle aged couple on the full dress goldwing with stereo & intercom.
8. Group of total mad max beat down bike riding , rodent affiliation guys ( of course the like cole coffee )
9. Stunters
10. Dykes on bikes

common denominator : we all like to ride bikes
common denominator 2 : were all posers

especially if you've ever looked at another rider & judged them for not fitting in to what you think is cool ...... I've done it . So in the end , who really gives a fuck where you get your coffee , what , how you ride or what your wearing ..... just shut up & ride

I do Believe we have a winner here!!!

 

[McBride61]

only until you punch out some poetry writing Emo dork so you can steal the outlet that his laptop was plugged into for your tire warmers

LOL!

ps. I don't drink coffee but I am a poser. I wanted to be like Mavrick in topgun, his bike was swweeeeeeeeet! lol

 

[grymlocke]

'why the starbuck's hate'...

...BECUASE I DIDN'T THINK OF IT FIRST !

think about it,
overpriced coffee boutique (that started in the SF of the north..seattle)
that simply everone just has to go to if you want to be considered PC Bohemian(ish) (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bohemian), The place to see and be seen...(even sportbike latte sipping posers )

it's literally now spread around the world... why can't I make that kind of money for selling to posers?