January Edition of 3rd Friday Commute

I've been hearing about how a Faster Mustache crowd takes over the round table at the Thumbs Up Diner on Edgewood on Friday mornings, but I haven't actually seen so much as a single wheel. The diner is situated on a fine commuting route from Decatur into downtown Atlanta and is (reportedly) a popular breakfast spot for cyclists.

After hearing about the breakfast back in November, I swung by there a few times on my way into the office. It's only a mile or so off my standard route so it was easy to drop by on Fridays. At first, I arrived around 8:45 which was probably late. I didn't see anyone. Next Friday, I dropped by at 8:30. Still no one. Following Friday, 8:15. No one. 8:00. No one.

This pattern suggested I try a different approach.

In late December, we planned for the 3rd Friday Commute to arrive at 7:10. If we stopped and ate breakfast, we certainly couldn't miss the FM crowd.

This morning, four of us met at the Decatur Square at 6:40AM and rode a pleasant and chatty ride to the Thumbs Up Diner. We thought we would be fashionably late, but there were no bicycles outside. Then we thought we might be early and sat next to the round table expecting it to fill up soon. We were the only four cyclists that came in this morning.

Since we don't have any witnesses from FM, I'm offering this receipt as photographic proof that we ate breakfast at the designated time.



We'll try again next month.

Commute Summary

Round Trip Distance: 16.1 (13.2 inbound, direct route home)
Number of Cyclists seen: Lost count in AM. None in evening, but it was after dark and threatening rain.
In-bound Route: 3rd Friday Commute
Out-bound Route: Piedmont Park
Weather: Warmer and drier; sandwiched between the only two snow days Atlanta has seen in a long time. It was sunny and pleasant after we had finished breakfast.