Shawn G. probably has more experience and insight on organizing bike events than anyone I can think of. Sage advice for anyone wanting to start up a coffee outside in their area. Thanks for chiming in, Shawn!
Brian Lexington, KY Shawn, Thanks for the insight. Brian did reach out via DM to give me details and advice after organizing the Lexington coffee outside. The Indy Coffee Outside is just something I'd be interested in participating in more than organizing for the sake of feeling self-important or anything, but I would organize it if that's what it takes. I have a couple of friends who are well-established in the cycling community here who could push the IG page if requested.
I agree with you that February is probably not the best time of year to start. I was thinking once or twice a month, Saturday morning, something like 9-10/11, meeting at different locations around the city. Indy is a large city, by square mile, and we've got quite a few cool spots that we could rotate through.
It's good advice to stay consistent. I agree that it'd be key. I'll see if it's something I take on. I've got some time to consider it before it warms up here. Thanks again for the info.
On Monday, February 3, 2025 at 8:07:23 PM UTC-5 Shawn Granton wrote:
On Monday, February 3, 2025 at 6:34:38 AM UTC-8 Josh C wrote:
Brian, it's neat that you do the coffee outside group in your area. Here in Indianapolis, our coffee outside died of COVID. I've been toying with the idea of trying to resuscitate it. I have a couple of questions for you, and maybe we should move to DM, but how often do you guys meet, and do you have a recommendation for getting the word out? I'd guess Instagram and maybe post a couple of flyers at bike shops.
Apologies for hijacking the thread, but I've been semi-involved with PDX Coffee Outside since it started in 2016. It did also pause for COVID, but bounced back afterwards.
It's always been a weekly affair, but we switched from 7-9 on Fridays (the pre-work type) to 9-11 on Saturdays. I feel like it's better on the weekend at a more civilized hour, and because of that more people show up. Often people will go off on a ride afterwards too. But every town is different, it might work better as a weekday AM thing in Indy. Also, PDX's location rotates. I know of some other places where the meetup stays static--this probably works best in a smaller city.
As for getting the word out, yea, IG works for promotion, though flyering and getting in touch with possibly interested groups would help, too.
My word of wisdom: Start when the weather is better, as it'll be easier to get people to come. We do it all year here, as winter weather isn't that severe, but it could be tough in Indy to do that. And once you decide to get it going, stick with it. There may be fallow weeks, but if you do it sporadically people may forget about it, which creates a negative feedback loop.
Good luck!
Best, Shawn
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