Pittsburgh’s own OTB Bicycle Cafe in the South Side gets a nice segment of an article in Bicycle Retailer

By Toby Hill

FORT COLLINS, CO—No need to worry about locking up your bike if you pop in for a pint of porter or cup of joe at Cranknstein in Fort Collins, Colorado.

“We have indoor bicycle parking. People can literally ride into the place” through a front door that opens overhead, said Evan Rau, who owns the combination bike shop, café and bar with partner Susan Dalke, a longtime barista and coffee roaster whose roasting machine bumps up against the shop area where Rau wrenches on bicycles.

Biking has long gone with beer and coffee like fat tires go with swoopy singletrack….

Meanwhile, you’ll find no rigs for sale at OTB Bicycle Café. But the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, restaurant and bar, which opened in January 2009, overflows with cycling culture. Bicycle-themed murals and sculptures as well as decorations made from old bike parts abound…Kotyk’s mission of bike advocacy extends to offering free space for cycling and trail group meetings, donating monthly to PTAG, sponsoring local road racing team Iron City Bikes and holding bicycle-themed art and photography shows. Also, all the café’s pinball proceeds—the president of a national pinball association based in Pittsburgh is a cyclist, and he rotates a collection of machines through OTB—go to advocacy group Bike Pittsburgh.

Read the full article in Bicycle Retailer and Industry News

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